Advice
Learn how to plant, polinate and care for your trees
Here at the Welsh fruit treenursery, it often feels akin to child rearing. Daily we care and nurture, worry and cajole the trees, helping them to sustain life at the early stages. Providing them with the best start in their lives, whether in your garden, orchard or farm is paramount.
Choosing Rootstock
A rootstock is the root system of any given tree. They’re used for tree propagation and determine the eventual size of the tree.
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TREE POLLINATION
Apple and pear treesneed to be pollinated to bear fruit. For cross pollination to occur, two trees of different varieties need to be in flower at the same time so that insects can transport pollen from one tree to the other.
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Planting out
Some regard the planting of any tree a sacred act and it’s certainly an act that will benefit not just ourselves and our environment but hopefully future generations. There is currently a pear tree growing at Llanvetherine Court, Monmouthshire, studied by the Monmouthshire ancient tree identifiers and believed to be one of the oldest and largest possibly in Europe.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We can only ship to addresses in England, Wales and Scotland.
Our website opens for orders for the upcoming winter season from July. We stop taking orders in mid-March when the bare root season comes to an end.
Ordering early in the year ensures you will receive your trees at the earliest opportunity once we start processing orders in the winter. The time between lifting the tree and dispatch is kept to a minimum to keep the trees in peak condition.
From mid-November onwards you will receive an email from us 2-3 weeks prior to delivery providing you with a delivery week. You will then receive an email from us on the day of dispatch along with tracking information. Once dispatched orders usually arrive the next day.
You can contact us through our contact page! We will be happy to assist you.