Advice on placement of dwarf peach and almond trees please

[JT101]

2018, I bought and planted a Avalon Pride Peach and Robijns almond tree, both dwarfing trees on my allotment.

The almond tree died, and the peach is struggling. Thought I better seek advice on how to protect them because clearly they're not happy in their current location. I have contacted the seller, but he is not responding after several emails.

My Almond tree was happy for a while, and I planted it out in the ground in my allotment but as soon as it hit winter last year it died. Was quite an exposed area to be fair, and i only staked it with a bamboo cane. I would like to replant it in a similar place at some stage if possible, but hopefully by then it will have a more sheltered position with protection. Since then I built a dead hedge and the startings of an elaeagnus hedge like in the attached photo.

I guess I could grow it in the greenhouse in the meantime to protect it until the hedge is established? Maybe keep it in a pot, and in protected area until I can create a safe space for it?

The peach (avalon pride fan) I planted straight into the ground in my greenhouse at the rear, behind a workbench. My plan was to have it fan trained up the back of the greenhouse.
Last year it seemed to have some brown disease, but did fruit and produce 3 poorly tasting peach last year. Over winter all the top growth died off (see photo). It's not completely shaded from the sun under the bench, and I thought it would be ok. Does get some direct sun.
Does airflow play an important role? Autovents on greenhouse obviously don't open until summer so I guess it could be too hot in there.

Again, I wonder if I grow it elsewhere in full sun and protected until it's large enough to reach above the bench, then plant it back in the greenhouse so it would be big enough to receive sunlight even from behind the bench.

Before I buy a new almond, or move the peach, and looking for advice

Cheers

[nickdub]

Peaches are at the extreme end of what fruit can be grown successfully out doors for most of us - our climate is by and large too wet in the winter and not warm enough in the summer, though local conditions eg having a solid stone wall to grow against etc can make enough of a difference sometimes. Yes the fresh flow of air and sunlight are both key factors in growing healthy trees.

More generally for anyone reading this and speaking purely practically, I'd say concentrate your efforts on growing tree and soft fruit such as plums, apples gooseberries, strawberries etc first as it's an easier thing to be successful with and only when you have plenty of all these, to try growing the more tricky fruits - unless you are in possession of a walled Victorian type fruit garden, in which case the world is your lobster :-)