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The peach is a small bushy tree with pale pink single flowers that appear before the leaves in spring. In good years, it gives a spectacular early show of blossom, and is good for very early insects. The flowers can, however be destroyed by late frosts so it is most often planted next to a warm, sheltered wall. The leaves are lanceolate up to 15cm long and 3cm wide. It may produce fruit in autumn but generally a warm long summer is required for them to ripen.
Prunus persica
Common name: Peach
Native: China
Provenance: Italy
Size and spread (10 years): 4m x 3m
Treatment required: Deeply dormant requires 29 weeks stratification treatment.
Germinal seeds / kg: 260
Ideal sowing period: Spring
Soil conditions: Most well drained soils.
Planting instructions: Flowers better in sheltered but open spots, don’t plant in frost pockets
Mature height: 10m
pic courtesy of Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
| Weight | 200.00 g |
|---|---|
| Size | Seed Pack (approx 50 seeds), Mini seed pack (approx 10 seeds) |
| Genus | Prunus |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Flowering Month | April |
| Colour | pink, white |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Life Cycle | tree |
| Evergreen | deciduous |
| Interest | flowers, fruit |
| Wildlife | yes |
| Requires | shelter, sun |
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