Columnar fruit trees

Cordon trees save space AND look great.

Columnar Fruit Trees grow upwards, not out. They do not produce the space consuming side branches of standard trees, but grow in a climbing spire. This 'columnar' effect makes it aesthetically pleasing and saves space.

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Columnar apple trees are a great way to grow your own fresh fruit when space is limited. Easily grow an Urban Apple® tree in a container on your patio.

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I planted 14 fruit trees in my cottage garden in June. All of them columnar trees, which means that they grow straight upwards and don't really spread out much sideways. I decided to go for several kinds like apple, pear, plum and cherry. This garden is situated on top of a rocky hill and I didn't really have enough space for larger trees. So this seemed like the way to go. And now, it's finally time to start picking the fruits from the columnar apple trees in my garden!

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Plant architecture is regulated by a complex interplay of some key players (often transcription factors), phytohormones and other signaling molecules such as microRNAs. The columnar growth habit of apple trees is a unique form of plant architecture characterized by thick and upright stems showing a compaction of internodes and carrying short fruit spurs instead of lateral branches. The molecular basis for columnar growth is a single dominant allele of the gene Columnar, whose identity…

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