Fruit trees: buy online here

If you feel that you would like to eat something from your own garden or allotment, but don't have masses of time or skill, then growing fruit is the way to go. It's definitely a growing trend, and more and more people want something edible from their little patch of green. Soft fruit, fruit trees and nut trees are relatively easy to grow, and they live for many years.

Why buy plants from an online garden centre such as dyg?

A few years ago it was a novelty to buy books, plane tickets or CDs online. It all seemed very new and just a little risky risky. Now, a few years later, it's perfectly possible to buy plants online, as well as everything else for your garden.

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How to plant a tree: short version

Trees can be planted in any of the three following forms: container grown (most dyg trees are this); rootballed (for larger trees and some imported plants from Holland; or 'bare root'. Container grown trees are available year round and can be planted year round. Root-balled and bare-root trees are only available during the dormant (winter) period. Root-balled trees are normally 'field grown' and most mature specimens are sold this way. Bare root trees are economical, lightweight and fast to plant, but require some care and speed in the planting.

How to plant a tree: long version

Almost twelve years ago, as a student, I spent one year at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, half way between New York City and Washington D.C. Longwood, which is one of the largest and best endowed gardens in America, has an enormous staff of gardeners, technicians and teachers, and over a million visitors annually.