Ornamental Trees

This fascinating rowan species bears clusters of bright pink fruitlets, which turn progressively whiter as winter approaches,and persist on the tree after the leaves have fallen. These can also be used for making rowan jelly.

The leaves are particularly fern-like in appearance, and turn bronze in the autumn. The tree remains small, and is more spreading than the native English rowan, and may develop multiple stems over time.

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Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Light Shade
• Soil: Best in moist soil which is also free-draining
• Flowering Period: April to May
• Max. Height & Spread: H-4m x S-4m
• Time to Max Growth: 10-20 years

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.

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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

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.

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Characteristics:

• Common Name: Rowan Autumn Spire
• 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.

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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

Acer conspicuum 'Red Flamingo' is a very attractive and striking shrub or small tree, with foliage variegated in pink, green and white.

The stunning Red Flamingo' is a slow-growing, deciduous, snakebark maple. A rarely seen collectors plant, boasting beautiful bright pink leaves with white variegation, becoming mottled through the summer, mixed with splashes of green and dark pink.

An excellent hardy shrub or small tree for your garden having year round interest. Stems are a strong red, maturing with white striations to create winter interest.

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Characteristics:

• Type: Decidious
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Soil: Best in moist, free-draining soil
• Flowering Period: All Year Round Foilage
• Size: H-6m x S-6m
• Time until Max Growth: 10-15 years
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Pot Size: 3 Litre

Young's weeping birch develops a dense mass of growth which clusters at the top of the trunk to form a dome- or mushroom-shaped tree with long, pendent, slender branches that often reach the ground. In its early stages it may need some formative pruning to transform an untidy tangle into a graceful cascade of foliage.

Inner shaded twigs may die out and can be pruned as well. Growth can be rapid, up to 90cm (3ft) per year while young. It makes a fine specimen tree on a lawn, casting only light shade and sufficiently airy for bulbs to grow at its foot.

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Characteristics:

• Common Name: Young's Weeping Birch
• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: H-8m x S-8m
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy

Chamaerops humilis 'Etna' is a bushy evergreen palm making a medium-sized shrub, often stemless or multi-stemmed, with a rounded mass of fan-shaped leaves.

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Characteristics:

• Common Name: Dwarf Fan Palm
• Type: Ornamental Palm
• Max. Height & Spread: 80+ cm
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 50 Litre

Fagus sylvatica 'Atropurpurea' is a large, upright, spreading, deciduous tree with oval to elliptic, glossy, dark purple leaves turning copper to maroon in autumn and inconspicuous, purple flowers in spring followed by bristly, pale brown fruit.

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Characteristics:

• Common Name: Copper Beech
• Type: Deciduous Half-Standard Tree
• Colour: Brown
• Max. Height & Spread: H-20m x S-15m
• Flowers: Purple in Spring
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 12 Litre

Ilex aquifolium 'J.C. van Tol' is an open, broadly conical, female evergreen shrub or small tree with young purple shoots, elliptic, nearly spineless, glossy, puckered, dark green leaves and insignificant, dull white flowers in late spring and early summer followed by bright red fruit.

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Characteristics:

• Common Name: Holly Tree
• Type: Evergreen Holly Tree
• Colour: Greeen Foliage, Red Berries (Non-Edible)
• Max. Height: H-1.8m to 2m
• Hardiness: Easy to Grow, Tough
• Flowers: Spring, Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 25 Litre

Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' is a conical evergreen tree with spiny leaves edged with cream, flushed pink when young, and small, dull white flowers followed by red berries.

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Characteristics:

• Common Name: Silver-Margined Holly
• Type: Evergreen Topiary Tree
• Colour: Variegated
• Max. Height: H-1.8 to 2m
• Hardiness: Easy to Grow, Tough
• Flowers: Spring
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 25 Litre

'Kanzan' is a medium-sized deciduous tree, stiffly vase-shaped when young, later spreading, with coppery-brown young foliage and vivid purplish-pink double flowers 5cm in width opening from crimson buds.

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Characteristics:

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soils
• Max. Height & Spread: H-9m x S-9m
• Season of Interest: Spring
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Pot Size: 10 Litre

Taxus baccata is a medium-sized bushy evergreen tree with narrow, leathery, very dark green leaves. This particular Taxus features a 30cm ball, perfect for adding decoration to your outdoor area or patio.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Common Yew
• Type: Evergreen Ornamental Tree
• Max. Height & Spread: H-3m x S-1.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun, Partial Shade or Full Shade
• Pot Size: 30cm Pot

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Ilex Crenata, or Japanese Holly, is a slow-growing, evergreen shrub with small, glossy leaves. An excellent choice for for Bonsai lovers.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Japanese Holly, Box-Leaved Holly
• Type: Bonsai Tree
• Supplied Height: 80-100cm
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun, Semi-Shade during hot summer days
• Pot Size: 12 Litre

Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' is a tall fully hardy perennial deciduous tree with green flowers in mid Spring. It grows well in semi-shade and direct sun, and prefers medium levels of water. It forms either a broad crown with wide-spreading main boughs draped with long, pendulous side-branches, or more upright with steeply drooping branches. Leaves are elliptic and green.

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Characteristics:

• Common Name: Weeping Common Beech, Weeping European Beech
• Type: Deciduous, Half-Standard Tree
• Max. Height & Spread: H-20m x S-15m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 18 Litre

Prunus Serrula - 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

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.

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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

Taxus baccata is a medium-sized bushy evergreen tree with narrow, leathery, very dark green leaves. This particular Taxus features a pyramid-shaped topiary, perfect for adding decoration to your outdoor area or patio.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Common Yew
• Type: Evergreen Ornamental Tree
• Max. Height & Spread: H-3m x S-1.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun, Partial Shade or Full Shade
• Pot Size: 40cm Pot

Ligustrum jonandrum is an evergreen, rounded shrub with dark green foliage and creamy white flowers throughout spring. It produces small, black berries in autumn. It is a great choice for topiary as it is easy to maintain and looks stunning with its two topiary balls.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Privit Tree
• Type: Evergreen Specimen, Topiary
• Supplied Height: 120cm
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 30 Litre