Trees & Specimens

Sorbus aucuparia 'Sheerwater Seedling' Common Name: Rowan Sheerwater Seedling Sorbus aucuparia 'Sheerwater Seedling' is an Upright Mountain Ash tree ideal for creating plenty of interest in small spaces. Creamy, white corymbs of flowers appear in April-May that are popular with bees. Mid/dark green pinnate foliage turns vibrant shades of orange and red in the autumn which complements the reddish orange berries that hang in heavy clusters and are a treat for the birds. Characteristics: Fully Hardy Soil: Any moist but well drained soil Position: Full Sun Fully Grown Height & Spread: 12m x 6m Supplied Pot size: 10ltr

Araucaria araucana is a stately evergreen tree with branches clothed in sharply pointed, triangular dark green leaves. Mature plants may bear cones on the upper branches, male and female usually on separate trees

• Common name: Monkey Puzzle tree
• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, moist but well-drained soil
• Rate of Growth: slow
• Hardiness: fully hardy
• Size supplied: 50cm
• Mature height: 20m x 10m

Quercus Ilex is a large evergreen tree with black, finely cracked bark, developing a massive, rounded crown. Glossy dark green, ovate leaves, whitish beneath contrast with whitish young foliage and young catkins.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: Height-12m or higher x S-8m or wider
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy

'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

Fagus Sylvatica Dawycks Purple A columnar form of the common beech tree with red foliage in the spring that turns to deep purple in the summer and then brown in the autumn. A beautiful ornamental tree with striking colors that will fit in most any urban garden. The purple upright beech tree will tolerate most soils and exposed conditions but avoid wet positions. Characteristics: Hardiness: Fully Hardy Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained soil, not too wet Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade Flowering Period Small catkins in May Fully Grown Height & Spread: 20m x 5m Pot Size Supplied: 12ltr (200cm approx. height)

'Hybridus Pendulus' is a vigorous prostrate evergreen shrub with large, elliptic leaves and small white flowers followed by profuse red berries in autumn; often top-grafted to form a pendulous small tree to 2m tall.

Characteristics:

• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained soil
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Flowering Period June
• Fully Grown Height & Spread: 2m x 2m
• Pot Size: 10ltr (Half Standard)

Quercus texana 'New Madrid' is a deciduous oak which can grow to 15m tall and wide-spreading. Insignificant yellowish-green flowers in separate male and female catkins appear in spring shortly after the leaves emerge.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil
• Max. Height & Spread: H-15m x S-10m
• Position: Full Sun
• Hardiness: Hardy

Betula Jacquemontii is a vigorous deciduous tree with brilliant white bark on the trunk and larger branches; ovate leaves turn yellow in autumn; yellow-brown male catkins open in early sping.

Characteristics:

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

Acer platanoides 'Princeton Gold' is a broadly columnar deciduous tree with red petioles and bright golden foliage. Grows best in moist but well-drained soil.

Characteristics:

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

Acer palmatum 'Tamukeyama' is a mound-forming, deciduous tree with cascading shoots that bear finely-cut leaves which emerge purple to burgundy red in the spring. Leaves turn a greenish-purple in the summer before turning orange and brighter red in the autumn. Small purple-red flowers may be followed by winged fruits in the autumn

Characteristics:

• Soil: Suited to all but prefers moist, slightly acidic conditions
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2.5m x S-4m
• Season of Interest: Spring, Summer, Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy

'Drummondii' is a medium-sized, deciduous tree to around 15m tall with a dense, rounded crown. Its deeply-lobed, variegated leaves have a green centre and broad, creamy-white margins; the leaves turn yellow in autumn. Clusters of yellow flowers open on the bare stems in spring before the leaves appear.

Features:

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

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

A superb, small, columnar shaped, deciduous rowan tree. It's a fastigiate clone of 'Joseph Rock'. Green, fern-like leaves turn a striking reddish-yellow in autumn. White flowers in May are followed by clusters of bright yellow-orange berries with reddish centres, that are popular with birds and contrast well with the autumn leaves. The perfect tree for restricted spaces.

Characteristics:

• Type: Decidious
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Light Shade
• Soil: Best in moist soil which is also free-draining
• Flowering Period: April to May (White Flower)
• Height & Spread: 2 - 4m Height x 1 - 2m Spread
• Time to max growth: 15-20 years
• Pot Size: 10 Litre

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

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

Laburnocytisus 'adamii' is a small spring-flowering deciduous tree with some some branches bearing foliage and yellow flowers of common laburnum, others those of purple bloom, and many intermediate dull yellowish-pink flowers.

Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soil
• Max. Height & Spread: H-8m x S-4m
• Season of Interest: Spring & Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Hardiness: Hardy

Quercus rubra is a fast-growing large deciduous tree with an open, spreading crown and broad leaves to 22cm in length, turning red or red-brown in autumn. Flowers greenish, inconspicuous.

Time to ultimate growth: 20-50 years.

Characteristics

• Type: Deciduous
• Habit: Bushy
• Max. Height & Spread: H-12m x S-8m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial shade
• Soil: Suitable to most soils (moist but well-drained)
• Pot Size: 10 Litre

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