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Fruit trees for small spaces

Squeezing fruit trees into a small garden isn't as impossible as it seems. Train fruit against fences and you'll not only fit in one tree – you can choose several from the mouthwatering range in our Poynings, Sussex garden centre. Here are some great ideas for fitting fruit into the smallest of gardens. If you want to harvest sweet apples from your fruit tree garden, you should plant the fruit trees between November and March. In de dormant season, you force the fruit trees to establish, and they will maintain faster. Find out which trees fit your small garden well so that you can enjoy fresh apples this summer.

Strawberry fruit - RushfieldsSmall fruit trees

Minarettes: Vertical upright stems laden with fruit on short spurs. Great for growing in containers or for pretty vertical accents in your garden. Use for: apples, pears, plums and cherries.

Cordons: Also single-stemmed, but trained at 45º to encourage more fruit. Spaced 75cm apart you'll fit four varieties into just 3m. Use for: apples, pears, redcurrants, gooseberries.

Espaliers: vertical stems with tiers of horizontal branches trained out at 30cm intervals along wires. A beautiful way to cover walls and fences. Use for: apples, pears, plums, apricots, peaches.

Fans: branches are splayed out from two arms at the base in an even fan across the wall. Use for: plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots.

Stepovers: like cordons but bent at right angles and trained horizontally to a wire at 45cm above the ground. They make wonderful edging. Use for: apples.

Buy small fruit trees in Poynings

Do you want to know which fruit trees are best for your tiny garden? At Rushfields Plant Centre, we offer various trees for small gardens. The thought of trees that grow long and wide is wrong. Luckily, there exist lots of small trees that stay small and slim. Discover our assortment and let our helpful staff advise you. Please ask the staff in our garden centre in Poynings, Sussex for more information. If you have any questions about your current trees, feel free to stop by. We do all we can to help our visitors. Please check our opening hours on the contact page to make sure we open the door.

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