Description
Clouds of large bunches of fragrantly scented pure white flowers followed by abundant dainty yellow fruit.
Also an excellent pollinator for apples.
Clouds of large bunches of fragrantly scented pure white flowers followed by abundant dainty yellow fruit.
Also an excellent pollinator for apples.
Syn : Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Copper Beauty’ A more vigorous and spreading habit than most with red autumn foliage. Large clusters of rich, coppery orange flowers in February. (Belgium)
Beautiful orange-red autumn colours. A profusion of small white flowers in spring. Unsatisfactory on shallow chalk. Very hardy.
This recent hybrid Betula ‘Crimson Frost’ x Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire’ introduction has persistent rich burgundy leaves and in time a good white stem with cinnamon hues. The yellow-orange-red autumn colours are an added feature. (Wisconsin, USA)
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)
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)
An exciting new introduction with spectacular large orange-pink fruit that persist much longer than most large fruited crab apples. Strong white blossom covers this vigorous but compact tree in spring. Makes excellent pink jelly. (New Zealand)
A beautiful foliage and flowering tree with large, intense pink, sumptuous flowers and dark almost black spring leaves changing to glossy red in summer. Deep red small fruit festoon the branches in the autumn. (USA)
An interesting large red round fruiting form with attractive pronounced calyces, very attractive – just like rosehips! Bright red skin with red flesh. Makes amber crab apple jelly. White fowers in the spring. UK