Autumn 2024
Order now for delivery from week commencing 4th November for pot grown trees or December for bare-root or mixed tree orders.
Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
5 varieties
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Leaf colour - autumn
- Bronze / Purple
Category
- Rowan trees
Category
- Whitebeam trees
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Categories
Albizia (Silk) trees
3
Beech trees
2
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
2
Corylus (Hazel) trees
1
Crab-apple trees
3
Flowering cherry trees
2
Liquidambar trees
1
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
5
Stock availability
All
5
In stock
4
Not in stock
1
Available form
1-year
2
2-year
4
3-year
Top-worked
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
2
12L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
5
Average
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
1
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
Attractive fruit
3
Attractive tree / plant
2
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
1
Autumn foliage colour
3
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
Upright
2
Upright-spreading / Vase
2
Pyramidal
Spreading / Flat-topped
1
Weeping
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
5
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
2
Some shade
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
1
No need to prune
Light prune
3
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
Average
3
Slow
Site conditions
Sheltered site
1
Windy site
1
Free-draining site
2
Occasional flooding
3
Occasional drought
Coastal site
3
Air pollution
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
4
RHS Plants for Pollinators
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
5
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Double flower (25-50 petals)
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
5
June
1
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
4
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
Bluish-green
1
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
1
Yellow
3
Yellow / Crimson
1
Orange / Gold
8
Orange / Red
18
Bronze / Purple
5
Multiple tints
10
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
Pink
2
Purple
Red
1
Red - dark
Red / Black
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
3
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
4
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
Grey
Brown - light
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
1
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
1
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
5
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Amber Light
A typical Mountain Ash or Rowan, with particularly persistent red berries.
Fruit colour: Orange
Sorbus
Chinese Lace
A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus
Pearls
A small spreading rowan tree, named for its clusters of pearl-white berries.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus bissetii
Pink Pearl
A small upright rowan tree with clusters of pink-flecked white fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus
Sorbus vilmorinii
The main feature of this Rowan trees is the pink fruitlets, which turn white as autumn progresses. It is one of the smaller Sorbus species, but also one of the more spreading.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus vilmorinii