not sure how old it was when you got it.mine flowered the same year and even better the next.it was two yrs old when bought.

Plantmaiden, i love your avatar -, is it your own little dog ? He's adorable !
Sorry to butt into your conversation :-/

thanks louise ya,hes a she who's now 4 and i have another one whos 1 and abit,they both looked like the picture when i got them,still adorable bit bigger.

Awww, post some pictures of them so we can all meet them :-))

Could be wrongly named. My hubby once planted a fir tree with its root sack on. That is extreme!! Nice big hole ,tease out roots, in full light, fed ,good support. Conference likes company, as is a part self pollinator, (Hessayon) Is it windy where tree is placed? Or just bad luck to buy a duff tree. One of our apples is reluctant to blossom, Charlotte is her name...she won't be there much longer if she has no blossom next year.

are you pruning it incorrectly?
it could be in the wrong site. frost would cause bud drop as would too dry a site.
what are the soil conditions like?
sorry lots of questions. if you join us we can have a proper q&a session and hopefully sort our problem out.