Catalogue

Standard Ornamental and Flowering Trees

Prices available upon request and are subject to size and availability.

Use the below hyperlinks to find plants in alphabetical order.


Tree Sizes

ACER
The maples mentioned here are all hardy decorative trees when established. Most withstanding dry and often difficult situations.

Campestre
A hardy native bushy tree giving excellent autumn colour.

Griseum
Yellow and scarlet autumn colour distinctive peeling bark.

Platanoides
Good screen tree or windbreak; fresh green foliage turning gold in the autumn.

Crimson King
A lovely variety whose foliage is the colour of the purple beech; makes a beautiful shapely specimen tree.

Drummondii
The shapely leaves are edged with silver; a very attractive foliage tree.

Princeton Gold
An attractive new golden species which holds its colour throughout the summer.

Pseudo-Platanus
When mature makes a good shapely specimen tree; good for screening in exposed positions.

Brilliantissima
The spring foliage is beautifully suffused coral-pink; very slow growing and compact.

AESCULUS

Hippocastanum
Tall white candles.

ALNUS

Cordata
Fast growing with glistening pear-like foliage, suitable for drier and windy sites.

Glutinosa
A fast-growing tree with bright green leaves; good in damp positions.

Incana
A hardy tree, green leaves, grey beneath; ideal for wet situations.

AMELANCHIER

Canadensis
A shapely small tree with a rounded head and a mass of white flowers in April; brilliant autumn tints. The twigs give a good winter effect.

BEECH
BETULA

Jacquemontii ‘Inverleith’
A smaller tree with outstanding white trunk and branches. Very large glossy leaves.

Jacquemontii 'Utilis'
Outstandingly white stemmed, taller growing.

Pendula
Our native silver birch; graceful and pendulous habit; silver trunk.

Fastigiata
An erect form. Slow growing.

Platyphylla Szechuanica
A vigorous medium-sized tree, with chalkwhite bark (When available)

CARPINUS

Betulus
Handsome tree with streaked greybark; will tolerate heavy but lime-free soils.

pyramidalis
A hornbeam of upright and pyramidal habit. Beautiful specimen tree.

pyramidalis
Excellent variety which remains narrow in maturity.

CASTANEA


Sativa
A valuable ornamental or coppice tree.

CHESTNUT
COTONEASTER

Cornubia
A very vigorous growing semi-evergreen, with masses of bright red berries in autumn and winter.

Watereri
Fast-growing small tree with semi-evergreen leaves and large scarlet berries borne in profusion.

Rothschildiana
Yellow berried variety.

CRAB
CRATAEGUS

Alba Plena
Double pure white form.

Coccinea Plena
Double rosy crimson flowers.

Rosea Plena
The double pink form of coccinea.

Prunifolia
Compact small tree, glossy green foliage, large bright red haws. Good autumn colour.
CYTISUS

Battanderi
Scented upright golden flowers in July. Small tree. Semievergreen, likes a sheltered position (When available)

FAGUS

Sylvatica
The well known green Beech.

Purpurea
Rich red foliage.

Dawyck’s
Dark green foliage.
Fresh green foliage.

Dawyck’s Gold
Golden foliage.
Fresh green foliage.

GLEDITSIA

Sunburst
Delightful gold, fern-like foliage on this excellent small tree. Available in 140/150cm

HORNBEAM
JUGLANS
See fruit section for Nigre

LABURNUM

Vossii
Very free-flowering hybrid with long racemes of golden BUSH/flowers

LIME
LIQUIDAMBAR

Worplesdon
Selected form having excellent autumn colour.

Variegata
Slow growing, creamy white margined leaf. Available in 60/90cm

LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA
Curiously shaped three-lobed leaves, which turn yellow in autumn. Yellow green flowers in June and July. 150/180cm POT GROWN. A few Standards are available.

MAPLE
MALUS
Both flowering and fruiting varieties of this family are ideal for smaller gardens, having moderately bushy growth. With a few exceptions they flower following the flowering cherries. Fruiting forms give a fine display of colourful edible fruits, famed for jellies. It is wise to spray against Apple Scab as young trees.

Everest
Round white flowered form with small yellow fruits – recommended/excellent variety.

Golden Hornet
Small upright tree bearing white flowers, and prolificbright golden fruit until November.

John Downie
Neat and upright, fine crop of egg-shaped fruit, golden flushed crimson.

Liset
Excellent variety, handsome foliage purple red in spring. Masses of rich red blossom in May.

Moerlandi
Red-blossom, red-green leaves.

Robusta
Retains its scarlet and yellow fruits until after Christmas.

Royalty
Deep purple foliage, wine-red flowers, small tree.

Rudolph
New red flowered/purple foliage, disease resistant.

Street Parade
Green leaf, white flower, purple fruit, upright habit, disease resistant.

Tschonoski
Neat with beautiful autumn colour. White suffused pink flowers in spring.

Wisley Crab
Large-bronzed-red leaves. Fruits large red following crimson flowers. Strong growing.
MORUS

Nigra
Slow growing tree, large serrated leaves, older trees produce purple-black raspberry like fruits. Used for jams, tarts and wines.

