February is a key time in the backyard if you're interested in starting to grow fruit for the first time or thinking about adding to your collection. As well as being the last chance to plant bare-root bushes so they can get established before summer, it's also a great time for settling in container grown fruit bushes. If you have room, you can plant a tree or two now as well.
At this time of year fruit bushes and trees are typically available to buy in nurseries and garden centers, so there is plenty of choice. As long as the ground isn't waterlogged or frozen fruit planted now will quickly become established so by the time temperatures start to warm up they will have developed a healthy root system.
