More trees

The three more new trees that I ordered on Thursday last week arrived today. They are from the same supplier because I was so impressed with the ones I bought previously which are all doing so well in my garden, especially the apple. The new ones were an extra cherry and apple, both the same as the varieties that I bought previously, and a plum (Pruneau d’Agen) which I bought to replace my existing plum that was doing well originally but was then attacked by the deer and had some of its bark stripped and its top bitten off, since when it has been struggling.

I gave the new trees a good watering after they arrived in view of how long they’d been in transit and I decided to get them into the ground this afternoon as the ground was still moist after recent rain and the day was warming up. I replaced the two weedy cherries that I moved over to the left of my garden when I bought my last trees with the new cherry and the apple. I then also moved over the poorly plum which I replaced with the new ‘Pruneau d’Agen’. Here’s a shot of the new group of three on the left with the new cherry closest, the new apple in the middle and the poorly plum farthest away.

This is the new cherry.

This is the new apple. It’s a ‘Reine des Reinettes’ the same as the other new one and it has shown just how well the original tree is doing in my garden. My guess is that it’s part of the same batch as the first tree and it has come with several small apples on it just as the first one did. But whereas the apples on the original tree have grown considerably in both size and colour, those on this tree are now some way behind. Only time will tell if they’ll be able to catch up.

This is the poorly plum in its new position over on the left of the garden.

This is the new ‘Pruneau d’Agen’ which I’ve planted in the spot that was originally occupied by the poorly plum. The reason I replaced it was because I wanted all of the trees in the main group over on the right to be at about the same stage of maturity and the same height.

It came with just one plum on it and it’ll be interesting to see if it survives.

The old plum trees at my old house were as hard as nails and produced so many plums that I had to throw barrow-loads away. I was really pleased to get all of the planting and transplanting done that I needed to do as it although the weather is and will remain cooler than average for the time of year I will now be able to concentrate on keeping them watered and ensuring that they get well established for the future. I might start thinking about plants and shrubs but my thoughts were to leave those until next year when I’ll have a better idea of the shape I want the garden to take and have also possibly re-sculpted it a bit with some extra brought-in soil.