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We have a few more fruit trees that make an invaluable contribution to your garden. We especially find the tying willow invaluable, a great source of "string" for tying up just about anything.

HAZELNUT PACKS (packs of 10 trees)
hazelnut We sell our hazels in packs of 10 trees, which includes a mix of varieties to afford the best chance of pollination and growing nuts for you. Hazels on their own just don't bear fruit and this is the most successful system we've come up with. Half the trees are American White (most prolific bearer), while the rest are a mix of pollinators one - Webb's Redskin, Webb's Whiteskin, Cosford, Red Avelline, White Avelline and Filbert, depending what we get too dig in winter. $100 for 10 trees (inc. GST). Note that packaging is 50c per tree ie 5$ for the bundle of 10. Read more about hazels in our Articles.

GOLDMINE NECTARINE
GOLDMINEThis is the old white - fleshed Nectarine, ripens late February-March here and has intense rich flavour, but most important of all is fairly resistant to leaf curl. Not a dwarf tree - grows happily to 4m tall and 4-5m wide. Self fertile. $24 (inc. GST)
APRICOT
GOLDMINEA self fertile compact apricot tree. Popular and widely grown, it produces a compact tree. Apricots want a warm position and preferably dry conditions during ripening season in January. Can be trained on a trellis (see article on website). Ripen January - February.$24 (inc. GST)
ITALIAN TYING WILLOW
ITALIAN TYING WILLOWITALIAN TYING WILLOWAn indispensable garden shrub producing an attractive 3m diameter globe. It produces extremely flexible lengths which pretty well replace the need for string, wire or twine. The secret is to “pollard” it. To do this, simply cut the whole bush down in winter to ground level. In spring the new shoots start growing and more are available for use by November. Bob saw this being used in France some years ago being used gracefully in tying up apples, pears, grapes and roses. An Italian friend gave us a plant and since then we’ve been using it for almost anything that needs tying. It’s so supple that you can even thread your boots with it. Saves on using plastic twine, and is mower friendly. View a larger picture of the tying technique here - if you want to print it for example. $10 (inc. GST)