Monday 19 January 2015

My Mini Orchard...

Now that the west boundary has new fencing I have decided to plant a mini orchard in the newly acquired extra space.

Last week I bought and planted a Miniature Cox's Orange Pippin apple tree -

This is the self-fertile form of Cox's Orange, England's favourite eating apple so it doesn't need any other apple trees nearby to crop well. The fruits can be enjoyed from October to the new Year. Grafted onto the very miniature M27 stock, trees will mature to just 5-6' in height and are ideal for a large pot, small lawn, or grown in the garden border with flowers beneath. Despite the small stature of the trees, yields will top 25 lbs or more when fully established and the trees are precocious, often yielding the season following planting. 





And also a Very hardy Pear tree 'Invincible' -


Invincible by name and nature, this just has to be the very best Pear for all gardens, even if you live in the frozen north, Invincible won't let you down with unbelievable crops of perfectly formed bright green weighty fruits. The skin turns just slightly yellow on ripening telling you you can now enjoy the sweet, juicy and divine eating experience that is Invincible. The crop will hang late and keep into the new year. This is the highest yielding of all pear varieties. Self fertile - no pollinators required. 
Grown on 'Quince C' stock which keeps bush trees to a manageable 8' or so; may also be wall or cordon trained if desired. 

 
 
On Sunday I bought a Dwarf Victoria plum tree which is due to arrive on Wednesday -
 
1yr old dwarf tree. A versatile plum which can be used for cooking and eating fresh. The pale red plums are ready for picking in late August and early Sept. The flesh is golden-yellow and has an sweet aromatic flavour. Pixie rootstock - average height 6-9ft. Self-fertile, pollination group 3.
 
 
 


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  1. Melanie5 February 2015 at 03:21

    Our garden where we were before here had lots of fruit trees: apples, pears, plums and a blackberry bush as well as lots of mature trees but they cut everything down once we'd moved which was so sad :(
    It's good now that you can get so many miniature fruit palnts for pots and patios xxx

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    1. Tara Taylor5 February 2015 at 06:06

      It really annoys me how people are obsessed with pristine lawns and tarmac. It's so sad that the garden was destroyed.
      I didn't really know that you could get dwarf versions of fruit trees so I was really pleased about it. I might buy a couple more but for pots. Have you thought about getting any for your sunspot? :)

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    2. Melanie5 February 2015 at 06:16

      Me too, they have no thought for wildlife :(
      I had considered it, it'd be nice to have a little fruit tree, so I might look into it. We do have wild strawberry plants in a hanging basket which we were given years ago which continue to bear fruit each year which is nice.

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    3. Tara Taylor6 February 2015 at 03:49

      If you want to know where to get decent trees reasonably cheap, I got mine from here -

      http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/johndayl/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

      though he doesn't have many left. I buy all my plants online now via Ebay sellers. I was a bit wary at first but they are cheaper than garden centres (maybe a tad smaller) and they travel through the post fine.

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    4. Tara Taylor6 February 2015 at 03:51

      Oh, the link doesn't work. If you are interested just let me know and I'll email you the link. :)

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