How do you grow a Mountain Ash Tree?

Answer 1

Set it in a lawn, at the back of a border or at the end of a short vista, where its flowers and fruit will make an admirable show.They thrive in moist, well drained garden soils.Improve poor or chalky soil by adding compost, well rotted manure or other organic matter.Mountain ash is available in a container from the garden centre; or with bare roots, direct from the nursery.Plant promptly. Dig a hole larger than the root system.Loosen the soil at the bottom with a fork.If the soil is light and sandy or chalky, mix plenty of organic matter with half the excavated soil.Centre the tree in the hole, spreading the roots evenly.Make sure the topmost roots of a bare-foot tree are below the soil surface.Start to fill in the hole with the prepared soil.After a few spade-fulls, gently shake the specimen to work the soil among the roots.Add remaining soil.Firm in with your feet.Make a shallow depression round the trunk base to help water retention. Secure the trunk to the stake with a purpose-made tree tie if needed.