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- Ideal for the small garden - educate fruit tree to the bush
- From bush trees and berry bushes
- Spindle bush - wonderful for fence or border planting
- Tips
Densely-guarded fruit tree bushes can be used well as privacy screens
Ideal for the small garden - educate fruit tree to the bush
In a small garden, a large fruit tree does not have enough space - not only does it not only take up a great deal of space, but it also shadows the garden for the most part and makes it difficult to further exploit its spreading roots. For fruit lovers with little space, however, small growth forms such as the bush tree or the spindle bush are ideal.
From bush trees and berry bushes
A bush tree is a small tree with a trunk height between 40 and 60 centimeters, which is easy to grow and easy to care for. Under no circumstances should you confuse it with the typical bushes such as blueberries or gooseberries, which naturally do not form a trunk, but rather drive several shoots out of the ground. Especially sour cherries and peaches are well suited for this crop form, since both types of fruit form only very small crowns. However, you can also plant apples, pears and other species in the garden in miniature. However, be sure to pay attention to a weak growth, because a vigorous bush can, depending on the variety, also develop a very broad crown.
Spindle bush - wonderful for fence or border planting
The spindle bush also has only a small trunk height with an average of 40 to 60 centimeters. This tree shape is ideal for planting a row of rich fruit trees along the fence as a visual or windbreak. The spindle bush is also suitable as a stand-alone tree or for a pot culture. Typical of this growth form are the missing Leitäste, instead, the fruit branches go directly from the trunk of the fruit tree. As a result, spindle bushes develop only very small crowns. Instead of a single large-crowned high or half-stem you can plant between eight and ten different spindle bushes, such as different apple, pear, plum, plum or cherry varieties. Spindle bushes can be planted individually or in a row. They are also suitable for planting a narrow fruit hedge or can be pulled as a trellis on a house wall.
Tips
Of course, the classic berry bushes such as currants, gooseberries, blueberries and chokeberries (Aronia) fit wonderfully in a small garden. If you are looking for more unusual fruit bushes, you can also plant goji berries, blackthorn or blackthorn (blackthorn), cornelian cherries or pear pears (for example the blueberry-like saskatoon berries).