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Trough Planters-
Oli Wooden Garden Planters
One of our trough planters, The Oli is a narrow wooden planter with feet used as divider, boundary, by a wall or, perhaps, in a tight space.
This planter is made from lengths of 4.5cm x 4.5cm Scandinavian red pine which are joined and glued with a high quality waterproof adhesive. The base is slatted with 20mm thick planks to allow for drainage. These trough planters are then treated with a high quality, plant friendly and water repellent preservative. The internal walls of these planters are now painted with a waterproof paint sealant.
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Planter Dimensions: 100x20x40(h)cm
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Fruit Trees for your planters
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Fruit trees make a great specimen plants for the for the patio. They look equally good on their own, or under planted with other fruits, such as strawberries, or with small flowering bedding plants.
Most types of fruit tree are suitable for planter cultivation, given the proper care and attention. Apples, apricots, cherries, figs, nectarines, peaches, pears and plums may all be grown as bushes or standards, or trained as fans and espaliers against a sunny wall.
When buying fruit trees choose varieties that have been grown on a dwarfing rootstock and are suitable for growing in a restricted area. And keep an eye open for cultivars that have been specially raised for patio culture; new varieties are being introduced all the time with today's smaller gardens in mind.
When planting a fruit tree, you may, need to group more than one variety to ensure cross-pollination and guarantee a good crop.
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Plants for your Planters
| To help you select the best plants for your planters. Here is a list of two hundred plants, with pictures, for planters listed by colour & season.
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Fruit Trees for your planters
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Alternatively, choose a self-fertile variety: these always have the term 'self-fertile' within their name, such as the plum, 'self-fertile Victoria' or the pear 'self-fertile Conference'.
Instead, you could plant a 'family tree', where two or more varieties of a fruit tree, capable of pollinating one another, have been grafted on to the same rootstock. Family trees provide an excellent way of producing more than one kind of a particular fruit without cultivating several plants. A family apple, for example, could give you an early eater, a late eater and a cooker all on one tree.
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Fruit Trees for your planters
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Caring for trees
When you are planting a fruit tree, use a large, stout planter - at least 60cm x 60cm. Your young tree may look lost in such a large planter when you first plant it, but it will grow quickly and it will need lots of space to develop.
Wooden garden planters, are preferable to ceramic planters which may crack as the plant's roots
expand. Plastic is not ideal for long-term planting either, as it does not offer enough insulation against extreme temperatures. Plant up your planter in its intended final position: once it is filled with compost and the tree, it will probably be too heavy to move with ease.
Place plenty of crocks in the base of the planter and plant your tree in John Innes No.3
compost which contain enough fertiliser to get the sapling established in its first season. Be careful not to bury the rootstock in the compost or the tree could lose its dwarf character.
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