Plum tree supplier

[Greenleaves]

Morning All

Received a Victoria Plum from Marh@@@@ today, so disappointed as the OH said its a stick!

Says on line will be approx. 5' well if it is I am 8' tall!

Can anyone recommend a good supplier?

[muddled]

Have you got back on to them?
What did they say?

I've never bought a tree online.
Since it's the right time of year, is there not a nursery near you where you can go and actually choose your own tree?

[Aberdeenplotter]

Have you got back on to them?
What did they say?

That would be my first port of call as well. How big is the tree supplied?

[Greenleaves]

Yes I have emailed them, I would guess 4' high and just a single stem about pencil thickness, as regards a local nursery yes but none have Victoria on St Julien.

[Kristen]

Is it a maiden? That's how I bought my fruit trees, they were a single stick a couple of feet tall. They grew away quickly and I was able to train them how I wanted them.

If you ordered something other than a maiden then maybe they shipped you a maiden by mistake?

[Greenleaves]

Thanks Kristen but what is a maiden?

[Kristen]

One year old grafted tree. So its just made the first year's growth which is a single "stick". If its 4' tall it made that growth in a single year, after grafting, which ain't bad

A feathered maiden has some side branches on it - perhaps a 2nd year plant (maybe one they didn't sell the year before, I've had feathered maidens when I ordered maidens, and they saved me a year or so's growth training an espalier

[Greenleaves]

Thank you for explaining

[fishpond]

Morning All

Received a Victoria Plum from Marh@@@@ today, so disappointed as the OH said its a stick!

Says on line will be approx. 5' well if it is I am 8' tall!

Can anyone recommend a good supplier?

Yes, Blackmoor Nurseries, not too far from Borden, Hants. you Collect or delivery for £'s.
Stunning what you get for a 2 year old.

[Greenleaves]

Thanks Fishpond, I shall pay them a visit

[fishpond]

Have a look online first, you may buy more than one

[Alison]

Yes, Blackmoor Nurseries, not too far from Borden, Hants. you Collect or delivery for £'s.
Stunning what you get for a 2 year old.

I was going to recommend them too, they're excellent.

[chrisdb]

I bought two plum trees a while ago from the Agroforestry Research Trust (ART). I was quite impressed with their size on delivery - almost as tall as I am (somewhere in the range 5' - 6') and with a nice thick trunk. They were sticks in the sense that they hadn't yet developed side branches, but they weren't small. Similarly for the apple trees I ordered from them. Of the four trees I ordered from ART, 3 established really well and grew significantly in their first year while one is alive but hasn't grown much.

I also ordered some trees from Keepers, and most of them were much smaller than the trees ART supplied for the same price, and have settled in less well. Only one of the trees from Keepers matched the trees from ART in terms of how well they established themselves in their first year.

Just my experience of those two suppliers based on a small sample of trees. Your experience may be different.

I've heard nothing but bad things about Chris Bowers, but I've never used them so can't say from experience whether their word of mouth reputation is justified or not.

[Stevie50001]

Aldi have plum trees at the moment for £3.99.

They are 'sticks' but they're about 7-8 ft high ...