Fruit : Mini fruit Trees - Cherry & Plum
2 plants - 1 of each variety @ £16.98
Catalogue Code: 69141
Despatch: April 2010
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Hardy Fruit Trees
Ideal For:
Border, Containers, Patio
Flowers:
April, May
These specially bred dwarf varieties, Plum Black Amber and Cherry Sylvia, produce deliciously juicy fruits on stems reaching only 1m (3’ 3”) tall – just perfect for the patio! Supplied pot grown, 30-40cm (12-16”) in height. Rootstock: Gisella 5 or 6/ St Julien/ Ferlinan. Ceramic pot not supplied.
How to Grow
Mini fruit Trees - Cherry & Plum
- Plant plum and cherry trees directly into well drained, sunny borders that have been enriched with well rotted manure or garden compost.
- When planting in containers, repot into 30cm pots in a well drained, soil based compost such as John Innes No. 3.
- Plant trees at the same soil level as they were in their original pots and firm them into their new containers. Water well and position in full sun.
- Aftercare
- Feed and water mini fruit trees regularly throughout the summer.
- In spring, while the ground is moist, apply a mulch of well rotted manure or garden compost to the base of trees grown directly in borders. This will help to retain moisture throughout the summer.
- Remove some of the fruit from Plum Black Amber each year to allow the tree to focus on producing larger, better quality fruits.
- Mini fruit trees require only light pruning in summer to keep their shape and remove damaged or crowded branches.
- Container grown plants will require repotting into increasingly larger pots up to 60cm (2’) diameter as they increase in size.
