Julian Bosdari John Plantsman owns and runs a nursery growing and selling soft fruit, hedging & ornamental and fruit trees. He is an authority on their propagation, planting and care.
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Redcurrants, and their less well known cousins, whitecurrants are some of the most useful, and most easily grown fruit bushes available to the gardener. Not only do they produce tasty nutritious fruit, crammed with Vitamin C and anti-oxidants but they have good ornamental value and, being extremely hardy, they will grow in colder spots and on poorer ground than most other fruit. Every garden should have redcurrants, so here are some tips and tricks to help grow them successfully.
Autumn is nearly here and with it comes the season for planting fruit trees. Bare root fruit trees are best; they have been field grown and tend to be larger, healthier and stronger than container grown trees and there is no risk of their being pot-bound. Here are twelve easy to follow tips that will help ensure your fruit trees establish, grow away well and crop heavily.
Blueberries are one of the world's healthiest fruits. They are one of the richest sources of anti-oxidants there are. They are at their tastiest and their healthiest when eaten freshly picked, and nothing is fresher than the blueberry you grow yourself, pick yourself and eat yourself. Here are twelve top tips to successful blueberry growing.
The winter is the best time to plant hedging plants, trees and shrubs. These can be bought container grown or bare-rooted. Container grown is more expensive and, this article argues, not worth the extra money.

