Purchased a couple of large fruit trees in pots from Costco on Friday. Was particularly impressed by the quality of the trees all looked healthy with new buds showing, were well watered and good size most being around 6-7 foot tall. Only problem I had was getting it in my car but I just about manged with the front window wound down :smiley:
I was after a couple of pear trees to add to my garden and choose Williams & Comice. Other varieties I saw were Beurre Hardy, Bonne Luis d'Avranches, Conference. They also had several varieties of Apple, Plums and Gages.
Have got some good trees from Tesco and Lidl over the years but they are always bare-root and younger and they haven't all been successful. For just under a tenner these are more established and should be much easier to get going. Going on the size they should be producing fruit right from year one and will no doubt pay you back many times with years of tasty fruit!
Found these in Costco Watford but I imagine the deal should national. Cashier told me they had just come in Thursday and that as he remembered from last year these tend to go pretty quick.
All comments (17)
steve_hn
19 Mar 17#1
I can also confirm there is no added VAT on these
teerex
19 Mar 17#2
Nice
R1992
19 Mar 17#3
Would give anything to have fruit trees but in Glasgow. ..no chance lol.
steve_hn to R1992
20 Mar 17#6
You can definately grow many of these fruit trees in Scotland although you obviously need a garden and ideally a sunny spot which there may be less off in inner city Glasgow than Hertfordshire.
Would be interested to know if Costco stock these in their warehouses in the North and if so what varieties they sell?
picorosco to R1992
20 Mar 17#15
you can grow apples, pears and plums in Glasgow. I'm in Glasgow and I've got two apple trees. One gave me a decent number of apples last year, despite only being 2 years old.
mcfatty to R1992
24 May 17#16
I felt the same but you can actually. I've got a white peach tree from dobies (discontinued now) and it had peaches on it when it arrived but all fell off in transit except one. That grew into a pretty big peach and was delicious. I'm in Glasgow and my garden had like 6 hours of sun at most due to neighbouring hedges and it did that well. The only thing with peach trees is they are prone to leaf curl so find a resistant variety.
But otherwise, I've got neighbours with pear, apple, quince, medlar, cherry, plum, gage trees that all bare good fruit when they fertilize them. Just check varieties which do well here.
Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, gooseberries all do well too.
If you have a conservatory you can grow even more stuff.
mum1964
19 Mar 171#4
Bought a couple of palm trees from them a couple of years ago, never look after them but they are thriving, added bonus is, i suppose you can always return them, if the die.
sradmad
20 Mar 17#5
good find op, heat added
adhkarzf
20 Mar 17#7
Do these need to be planted or could you keep them in the pot? I've only got concrete but would really like a tree of some sort.
steve_hn
20 Mar 17#8
They come in a pot but will need to be planted in the ground at some point.
If you want to keep a fruit tree in a pot then you need to look specifically for a patio fruit tree which is a special dwarf variety.
R1992
20 Mar 17#9
Wow really? I'd literally pay someone to come plant an apple tree and ...whatever fruit tree possible that could grow in Glasgow. I don't know though lol I'm a little sceptical about the whole thing
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I was after a couple of pear trees to add to my garden and choose Williams & Comice. Other varieties I saw were Beurre Hardy, Bonne Luis d'Avranches, Conference. They also had several varieties of Apple, Plums and Gages.
Have got some good trees from Tesco and Lidl over the years but they are always bare-root and younger and they haven't all been successful. For just under a tenner these are more established and should be much easier to get going. Going on the size they should be producing fruit right from year one and will no doubt pay you back many times with years of tasty fruit!
Found these in Costco Watford but I imagine the deal should national. Cashier told me they had just come in Thursday and that as he remembered from last year these tend to go pretty quick.
All comments (17)
Would be interested to know if Costco stock these in their warehouses in the North and if so what varieties they sell?
But otherwise, I've got neighbours with pear, apple, quince, medlar, cherry, plum, gage trees that all bare good fruit when they fertilize them. Just check varieties which do well here.
Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, gooseberries all do well too.
If you have a conservatory you can grow even more stuff.
If you want to keep a fruit tree in a pot then you need to look specifically for a patio fruit tree which is a special dwarf variety.