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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)
After repeated enquiries for Hazelnuts, we have checked our growing beds and are pleased to offer hazelnuts for sale this year. 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 - Webb's Redskin, Webb's Whiteskin, Cosford, Red Avelline, White Avelline and Filbert, depending what we get too dig in winter. We'll have an article on growing Hazelnut's soon, so check back after Bob has put pen to paper. $100 for 10 trees (inc. GST) postage and packaging as for other trees. Read more about hazels in Bob's Articles.

GOLDMINE

This 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)

MEDLAR

A small tree closely related to the quince with unique small fruits a bit like oversized rosehips that are eatable rather then edible. There is lots of discussion about this - but it's for the unique twisted shape of the tree and the beautiful large single white flowers in spring that most people grow it. $24 (inc. GST)

ITALIAN TYING WILLOW

A few years ago when in France we noted in the Bagatelle gardens and in Villandry that instead of bailing twine, twisties etc, the roses, quinces, pears and apple espaliers were gracefully tied with willow; sort of three loops and a poke through. When we got home I mentioned this to an Italian friend who just laughed and said "we use this all the time!" and he promptly gave me a big plant. Now I have quite a few strategically placed around the garden, so if I have need of a tie, I just grab a length! It's so supple you can thread your boots with it! The secret is to pollard it, that is to cut it down every year so long thin shoots arise from the stock, These can be used from November until about July, when it should be cut down again and so on. These willows strike very easily form cuttings, so when you have it going well, pass some on to a friend. It"ll save you using plastic twines which get caught in mowers and wont degrade. View the bigger picture here - if you want to print it for example. $7.50 (inc. GST)