Deeproot Plant Base Online - Malus domestica 'Lady Henniker'

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botanical name:
Malus domestica 'Lady Henniker'

common name: Apple 'Lady Henniker'
family: Rosaceae

characteristics: tree
height: 8.00m width: 8.00m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: rounded
leaf colour: green
flower colour: white
fruit colour: red & green
stem/bark colour: brown
main period of interest: Autumn

edible

medicinal

growing conditions: full sun, part shade, moist soil, clay soil
prefered soil pH: any
minimum temperature: -29°C
USDA zone: 5 to 9

description:
Dessert or cooking apple with a mildly acidic and aromatic flavour

cultivation:
Moderately fertile, well drained soil, preferably in full sun. Very hardy and good for exposed positions.
Harvest fruit from mid September.
Size depends on the grafting rootstock.
Self fertile, pollination group D

propagation:
By grafting.

other notes:
Originated in Suffolk around 1840, raised at Thorndon Hall.