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 Plant list: Grafted plants
Grafted plants are two-in-one, a good rootstock with the ‘pretty bit’ (scion) grafted on too. If well grafted, the scar should heal and not be too obvious.
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| Latin name: | | Prunus |
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| Common name: | | Flowering cherry |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White and shades of pink |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 10m x 4m (33ft x 13ft) |
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Deciduous trees that bear single, semi-double or double flowers. Some also have attractive bark and foliage that puts on a good autumn display. Will grow in any soil but waterlogged.
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| Latin name: | | Acer palmatum |
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| Common name: | | Japanese maple |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | N/A |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green or red |
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| Height and spread: | | 6m x 6m (20ft x 20ft) |
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Japanese maples prefer slightly acid soil, and need a sheltered spot out of the wind. They are grown for their very attractive leaves, which turn spectacular colours in the autumn – red, yellow, orange – depending on type.
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| Latin name: | | Rhododendron |
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| Common name: | | Rhododendron |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White, tallow, pinks, reds and violets |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1.5m x 1.2m (5ft x 4ft) |
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Evergreen shrub and tree with attractively shaped, leathery leaves. Primarily grown for the clusters of brightly coloured bell-shaped flowers. Most require acid soil.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa |
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| Common name: | | Rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White, yellow, pink, scarlet and orange |
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| Leaf colour: | | Grey, glossy green and purple-blue |
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| Height and spread: | | 2.2m x 1.8m (7ft x 6ft) |
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There are many different types of this medium-sized shrub, most of which have thorny stems. Primarily grown for their profusion of flowers, some types also produce clusters of red fruit (hips) in autumn.
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| Latin name: | | Malus sylvestris var. domestica |
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| Common name: | | Apple |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2m to 4m x 2m to 4m (7ft to 13ft x 7ft to 13ft) |
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| Description: | |
There are lots of different apple trees that produce fruit from early to late autumn. And there are five main rootstrocks from M27, the smallest, to MM111, the biggest, which produce trees of different sizes.
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