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Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
8 varieties
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Fruit colour
- Yellow
Fruit colour
- Yellow / Orange
Category
- Rowan trees
Category
- Whitebeam trees
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Categories
Crab-apple trees
11
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
8
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
2
Our recommendations
2
Stock availability
All
8
In stock
5
Not in stock
3
Available form
1-year
4
2-year
5
3-year
Top-worked
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
4
12L pot
5
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
8
Average
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
1
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
Attractive fruit
7
Attractive tree / plant
2
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
3
Autumn foliage colour
8
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
1
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
1
Upright
2
Upright-spreading / Vase
3
Pyramidal
Spreading / Flat-topped
2
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
8
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
1
Some shade
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
1
No need to prune
Light prune
6
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
1
Growth rate
?
Fast
Average
4
Slow
1
Site conditions
Sheltered site
Windy site
1
Free-draining site
Occasional flooding
7
Occasional drought
1
Coastal site
6
Air pollution
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
8
RHS Plants for Pollinators
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
8
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
8
June
5
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
6
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
2
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
Yellow
1
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
1
Orange / Red
4
Bronze / Purple
Multiple tints
2
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
4
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
2
Orange / Red
8
Pink
12
Purple
Red
10
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Russet
Yellow
5
Yellow / Orange
5
Yellow / Red
White
7
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
8
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
2
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
1
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
2
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
8
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Autumn Spire
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Autumn Spire (Flanrock) is a columnar rowan with yellow fruitlets and excellent autumn colour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus aucuparia
Copper Kettle
Named for its attractive light copper-coloured fruitlets, Copper Kettle is easy to grow and takes up little space.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Joseph Rock
A small rowan, with distinctive pale yellow fruitlets. Also one of the best for autumn colour.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Awards: RHS 1st class
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Sorbus
Lemon Drop
Lemon Drop is a small whitebeam tree, with the characteristic white undersides to its leaves. As the name suggests, the fruitlets are bright yellow.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus folgneri
Matthew Ridley
An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Sorbus wardii
A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus wardii
Sunshine
A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Wisley Gold
A good-sized yellow-fruiting mountain ash, with a spreading form.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus