Gift Wrapping Service
Why not make your present even
more special with by using our gift wrapping service. This includes one of our
handmade drawstring 'ecobags' made out of 100% biodegradable materials, a gift
tag with optional gift message and a planting and aftercare booklet. All of this
for just £2.00 per tree.
B/R (Bare Root) - The traditional way to buy deciduous trees and shrubs. Perfect for planting between November and March.
R/B (Root Ball) - The traditional way to buy evergreen trees and shrubs. The plants are kept in their own soil, making them ideal to transplant between November and March.
C/G (Container Grown) - A very convenient way to buy trees and shrubs, already rooted in their pots, they can be planted all year round. Sizes given in litres.
H/S (Half standard) - Half standard trees have a clear stem of 1.25-1.5m with a bushy head of around 1-1.5m. The total height from the ground is approximately 2-2.5m.
Maiden (Feathered tree) - A good, well-defined prominent leader running straight up through the young tree. Perfect for training into a half standard, standard or fan-trained tree. Sizes given in cm's.
Multi-stemmed - A tree with two or more main stems
Malus 'Spartan' (Spartan Apple Tree)
Pollination group *3* Medium/ Yellow almost entirely flushed with dark red.
Common Name: Apple Spartan (Dessert)
Latin Name: Malus domestica Spartan
Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun
Flowering period/colour: April and May/ White
Fruit picking time: Early September
Fruit Size/colour: Medium/ Yellow almost entirely flushed with dark red.
Pollination group: *3*
Spartan is a small sweet apple, and a great favourite with children. It is very much a McIntosh style apple, bright crimson skin and whiter-than-white flesh. We leave ours on the tree as long as possible, until they are crimson all over, as this allows the flavour to develop. Straight from the tree the flesh is very crisp and juicy, but it softens a bit within a week or so of picking - although remaining juicy.
To guarantee cross pollination plant in a sunny, open site with another tree from the same flowering group (e.g. Worcester Pearmain).
This apple tree is supplied in a 10 litre container. The total height from the ground is approximately 1.5-2m. (An example of one our 2 year old, bush apple trees can be seen to the left.)
As standard, all of our apple trees are sent out on rootstock M106. This is a semi-vigorous rootstock, with an eventual height and spread of approximately 3m x 3.4m.
We also grow some varieties on M26, M9 and M27. Please email us with any special requests.
All of our trees and shrubs are grown in the UK to the highest standard. Every order comes complete with planting instructions and a guide to looking after your purchase.
Please see our Delivery page for current dispatch times.
Our gift wrapping service is a great way to make your present even more special. Please view basket for more details.
For an even larger selection of trees come back in the Autumn/Winter when all of our trees are available bare root and root balled.
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