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The most important maintenance task for us London nurseries is also the most important maintenance task for you – watering. If you aren’t going to be able to water much, choose drought-tolerant trees, and opt…

Many London garden centres will sell topsoil, but when you’re planting your trees and shrubs, you should generally use whatever your existing soil is, rather than carting it away and using topsoil. The roots are…

When I was a younger landscaper working in our London garden centre, I planted a lot of trees. If the root ball was 36 inches wide, I probably chose a planting width of about 40…

Most London garden centers will probably tell you to leave fibre pots and balled & burlapped root balls on when you plant. They may tell you to take off the lip and the bottom of…

So, you’ve picked up a tree from a London garden centre or out here at our London nursery, and now it’s time to plant it. If you want your trees to be healthy and achieve…