Any recommendations for online ordering of trees?

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I'd like to order a couple of apple trees (although do I need two if plenty of apple trees about?), An amelanchier and another (can't decide). Where is best to place an online order? My local garden centre doesn't have what I want in stock. Mm106? For about 3.5-4m height? And two from same pollinating group?

Thank you! I'd feel happier knowing some recommendations, especially as I don't really know what I am doing....I've inherited a biggish gorgeous but neglected garden. But not a single tree for height apart from one large shrub that's gotten out of hand!

I have an Apple tree from Chris Bowers, and am waiting for some more fruit trees from them. They offer a range of rootstocks for differing sizes/shapes of tree and give all cross pollination info you need. I don't know if they do ornamental trees or only fruit. But I'd recommend them.

Thanks Beware. I will check them out. How long have you been waiting for your trees? I noticed on another thread someone saying they had been waiting for what sounded like months!

Try Buckingham Nurseries - specialists in hedging plants, but also carry stock of fruiting and ornamental trees

Pomona Fruits are good

www.pomonafruits.co.uk/

Oh I've just found a local(ish) nursery that seems to specialise in trees! Has a stupendous amount of choice of apples (help!) and amelanchiers!

Any recommendations on either? Amelanchier is to plant near fence to block neighbours view of our garden and the apple trees, I'd like one cooking and one eating. My 7yr old said red apples but I'd rather it was one she will actually eat. Prefer crisp rather than soft....

Finally. Any tips on digging a hole to plant said trees? Just me and the kids and I'm not known for my strength

I grow an apple variety called Saturn. The tree produces huge amounts of large, tasty apples. They’re good for eating, baking, anything you want really.

This may sound a little obsessive, but I’ve found that when you grow fruit in your garden, what the fruit looks like actually matters because you’ll be looking at it for weeks, if not months while it ripens. Saturn has the kind of beautiful red apples that wouldn’t look out of place in a film about Snowwhite 😁

By the way, I’ve found the Orange Pippin website really good for deciding which variety to grow. They have “tasting notes” for lots of varieties as well as information about disease resistance etc

www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/trees/apple-trees/mid-season-eating-apples/saturn-apple

ooooo, thank you @Crazzzycat. Sounds perfect!

www.blackmoor.co.uk/ Have a fantastic selection of fruit trees and will also recommend ones that will work for your garden