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Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple 2-3ft Bareroot

Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple 2-3ft Bareroot
€7.00
Acer palmatum Bloodgood

Acer palmatum Bloodgood
€28.00
Japanese Maple Bloodgood This Japanese maple has deeply cut lobed, dark red-purple leaves, turning bright red in autumn. Pendant clusters of tiny purple-red flowers are followed by red-winged seeds in late Summer. Acer palmatum Bloodgood is a reliable and popular variety. Requires a sheltered site. Growing notes:Acer palmatum and its cultivars a...

Acer platanoides Princeton Gold
€55.00
Norway Maple Princeton Gold Grow for its bright golden foliage and stately form, Acer platanoides Princeton Gold is a tall, fast-growing, long-lived, deciduous tree with a bushy, broadly columnar habit. Typical five-lobed maple leaves emerge pale gold on red leaf-stalks, turning a rich golden-yellow as the season progresses. Inconspicuous yellow...

Acer x freemanii Autumn Blaze
€55.00
Freeman’s Maple Autumn Blaze (syn Jefferson Red) A variety of a naturally occurring hybrid between the Canadian and sugar maples, Acer x freemanii Autumn Blaze is perhaps the most reliable maple for autumn colour in our climate. Tall, deciduous tree with deeply cut, five-lobed leaves opening yellow-green in spring, turning green in summer, then...
Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Cercidiphyllum japonicum
€8.00
Katsura Tree Deciduous tree with beautiful heart-shaped leaves and fantastic autumn colour. Cercidiphyllum japonicum is one of our go-to trees, and we recommend it for gardens that are somewhat sheltered from coastal winds. The leaves of the Katsura appear pink in the spring, turning to bright green in summer before Autumn hues of yellow, orange...

Cotoneaster frigidus Cornubia
€55.00
Cotoneaster Cornubia A big, hybrid cotoneaster with brilliant red berries, Cotoneaster Cornubia is a large, semi-evergreen shrub with arching branches and a rounded habit. The elliptical, veined leaves are glossy and mid- to deep green. In June and July, corymbs of small, white to pinkish-white, scented flowers appear, very attractive to bees an...

Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea - Copper Beech
€55.00
Copper Beech Grown as a Tree Given enough space and time, Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea, the European Purple or Copper Beech, is a large broadleaf tree that will grow into a magnificent specimen. Left to grow freely, Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea will form a broad oval crown which will eventually reach anything from 60-100 feet (20-30m) given the ri...

Fagus sylvatica Purple Fountain
€80.00
Weeping Copper Beech Purple Fountain A weeping form of the popular copper beech, Fagus sylvatica Purple Fountain is a slow-growing, medium-sized, deciduous tree with a slender, upright habit; pendulous branches droop from a central leader, some reaching the ground, some growing more capriciously. The leaves emerge red-purple, turning a purplish-...
Liquidambar styraciflua

Liquidambar styraciflua
€55.00
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweet Gum One of the best trees for autumn colour, Liquidambar styraciflua is a large, slow-growing deciduous tree with a pyramidal crown and attractive grey, fissured bark. Twigs and branches sometimes have corky ‘wings’. The leaves are mid-green and glossy with 5-7 lobes, like a maple’s; in autumn they turn brilliant...

Liquidambar styraciflua Lane Roberts
€45.00
Sweet Gum Lane Roberts A very fine cultivar of sweet gum, ideal for a woodland planting or as a specimen, Liquidambar styraciflua Lane Roberts is a very tall, deciduous tree with an upright, spreading habit. The maple-like leaves emerge glossy mid-green, and turn wonderful shades of rich blackish-crimson in autumn. The clusters of inconspicuous ...
Magnolia denudata Sunrise

Magnolia denudata Sunrise
€45.00
Magnolia denudata Sunrise Ideal as a specimen for the smallest garden or patio, hybrid Magnolia denudata Sunrise is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub with an upright, open habit. Oval, leathery, mid-green leaves appear in spring. The goblet-shaped flowers are unusual – a soft, creamy white with a distinctive rose-red ‘flame’ on each petal. The blo...
Magnolia Fairy White®

Magnolia Fairy White®
€35.00
Magnolia Fairy White A beautiful, mainly spring-flowering magnolia, ideal for smaller gardens, Magnolia Fairy White ® is a fairly fast-growing, semi-evergreen shrub with a compact, rounded, bushy habit. The ovoid, glossy, deep green leaves are evergreen in milder areas, but may fall in harsh winters. From March to May, russet buds open to pure ...

Magnolia grandiflora Galissonnière
€140.00
Bull Bay Galissonnière A cultivar of the American bull bay, Magnolia grandiflora Galissonnière has been in grown in France for centuries, and so is well adapted to north European winters. It is a large, slow-growing evergreen shrub or tree with a rounded, conical habit, but is often grown trained against a warm wall, as it otherwise has a tenden...
Magnolia sieboldii

Magnolia sieboldii
€28.00
Siebold’s Magnolia From Japan, Korea and eastern China, Magnolia sieboldii flowers later and for much longer than most magnolias and is a strikingly beautiful plant for those with gardens large enough for it. It’s a large, deciduous, moderately vigorous shrub or small tree with a broad, rounded shape. In May egg-shaped buds open to give a stunni...
Magnolia stellata

Magnolia stellata
€28.00
Magnolia stellata Unlike some magnolias, the Japanese species Magnolia stellata will tolerate alkaline soil (though not thin, chalky soils). It’s a medium-sized, slow-growing, deciduous shrub or small tree with a broad, rounded shape, the best magnolia for smaller gardens. In early spring, lightly scented, white flowers, 4”/10cm across with up t...

Magnolia x kewensis Wada's Memory
€55.00
Magnolia x kewensis Wada's Memory Believed to be a hybrid between Magnolia salicifolia and Magnolia kobus, bred in Japan, the willow-leaved magnolia, Magnolia x kewensis Wada's Memory is a small, graceful, slow-growing, deciduous tree, conical when young, but developing a broad crown as it matures. Scented, semi-double white flowers appear in mi...

Magnolia x loebneri Leonard Messel
€55.00
Magnolia Leonard Messel Discovered by Messel at his famous Nymans garden in Sussex, Magnolia x loebneri Leonard Messel is a medium-sized, slow-growing, deciduous shrub or small tree with an open, spreading crown. Lilac-pink goblet-shaped flowers 4”/10cm across appear in mid-spring on the bare branches, the dozen or so tepals opening flat to a st...
Magnolia x soulangeana

Magnolia x soulangeana
€55.00
Magnolia x soulangeana Perhaps the most popular of the deciduous hybrid magnolias, Magnolia x soulangeana is a good choice for a small garden, as it is a shapely, slow-growing, upright shrub, spreading gracefully as it matures into a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Masses of huge (up to 10”/25cm across) goblet-shaped, white or rose-pink flowe...
Malus Evereste

Malus Evereste
€55.00
Malus Evereste One of the best crab apple trees, Malus Evereste gives two long periods of interest, so is an ideal specimen tree for the smaller garden. It’s a small, slow-growing, deciduous tree with an upright, pyramidal habit. The leaves are deep green, turning yellow and bronze in autumn. The fragrant flowers, very large for a crab apple, em...

Malus toringo Scarlett (Scarletta) - Flowering Crab apple
€55.00
Ornamental Crabapple Scarlett (Scarletta) A Danish-bred cultivar of one of the Japanese crabapples, Malus toringo Scarlett is a moderately vigorous, small, deciduous tree with an attractive, oval-headed, upright habit, making an excellent ornamental specimen tree for year-round interest in the smaller garden. The leaves emerge copper-purple, tur...