Description
Selected seedlings with variable shades of purple leaves.
An economical way of planting purple beech hedging and to ultimately raise unique specimen parkland trees.
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Acer platanoides
This small, broadly columnar tree has brown flaking old bark which shows cinnamon coloured new bark beneath. The three lobed yellowish-green leaves turn red and scarlet in autumn. Pale greenish-yellow flowers in late spring. Grows best in sun and light shade and on … Read More
Malus Golden Gem
Clouds of large bunches of fragrantly scented pure white flowers followed by abundant dainty yellow fruit. Also an excellent pollinator for apples.
Betula – Betula alba Pendula
The ‘Lady of the Woods’. A graceful slender tree with variable, white peeling bark developing with age and slightly pendulous branches. Diamond-shaped green leaves turn yellow in autumn. Makes an excellent windbreak and specimen tree. Native. (Europe)
Betula uti jac Silver Shadow Betula utilis var. jacquemontii Silver Shadow
Striking white bark and large drooping dark green leaves. One of the loveliest birches with dazzling white stems. The origins of this selection are from some of the earliest grafted trees of B. jacquemontii by Hillier Nursery, Hampshire.
Betula nigra Summer Cascade ®
Gentle weeping branches and the typical pink, flaking bark of the river birch make this an excellent introduction. A worthy substitute for Betula pendula ‘Youngii’ with bonus features of bark and good yellow autumn colours. (North Carolina State University, USA)
Betula – Betula utilis ‘Snow Queen’
This exceptional tree produces a lovely white stem within three years. Ideal for planting as a specimen, multi-stemmed or in clumps. Strong yellow autumn tints.
Malus – Malus Evereste ®
A conical tree with dark green lobed leaves and large soft pink to white flowers. Small red and yellow fruits, rather like mini apples, holding well into winter. An excellent pollinator for apples.
Betula uti Wakehurst Place Chocolate Betula utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’
One of the darkest barked birch with true plain chocolate bark in the early years changing to all shades of brown as it ages. (Wakehurst Place, Sussex)