Summer 2025Pre-order now for delivery in September 2025 for pot grown trees and December 2025 for bare-rooted or mixed orders.
Pippin Trees banner logoOver 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
reset

Tree comparisons


Birch
Fetisowii
Hawthorn
Rosea Flore Pleno

A slow-growing small birch with bright white papery peeling bark.A popular ornamental hawthorn, featuring pink double flowers with cream centres.
removeremove

Growing


Birch
Fetisowii
Hawthorn
Rosea Flore Pleno
Gardening skillBeginner
AwardsRHS AGM (current)
Attractive featuresAttractive bark
Growth habitUpright-spreading / Vase
Upright-spreading / Vase
Height after 10 years3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
SunlightTolerates shade
PruningDo not prune
Light prune
Growth rateSlow
Site conditionsOccasional flooding
Occasional drought
Occasional flooding
Coastal site
WildlifeAttractive to birds
top

Identification


Birch
Fetisowii
Hawthorn
Rosea Flore Pleno
Flower colourPink
Flower formDouble flower (25-50 petals)
Flowering monthMay
Leaf colourGreen
Green
Leaf colour - autumnYellow
BarkWhite
Country of originChina
Annual cycleDeciduous
top