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Colt Cherry Rootstocks

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  • Colt rootstocks are for grafting your own cherry trees.
  • A semi-vigorous rootstock, used for growing bush & half-standard trees.
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What to expect
Choose a size
  • Maiden: Unbranched tree, the most basic starting size, which you can train into the other forms (apart from mini patio trees; we only sell Little Miss Figgy), including wire-trained cordons, fans, and espaliers.
    • Some maidens are pre-cut to 80cm, ready to become a Bush, or 130cm, ready to become a Half-Standard.
  • Bush: Branched tree with a short trunk about 60cm tall.
    Will grow to about 3m. Ideal for any size garden.
  • Half-Standard: Branched tree with a trunk about 120cm tall.
    Will grow into a full sized, "normal" tree, about 4m. Ideal for orchards & large gardens, easy to mow underneath.
COLT 7/9mm
Bareroot
£3.90each
Qty
1-9
10 - 24
25 +
£
£ 3.90
£ 3.54
£ 3.24

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Description

Cherry Tree Rootstocks

Colt rootstocks are ideal for grafting your own cherry trees. Grafting is pretty straightforward and has a high success rate (all our varieties are grafted). While it is fun to make your own tree, for the amateur grower, grafting is generally most effective when you are trying to replicate an unknown variety or one which is no longer available commercially. Colt rootstocks are ideal for free standing bushes and half standards.

Please note that our guarantee does not apply to your grafted trees, just to the rootstock itself which should always have come into growth before grafting.

Rootstocks will be despatched in February and March.

Browse our other Rootstocks, our range of cherry trees or the full variety of fruit trees.

Please note that our guarantee does not apply to your grafted trees, just to the rootstock itself, which should have always come into growth before grafting (so you should know before you graft if the rootstock is alive and viable).

What to expect

It's Spring Planting Season 2025

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From seedlings in jumbo plugs; Dahlia tubers; small P9 & 1 Litre plants; up to trees in big 15L pots
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We work with large batches of orders to save you money. Lead times for plants in stock are around 2 weeks
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When your order is ready, it's expertly packed by Rodney and delivered by next day courier; if anything goes wrong, call Dan on 01963 359 444
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Spring is perfect planting time

Roots love the warm soil; the plant has time to settle in before mid-Summer heat
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