Bare-root tree planting: how and why
Crab apple, meet garden It's been damp, so I'm working off planks here January has been a month of waiting! I promised myself a crab apple tree once a freelance writing client had paid their invoice, and when they did I let out a whoop and headed straight to shopping. I feel thoroughly middle-aged about this, and also gleeful that middle age turned out to be fun after all. I love crab apples. They're great for wildlife, they're beautiful all year round, you can often make jelly from the fruit, and they come in small-garden-suitable forms. This lovely purchase is not only a big step forward in transforming my formerly boring new-build garden , they're also a nice opportunity to demonstrate bare-root tree planting for any of you doing the RHS Level 2 certificate in Practical Horticulture . So here's a runthrough. Methods for this, like many gardening tasks, vary widely, and there's more than one technique for successfully planting trees. Some people get het...
