Trees & Specimens

Prunus Serralata - Tibetan Cherry is noted for its multiseason interest and beautiful mahogany peeled bark. The 1/2 standard tree features shiny bark and is a rather slow grower.An abundance of tiny white flowers appear as the foliage emerges in spring.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Any Soil (Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand)
• Max. Height & Spread: H-9m x S-6m
• Season of Interest: All-Season Interest
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy

Sorbus Aucuparia is an upright deciduous tree with pinnate leaves turning yellow in autumn, and flat clusters of white flowers in late spring, followed by orange-red berries in autumn.

Characteristics:

• Soil:
• Max. Height & Spread: H-12m or higher x S-8m
• Season of Interest: Autumn, Spring & Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 10 Litre, Half Standard

'Ballerina' is a vigorous small tree or large shrub with bronze-tinged young leaves which turn orange to purple-brown in autumn. Flowers white, relatively large, in short, somewhat nodding racemes. Fruit a small red berry, turning deep purple but soon taken by birds.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soil
• Max. Height & Spread: H-8m x S-8m
• Season of Interest: Autumn & Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 10 Litre 1/2 Standard

Sorbus commixta 'Dodong' is a medium-sized tree with a narrow oval crown. The tree has brown twigs with smooth grey bark as it matures. The glossy dark green leaves turn intensely orange-red in autumn, followed by pear-shaped orange-red fruits that will remain on the tree until winter.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Grows on most soils
• Max. height & Spread: H-10m x S-6m
• Season of Interest: Summer & Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 10 Litre, Half Standard

Prunus 'pandora' is a small deciduous tree with a neat, vase-shaped crown and ovate leaves bronze when opening, dull orange in autumn. Single, pale pink flowers 3cm in width borne in profusion.

Time to ultimate height 10-20 years

Characteristics:

• Soil: Suited to most soils except chalk
• Max. Height & Spread: H-12m x S-8m
• Season of Interest: Spring & Autumn
• Position: Full Sun
• Hardiness: Hardy

Joseph Rock is an upright tree with pinnate leaves which turn orange, red and purple in autumn, contrasting with the butter-yellow berries.

Characteristics

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: H-12m x S-8m
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 10 Litre Half Standard

Crataegus laevigata 'Pauls Scarlet' is a rounded thorny-tree with spring blossom, lobed green leaves in summer and bright red berries in autumn. Crataegus are ideal small trees, well-suited to urban, windy or exposed situations, ideal for a large number of habitats.

These tough trees will cope with most soils and growing conditions, even thriving in coastal areas.

Characteristics:

• Type: Decidious
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Light Shade
• Soil: All soils except waterlogged
• Flowering Period: March to May
• Height & Spread: 8m x 8m
• Time to Max Growth: 7-10 years
• Pot Size: 10 Litre 1/2 Standard

Lutescens is a mid-size deciduous tree, erect when young, spreading with age. Leaves to 10cm, broadly elliptic, silvery in spring, becoming grey-green. Creamy-white flowers followed by orange-red berries.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous
• Habit: Bushy
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Soil: Moist but well-drained soil
• Pot Size: 10 Litre, Half-standard
• Max Height & Spread: H-12m x S-8m

Salix Integra 'Hakuro Nishikii' is a deciduous shrub or small tree, with branches that droop slightly at the tips. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves emerge pink in spring, maturing to variegated shades of pink, creamy-white and green before turning predominantly green as the summer progresses.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2.5m x S-2.5m
• Season of Interest: Autumn & Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Hardiness: Hardy

'France Bleu' is an upright, bushy, evergreen shrub with narrowly ovate, aromatic, blue-green leaves, elliptic or sickle-shaped when mature, and clusters of small white flowers in summer or autumn.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: H-3m x S-3m
• Season of Interest: Summer/Autumn
• Position: Full Sun
• Hardiness: Hardy

Ginkgo biloba 'Troll' is a very slow-growing, dwarf, compact, bushy tree with dark green, ruffled leaves turning butter yellow in autumn.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Well-drained
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Season of Interest: Autumn
• Position: Full Sun
• Hardiness: Hardy

Sweet Gum Gum Ball is the perfect tree for small gardens! Mid green, maple-like leaves persist for a long time and turn shades of yellow, orange, red and burgundy before falling in winter. Inconspicuous greenish flowers in spring develop into spiny, spherical, green fruit during autumn. Usually forms a ball-shaped canopy with little or no pruning, but can be pruned in winter, when the deeply ribbed grey bark provides some extra interest.

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: moist, well drained soil
• Hardiness: fully hardy
• Max Height & Spread: 3m x 1.5m
• Size supplied: 110cm approx.

Acer platanoides 'Crimson Sentry' is a vigorous, narrowly upright, deciduous tree with large, lobed, red-purple leaves turning red and orange in autumn and clusters of red-tinged, yellow flowers on leafless branches in spring.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: H-12m x S-5m
• Season of Interest: Spring & Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 4 Litre, 80cm Stem

Sorbus Commixta is a compact, broadly conical tree with erect branches and dark green, ash-like leaves that go yellow then red or purple in autumn. Creamy-white spring flowers in heads up to 15cm across are followed by clusters of red or orange-red berries.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soil
• Max. Height & Spread: H-12m x S-8m
• Season of Interest: Spring
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy

Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' is a large deciduous shrub of rounded habit. Its leaves are relatively large, 7-lobed and green but turn to orange-scarlet in autumn. Flowers and fruits small, red.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist but well-drained
• Max. Height & Spread: H-4m x S-4m
• Season of Interest: Spring & Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 6 Litre

Fagus sylvatica is a large, vigorous deciduous tree with a broad, spreading crown. Leaves broadly elliptic, yellow-green in spring, rich russet-brown in autumn. Flowers small, green, followed by bristly fruits.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: H-Taller than 12m x S-Wider than 8m
• Season of Interest: Spring & Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 10 Litre

Bright shiny, lobed purple leaves, turning dark green. bright pink blossom in spring autumn.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Suited to all soil types
• Max. Height & Spread: H-6m
• Season of Interest: Spring, Autumn
• Flowers: Pink spring flowers, small crab apples in autumn/winter
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy

'Royal Burgundy' is a vigorous tree, narrowly upright when first planted, before spreading, with reddish-black leaves, deep coppery red when young, and turning orange to scarlet in autumn. Clusters of double, pink flowers appear just before the leaves in early to mid-spring

Characteristics:

• Soil: Any reasonable well drained soil
• Max. Height & Spread: H-10m x S-8m
• Season of Interest: Spring, Summer, Autumn
• Position: Full Sun
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Pot Size: 80cm Stem C5