Biennial: A non-woody plant that generally produces green growth during the first year, then flowers during the second year, before dying down. Biennials often leave viable seeds.
Annual: Normally a non-hardy flowering plant that lives only for one warm season.
Shrub: A woody plant that doesn’ t die down to ground level in winter. It usually has several stems arising from the ground and grows to a height of more than 60cm. Subshrub: A low-growing shrub, such as lavender, rosemary and small heathers, with woody stems.
Top grafted: Often refers to a certain species of tree or shrub that has been grafted onto a longer stem.
Pollination group: Many fruiting plants need to be pollinated by others from the same group, but of a different variety. This generally means they produce flowers at the same time. For example, the Cox needs to be pollinated by a different type of apple, such as Discovery.
Self-fertile: Some fruit trees do not need to be pollinated from another tree. Insects are able to pollinate the tree using its own flowers.
Triploid: A fruit tree needing two partners for complete pollination. Some apple trees such as Bramleys are sterile and need two different apples to achieve pollination.
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