Bramley Apple Tree advice

wornoutmumoftwo

I am thinking of buying a Bramley Apple Tree and wondered if anyone could offer advice, I have a small garden which is empty at the moment.

ndh_uk

If you only have a small garden then a full size bramley tree, will be far too big. Try the minature trees that you see advertised for pots and planting near a fence, you may find they do a bramley one of those.

nodwah

have a look at the Ken Muir website - they are a great supplier and tho not the cheapest, they prob have the best range and their apple trees are on semi dwarfing rootstock so will only grow to max 12 feet ish.
I've never been disappointed with any of their stuff.

Unless any of your neighbous have apple trees you will need another one for pollination and if it's Bramley seedling you will need 2 pollinators (triploid)
Spartan, james grieve, Discovery, worcester permain, grenadier, would all do.
(There are ealry mid and late season flowering apples)
Hope that makes sense!

happy_gardener

smaller bramley (minatures) are great idea but expensive. I bought a bramley tree from B&Q, stuck it in the ground...and the following yr we had a few great apples, some of which were larger than the size of my hand. If the tree got too tall, hubby trimmed the branch!! Just go for it!!...web sites to buy trees are expensive and depending where in the Uk you live they can add on more p&p....Lidl sometimes sell trees/b&q.....just have a look about locally. Plant not as the trees will be dormant before the spring. Good luck...apple pie....fingers crossed

RAS

Hi

Bramley's are tripoid, which means there must be two other apple trees which must be flowering at the same time nearby, otherwise you will get few if any fruit.

wornoutmumoftwo

Thank you all for your advice, I think I will go for a smaller tree, and get the other two as eating apple trees and then make sure I keep it trimmed down.

Sugar_Junkie

I was just looking at getting one too. Marshalls are selling them on dwarf rootstocks for a reasonable price. http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/rkmain.asp?PAGEID=20670&STK_PROD_CODE=1070-5628

Little_Mama

I'm with nodwah re Ken Muir, they are fantastic and you can also phone them up with queries and they are so helpful, well worth the extra money.