Nyssa Sylvatica
Oval glossy dark green leaves up to 6-7m.

OAK
POPULUS



Alba
Open tree with maple-like foliage, white felted beneath.

Robusta
A very fast grower of pyramidal habit; handsome glossy leaves; young foliage copper tinted.

Tremula
Medium growing, leaves tremble in the lightest breeze. Yellow autumn colour.

FLOWERING PLUMS

Blireana
Double rose pink in April, copper-purple leaves.

Nigra Pissardii
Young leaves ruby-red, changing to claret; delicate rose-pink blossom.

Trailblazer
A recent introduction to this group; a profusion of blush-white flowers in spring, followed by edible bright red fruits; glowing purple foliage.
FLOWERING CHERRIES
Please enquire for other varieties not listed

Accolade
Of recent introduction and very early flowering; the rich pink flowers are produced in great profusion along the bare branches. Superior to the Almond

Amanogawa
Erect habit, resembling a Lombardy poplar; a column of pale pink blossom in spring; ideal where space is limited. 150/180cm.

Avium Plena
The most beautiful of the double-white cherries – masses of blossom.

Avium
One of our most attractive native, autumn colouring trees. White blossom in spring.

Fragrant Cloud
A vigorous grower, unusually scented, large white semi-double flowers.

Hillieri Spire
A tall narrowly pyramidal type with soft pink blossom, an ideal tree for smaller gardens.

Kanzan
Most popular of all cherries, double deep pink flowers along with the young bronzy foliage; strong and upright growing.

Pandora
An attractive tree for the smaller garden, with soft pink blossoms early in spring.

Royal Burgundy
Small tree, deep rose pink flowers with rich burgundy leaves

Sargenti
Pink flowers, rich autum foliage. Medium tree.

Serrula Tibetica
One of the most attractive trunks in the winter. Appears like polished mahogany.

Shirotae
Flowers large, snowy-white and early; a distinct variety with rather horizontal branches.

Snow Goose
An upright small tree with white flowers.

Spring Glow
Attractive bronze foliage with early single pink flowers.

Subhirtella Autumnalis
Producing semi-double white flowers intermittently from November to March in mild spells.

Rosea
This is a pale pink form of Autumnalis.

Tai-Haku
Immense single snowy-white flowers, enhanced by rich coppery-red of the young leaves.

Ukon
Creamy-yellow double flowers shown to perfection against young amber-coloured foliage.

Umineko
Narrow, upright tree. Single white with good autumn colour.

Yedoensis
A profusion of blush-white and almond scented flowers; a graceful tree.
BIRD CHERRIES

Padus
A handsome small tree, bearing buddleialike sprays of white, slightly fragrant flowers in April and May.

PYRUS

Chanticleer
Upright tree often holding its shiny foliage till the following year (white flowers).

Nivalis
One of the best silver foliaged trees, masses of white blossom in spring, upright in habit.
QUERCUS
We recommend planting smaller sizes due to transplanting problems.

Cerris
Glossy green leaves, fast growing.

Robur
The best known of our native trees. 120/150cm

Rubra
Large leaves turning scarlet in autumn. Fast growing when established. 180/240cm

Ilex
An evergreen variety which thrives in any soil. Not suitable for cold districts.

SALIX

Alba
Available in several varieties, mainly with coloured stems, as whips in different sizes.

Bowles Hybrid
A healthy vigorous variety in all soils. Excellent for fast screen or windbreak.

SORBUS

Lutescens
Leaves silver in spring, white underneath in summer; red berries.

Intermedia
Valuable for exposed and windy places; white flowers and red fruits; grey-white leaves with yellow down beneath.

Thuringiaca Fastigiata
A small distinctive tree with close ascending branches. Grey–green foliage. Suitable for confined spaces.
SORBUS
PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR OTHER VARIETIES AVAILABLE IN SMALL QUANTITIES

Torminalis
Native medium sized tree, silver foliage in spring, large bronze fruits.
SORBUS

Aucuparia
Native common Rowan giving masses of orange red berries.

Cashmeriana
A beautiful Himalayan species, fern-like foliage and pinkish flowers, followed by very large white fruits. Slow growing.

Commixta
One of the best varieties for autumn colour, orange-red berries, neat upright habit.

Edulis
Heavy bunches of orange/red fruits, strong growing.

Hupehensis
Distinct blue-green foliage, fruits white tinged pink, autumn colours.

Joseph Rock
An outstanding Mountain Ash. Growth is compact and colours well in the autumn. Pale yellow fruits persist into winter.

Sargentii
Sticky buds opening to large leaflets, giving rich autumn colour. Huge clusters of orange-red fruits.

Sheerwater Seedling
Compact and upright growing, orange-red berries.

Torminalis (Wild service tree)
Native medium sized tree, silver foliage in spring, large bronze fruits.
Vilmoriana
A small tree of spreading habit, fern like foliage. Rose red fruits turn to pale pink.

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