Autumn 2024
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Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
6 varieties
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Growth habit
- Upright-spreading / Vase
Height after 10 years
- 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Category
- Birch trees
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Categories
Amelanchier trees
4
Birch trees
6
Crab-apple trees
6
Flowering cherry trees
3
Japanese flowering cherries
11
Hawthorn trees
4
Melliferous trees
4
Magnolia trees
19
Maple trees
10
Native trees
2
Robinia trees
2
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
19
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
7
Our recommendations
9
Stock availability
All
6
In stock
5
Not in stock
1
Available form
1-year
2-year
5
3-year
Top-worked
Spindlebush
Available as
12L pot
5
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
6
Average
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
3
Attractive bark
6
Attractive foliage
2
Autumn foliage colour
2
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
3
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
1
Upright
8
Upright-spreading / Vase
6
Pyramidal
1
Spreading / Flat-topped
Weeping
1
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
6
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
3
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
5
Some shade
1
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
6
No need to prune
Light prune
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
Average
2
Slow
3
Site conditions
Sheltered site
2
Windy site
Free-draining site
Occasional flooding
6
Occasional drought
5
Coastal site
Air pollution
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
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
3
March
1
April
May
June
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
6
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
Yellow
4
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
Orange / Red
Bronze / Purple
Multiple tints
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Pink
Purple
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
4
Grey
Brown - light
1
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
1
Striated - red
Peeling
1
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
2
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
2
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
6
Evergreen
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Varieties list
China Ruby
A slow-growing form of the Chinese red birch, featuring peeling copper-coloured bark and long catkins.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Bark: Striated - brown
Betula albosinensis
Fascination
Fascination features coppery-orange papery bark and very long catkins, and grows with an upright habit.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Bark: Brown - light
Betula albosinensis
Fetisowii
A slow-growing small birch with bright white papery peeling bark.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Bark: White
Betula
Moonbeam
Moonbeam is an excellent form of the Himalayan birch, with the characteristic white trunk, but much smaller than other forms of this popular species.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Bark: White
Bark: Peeling
Betula utilis
Silver Shadow
Silver Shadow is one of the loveliest of the Himalayan birches, notable for its presence and pure white stem.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Bark: White
Betula utilis jacquemontii
Snow Queen
An attractive tree, and one of the best forms of the Himalayan birch, with a bright white stem.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Bark: White
Betula utilis