sutartsorric wrote:
Tree arrived this afternoon. It is bare rooted and has tightly closed
buds. I dont know where it has been for the last 6 weeks but no one
has told it that Spring has arrived.

My victoria plum in the garden (since autumn last year) and the cherry tree
(6 years old, raised from a small stick!) are both still fairly tight
budded, despite everything else in the neighbourhood being in full blossom.
(And that's in a south facing very hot garden, too!)