The highlights
- Carefully trained into a fan shape
- Includes award-winning varieties
- Bake in a pie or make your own conserve
- Ambrosial plums, amazing flowers
Description
- A fan-trained plum tree is truly a sight to behold. Branches beautifully arranged against a wall or wire trellis, bearing wonderful blossom and utterly delicious fruit, this is undoubtedly one of our favourite ways to grow a fruit tree
- ‘Victoria’ is the classic British plum variety, yielding incredibly tasty, sweet fruit that’s perfect for both eating fresh and using in desserts – plus, it’s a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit!
- Training and pruning your fan tree is important to help keep its shape and ensure it stays nice and productive. Tie in new side shoots to your framework each summer, and remove congested, diseased or damaged branches. Cut away any branches pointed in towards your fence or wall, and cut back any branches pointing directly outwards back to roughly three leaves beyond the basal cluster
