Advice Needed On My Planting A Tree Of Rememberance

Good Afternoon,

My partner Maxine of 17 years, passed away from cancer Oct 2021, she was 61.

Her favourite place was Eype Caravan Park in Dorset, DT6 6AL (see pic). Her favourite fruit were cherries. I've been given permission to plant a tree in her memory. I have been told a cherry tree may not survive if not watered in regularly. I only holiday there once or twice a year so it's not possible for me to tend to it weekly. That being said, can anyone recommend a tree that could be planted, watered in and then be O.K to leave it? I intend to put a small fence around it to deter grazing wildlife too.


If not a cherry tree, then maybe another fruit tree or any tree that will also help bees and such when it is in flower. I do not have a problem with people picking the fruit should I choose a fruit tree.


Additionally, the Caravan Park is a small freindly family run place so I have no worries about it getting ruined by (for lack of a better phrase) 'unruly people'



Thanks ever-so in advance.

Andy


Eype Caravan Park

 

I think in the instance autumn planting would be a better option, the tree would have more chance to get itself established before the onset of warmer and dryer weather.

A cherry tree would be good for wildlife but are there any size restraints that you need to take into account.

 

Good Afternoon Pete,
There are no size restraints so I was thinking of a tree from a garden centre that is maybe 6-8ft tall. Something along the lines of :

 

Yeah, ok.
Just think that planting now would mean that tiny rootball, on such a large plant, would dry out out in about a day at this time of the year.

OK if you can water every day until the end of summer, but as you cant my personal thoughts are that it would struggle at best.

 

Thanks for your advice Pete :-)

Kind Regards

 

Hang around, I'm sure you will get more input from others.

 

We have planted several ornamental trees over the past year, one a Tibetan Cherry. All recommend daily watering to begin with then weekly then fortnightly for the first year. This is because the fine roots that take up the water are damaged in the transplanting and take the best part of a year to recover.