Guides, Advice & Inspiration Hub
If you're looking for planting and aftercare guidance for your trees or shrubs, or are just seeking a bit of garden advice and inspiration, you're in the right place.
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Master the basics
Essential How to Planting & Aftercare Guides
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How to Plant a Pot-Grown Tree
This step-by-step guide covers how to correctly a plant pot-grown tree (a tree supplied in a pot or container) into the ground, including how to install a single stake &...
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How to Plant a Mature Tree
This step-by-step guide walks through how to plant a mature tree, including how to correctly install a Large or Extra Large Stake & Tie Kit (two stakes and a crossbar)....
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How to Plant a Tree into a Container
This step-by-step guide covers how to correctly plant trees and shrubs into pots or containers. You can watch the video version of this guide below. Growing trees in containers is...
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How to Plant a Bare Root Tree
This step-by-step guide covers how to correctly plant a bare root tree into the ground, including how to install a single stake & tie. This guide is aimed specifically at...
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How to Prune Ornamental Trees Correctly
This step-by-step guide walks through how (and when) to prune ornamental trees correctly. You can watch a video version of this guide below. Pruning helps to keep trees healthy, promote...
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How to Install a Tree Irrigation Kit
This step-by-step guide covers how to install an irrigation kit for a tree being planted in the ground. You can watch the video version of this guide below. A tree...
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How to Install a Container Irrigation Kit
This step-by-step guide covers how to install container irrigation kits, which are designed specifically for trees planted into pots or containers. You can watch a video version of this guide...
Start growing your own fruit
Fruit Tree Guides & Advice
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Beginner's Guide to Fruit Tree Pollination
When you grow your own fruit tree, you’ll need to consider pollination – how and if your tree needs to be pollinated in order to produce fruit. Read our beginner's...
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Beginner's Guide to Fruit Tree Rootstocks
To those that are new to growing their own fruit, the concept of rootstocks can seem a little daunting. However, it's not as complicated as it seems! Read on for...
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Ultimate Guide to Apple Trees | How to Grow You...
Apples are some of the easiest and most rewarding fruits to grow in the UK. With an established tree, you can enjoy delicious fruits for many years, as well as...
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Guide To Pear Trees | Choosing, Planting & Pruning
Planting Pear Trees A sunny, sheltered position is preferable for pear trees. Our pot grown pear trees can be planted at any time of the year, whereas bare root pear...
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Guide To Cherry Trees | Choosing, Planting & Pr...
Choosing Cherry Trees Nothing beats the taste of home grown cherries. To grow your own, ensure you choose a fruiting cherry tree, not an ornamental one. Fruiting cherry trees can...
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How to Espalier Train Fruit Trees
Espalier is a method of training fruit trees so that they grow flat with horizontal tiers against a support, and is a great option for areas or gardens with limited...
Garden Guides, Advice & Inspiration
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11 Best Trees for Shade | Trees that Grow in Shade
Gardening in shady areas can be tricky because all plants including trees rely on sunlight in order to produce the energy that goes into growth. Some plants, however, need less...
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14 Best Drought-Tolerant Trees for Climate Chan...
In recent years, resilience to climate change has become an important issue in the garden. Trees are long-lived, so we need to consider how they will hold up to the...
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Best Trees for Wet Soil | Coping with Climate C...
Extreme weather, such as heavy rainfall, is forecast to become more frequent due to climate change, as this past month has well and truly shown us. July 2023 was one...
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7 Best Cherry Blossom Trees for Pots & Containers
We’re now a good way through March, and the imminent Cherry Blossom season is just about all we can think about here at Ornamental Trees! We’re already seeing some of...
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Autumn Colour In The Garden
This autumn has been off to a shaky start with reports of a false Autumn leading to some deciduous trees changing colour and dropping leaves early. Despite this, most trees...
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Growing Cherry Blossom Trees in Pots and Contai...
2023 UPDATE: Read our more up-to-date blog post on growing cherry blossom trees in pots and containers: 7 Best Cherry Blossom Trees For Pots & Containers The cherry blossom lined...
New Arrivals For 2022 - Our Pick Of The Latest ...
At Ornamental Trees, we're always excited to come across new varieties for the garden. Here's a taster of our new arrivals, from dwarf Cherry Blossom trees to oak-leaved Hydrangea shrubs.If...
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Delightfully Diverse Crab Apples
Crab apples are wonderfully varied, from the little gem-like fruits of Malus brevipes 'Wedding Bouquet' (above, far left) to the large culinary crab apples of Malus 'Rosehip' with their pronounced...
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The Best Trees For Autumn Colour
Many trees are awash with stunning autumn colours on their foliage, but which are the best?For very small gardens, Japanese Maples are fantastic. There is a huge choice in spring,...
The last of the Autumn Colours - Around the Nur...
We’ve been strolling around the nursery today, appreciating the last of the autumn colours, before the cold weather relieves the trees of their leaves and they disappear until next year....
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Growing Japanese Maple Trees in Containers
Japanese Maple trees make up some of our most popular ornamental trees and our customers regularly ask us if they can be grown in containers. The great news is that...