Ground of fruit trees or spring flowering shoots of salsify (7)
I believe the answer is:
orchard
'ground of fruit trees' is the definition.
'orchard' can be an answer for 'trees' (I've seen this before). I also know that 'fruit' relates to this answer.
'or spring flowering shoots of salsify' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'or' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'chard' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orchard that I've seen before include "where fruit trees grow" , "Area with fruit trees" , "Garden of fruit trees" , "Place for abundant fruit" , "Field of fruit trees" .)