| Description | Rosa hybrid tea
Camp David is a sturdy, free branching rose. A beautifully formed, scented dark red bloom. Available in many different variations. | Malus domestica
Golden Delicious apples are yellow and very sweet. The fruit features a fairly thin skin that makes it easy to eat. Golden Delicious apple trees have white blooms and dark green foliage. They polinate many other apple varieties, so are a good apple tree to include in your collection.
Remember that apple trees need to be planted near other apple trees so that they can polinate eachother and produce fruit. Ideal companions for Golden Delicious apple trees are Fuji, Red Delicious and Pink Lady. This is because they all flower at a similar time. | A box hedging plant for the difficult garden. Box Leaf Privet are a great option for tall, narrow, non-flowering hedges.
• Grows in any soils providing it's moderately draining
• Does not like shady areas but will tolerate drought and frost
• Fast growing
6"/14cm pot |
| Content | Roses are easily one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants. Numerous different cultivars have been produced over the last twu centuries, although roses have been grown for millennia before their popularity bloomed. Renowned for their flowers and beauty, they are also loved for other reasons such as their fruit. The rose hip can be made into an old fashioned jam. Roses range in size and variety from your standard and bush roses to climbers and weeping varieties. Amongst all their beautiful colours, varieties and fragrances there is bound to be the perfect rose out there for your garden. For more information on selecting and growing roses, visit our Rose Factsheet. | | Box Leaf Privet is one of the most popular as it grows all year round, it will grow in almost any soil or conditions and if it is kept trimmed it looks as good or better than English Box. Box Leaved Privet love hot sunny positions, they don’t do well in a shady corner, and almost any soil as long as it is moderately well drained.
To create a dense bushy low hedge or border you only need to plant 4 plants per metre. Box Leaf Privet loves plenty of water, regular fertilising and regular trimming, given these are provided, you will find that you can create a dense fine traditional or English Box style border in just one full growing season with very little cost. |
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| height-x-width |
Up to 1.2 metres, or trimmed lower, can grow a 2-3foot hedge in 12 months
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| planting-distance |
For border: 4 per metre For dense bushy hedge or border
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| features |
Rich green lush foliage, which will give a traditional style finish but grow very quickly
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| conditions |
Will grow in very poor or heavy soils, full sun to part shade, trim regularly to promote bushy growth and maintain formal shape
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| landscape-use |
Low borders and medium hedges, excellent for formal landscapes or edging and topiary
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