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My husband and I recently moved into our dream house. I was so excited to get into it. Everything was perfect; we had the most beautiful fireplace and high vaulted ceilings. It was our dream come true. However, the yard was so bare and lacking.

I am not much of a gardener, but I wanted to do something that would really give it a beautiful landscape to match the gorgeous inside of the house. A friend suggested dwarf fruit trees. I shrugged at her and said I had no idea what in the world that was.

But I instantly fell in love with the idea after she showed me a picture she found online of the cutest little apple trees imaginable. I did some reading up and was excited to learn that apart from something to support them, they needed little maintenance. Dwarf fruit trees don't need a lot of pruning, and it's easier to protect them from birds and frost than the bigger varieties of fruit trees.

So after planning out the layout of the trees and getting several different varieties, my husband and I set to work. It wasn't long before we had planted a pretty little row of trees. They stood behind the lower plants in my planned garden. I used stakes to keep them in place and spaced them about 18 inches apart.

After that, we planted some lower standing plants and flowers. I am in love with those dwarf fruit trees. Now, when guests come to my home, they are greeted by adorable fruit trees full of gorgeous color and bright fruit, along with my other cheery flowers. I'm really glad that my friend suggested them!