Here's some helpfull tips when planting your Trees: Soak the roots before planting : Avoid planting if there's a frost : Place your tree in a sunny/sheltered position. Help the roots to stimulate and establish more quickly by mixing in some farmyard manure.
Soil improver: organic soil improvers like farmyard manure open up the soils structure, breaking up heavy clay and helping free-draining soils hold on to moisture.
We can deliver trees within a 35 mile radius of the nursery.
Common Beech. A British native tree with wavy margined leaves, pale at first, turning glossy dark green. Height 25m. Spread 15m. Deciduous.
Copper or Purple Beech. A large tree with light red leaves in spring turning dark purple. Height 18m. Spread 7-10m. Deciduous.
Holly. An evergreen tree. Green self-fertile holly - will berry itself producing red berries in autumn. Clip to keep in shape in September. Plant 3 to 4 m apart for a high level screen.
Holly. An evergreen tree. Green self-fertile holly - will berry itself producing red berries in autumn. Clip to keep in shape in September. Plant 3 to 4 m apart for a high level screen.
Holly. A conical evergreen shrub with purple tinged stems and big, serrated, light green leaves, produces scarlet fruit. Height 14m. Spread 5m. Flower colour Cream. Flowers from May to June. Fruits from September Evergreen. Hardy.
An upright, evergreen shrub with dark green leaves, bright red when young. Small white flowers are sometimes followed by bright red fruit. Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flowers from April to May. Evergreen. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat. Excellent as hedging, space at 75cm intervals and clip once or twice each year.
Cherry Laurel, Laurel. A more dense, compact, bushy shrub with glossy green leaves. Fragrant white flowers on upright spikes in spring, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Height 3m. Spread 2m. Flowers from April to May. Fruits from June Evergreen. Hardy. Plant two feet apart for hedging and clip twice a year.
Cherry Laurel. Laurel. A dense bushy evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves. Fragrant white flowers on upright spikes in spring, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Height 8m. Spread 3m. For hedging plant 60cm to 90cm apart. clip annually to required height.
Portugal Laurel, Laurel. A dense bushy shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Fragrant white flowers on pendent racemes in early summer, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Height 3m. Spread 2m. Flowers from June to July. Fruits from July. Evergreen. For hedging plant 60cm apart.
Portugal Laurel, Laurel. A dense bushy shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Fragrant white flowers on pendent racemes in early summer, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Height 3m. Spread 2m. Flowers from June to July. Fruits from July. Evergreen. For hedging plant 60cm apart.
Pear. A narrowly conical tree with glossy, dark green leaves turning red in late autumn. Clusters of white flowers in spring followed by brown fruit. Height 15m. Spread 6m. Flowers from March to April. Fruit colour Brown. Fruits from May Deciduous.
Belle de Louvain are very large, oval-shaped, and dark red, becoming purple when fully ripe. This is primarily a culinary plum, the flesh is not particularly juicy, but reveals its true flavour when cooked. Vigorous tree. Self-fertile. Mid-season flowering. Pollination Group B.
Japanese type plum tree that produces firm, aromatic and juicy fruit. Large purplish red fruit with amber yellow flesh. It has a sweet amber clingstone flesh. Bears early and sets heavy crops. The sweet, uniquely flavoured fruit is ideal for eating, canning and making jam. Must be planted with another plum tree for pollination. Ripens mid-late summer.
Similar to the greengage but more reliable. A later flowering variety. Yellow-green juicy flesh and a beautiful flavour. Partly self-fertile but better with a partner. Vigorous growth and likes a warm location. Use for dessert or cooking.
A culinary Damson with a heavy crop of large blue-black fruits with yellow flesh. Harvest late September. Self-fertile. Mid season flowering. Pollination Group B.
Plum. A dual purpose plum, cooking or eating, with deep purple fruits. Ripening in July The flesh is pale yellow and quite sharp, self-fertile, mid season pollinator. Early and prolific.
Large blue plum ripening in September after the Victoria has finished. Creamy white flesh and heavy cropping. Mid season pollinating.
Dessert plum. Very large fruits of exceptional quality, similar to a Victoria. Pick in July. Needs a pollinating partner. Mid-season.
'Kordia' is an upright, deciduous fruit tree with ovate to oblong, toothed, dark green leaves turning orange and red in autumn and nodding, white flowers in mid-spring followed by small, glossy, edible, maroon fruit ready for harvest in early to midsummer.
Raised in Bedfordshire in 1900. Produces a red colour plum which is used as a good cooker. A self sterile tree which requires a pollinator.
Plum 'Mirabelle de Nancy' is a vigorous, upright variety producing heavy crops of classic, yellow, small French plums from September. The incredibly sweet, stone free fruits ripen from white to honey yellow and are excellent eaten fresh or cooked.
Plums are quite small and a dull green colour, turning slightly yellow when ripe. However this is one that you grow for flavour - for eating fresh it is exceptional. Prefers a sunny sheltered spot. Harvest early September. Self-fertile. Mid-late flowering. Pollination Group C.
A new early variety, great flavour. Gage like texture and easy to get flesh off the stone. Dessert plum with yellow flesh and red-purple skin. Harvest late July. Self-fertile. Mid season flowering. Pollination Group B.
A variety with great flavour for cooking and jam making. Medium golden yellow fruit produced in August. A good level of frost resistance. Self-fertile.
Plum producing large round fruit with a purple to golden yellow colour, juicy and excellent. Flowering mid season. Harvest mid-August. Early fertility. Regular high productivity. Sun exposure. Ordinary soil, not too dry to cool. Frost resistant.
Large blue plum ripening in September after the Victoria has finished. Yellow flesh and heavy cropping. Mid season pollinating.
Upright, deciduous fruit tree which spreads when mature and gets white flowers in late spring, followed by deep-red, sweet cherry fruit in late summer.
A small dual purpose plum with pale red fruits. Ripening in late August and early September. The flesh is greeny-yellow and of a good flavour. Self-fertile. Deciduous. Hardy.
Japanese Bitter Orange. A rounded shrub with very sharp spines, green leaves turn yellow in autumn. Fragrant white flowers followed by inedible fruits. Height 5m. Spread 5m. Flowers from May to June. Fruits from July Deciduous. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Populus deltoides 'Purple Tower' is an attractive upright tree with eye-catching dark red / purple leaves. The leaves are supported on dark red stems speckled in beige. Ideal as a specimen tree for adding a splash of colour to your garden. Height 10m. Spread 3m.
Lombardy Poplar. A vigorous narrowly columnar tree with glossy dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn. Pendent catkins in spring. Height 30m. Spread 5m.
Lombardy Poplar. A vigorous narrowly columnar tree with glossy dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn. Pendent catkins in spring. Height 30m. Spread 5m.
A narrow tree with golden yellow leaves, bronze when young, turning golden yellow in autumn. Catkins in early spring. Height 25m. Spread 10m. Deciduous. Hardy.
Balm of Gilead. A columnar tree with leaves conspicuously marked white, cream and pink as they mature. Catkins in early spring. Height 15m. Spread 6m if not clipped. Deciduous.
Flagpole Cherry. A narrow erect tree with yellowish bronze leaves in spring. Pretty semi-double pale pink flowers in early spring. Height 8m. Spread 4m. Great for confined spaces or to create spatial arrangements.
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