Autumn 2024
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Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
18 varieties
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Fruit colour
- Orange / Red
Fruit colour
- Red
Category
- Rowan trees
Category
- Whitebeam trees
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Categories
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
5
Crab-apple trees
17
Fruiting ornamental trees
3
Hawthorn trees
5
Native trees
2
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
17
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
5
Our recommendations
6
Stock availability
All
18
In stock
13
Not in stock
5
Available form
1-year
5
2-year
13
3-year
1
Top-worked
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
6
12L pot
13
7L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
18
Average
Experienced
Awards
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RHS AGM (current)
8
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
6
Attractive fruit
13
Attractive tree / plant
6
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
6
Autumn foliage colour
15
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
2
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
1
Upright
10
Upright-spreading / Vase
6
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
1
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
17
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
4
Some shade
Tolerates shade
1
Pruning
Do not prune
2
No need to prune
2
Light prune
8
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
2
Average
12
Slow
Site conditions
Sheltered site
4
Windy site
6
Free-draining site
1
Occasional flooding
11
Occasional drought
Coastal site
11
Air pollution
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
18
RHS Plants for Pollinators
7
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
18
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
18
June
8
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
15
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
3
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
1
Yellow
2
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
4
Orange / Red
8
Bronze / Purple
1
Multiple tints
2
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
3
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
2
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
15
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
Grey
1
Brown - light
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
1
Canada
China
3
Denmark
France
1
Germany
1
Ireland
Italy
Japan
1
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
3
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
4
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
18
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Asplenifolia
The Cut-leaf Rowan, an excellent form of the native Mountain Ash, orange-red berries, and highly feathered leaves.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Beissneri
Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Chinese Lace
A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus
Common Rowan
The Rowan or Mountain Ash, native to most parts of the UK. The leaves turn golden red in autumn, accompanied by clusters of red berries. One of the largest species of Sorbus.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Embley
Embley is a form of the Japanese Rowan, featuring red berries and scarlet autumn leaf colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus commixta
Emiel
Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus folgneri
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A particularly upright form of the Mountain Ash, and one of the most disease-resistant.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Gibbsii
Gibbsii grows with a neat spreading columnar form, sprinkled with clusters of bright red fruits in the autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus hybrida
Lutescens
An excellent garden tree, very hardy, easy to grow, and tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Grey-green leaves turn russet in autumn, with orange berries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
Majestica
Majestica is a classic large Whitebeam, with silvery-grey leaves contrasting in autumn with clusters of orange-red berries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
Olympic Flame
Olympic Flame (or Dodong) is an attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus ulleungensis
Ravensbill
This rowan tree is named for the the black colour of its winter buds. It also features yellow autumn leaves and orange berries.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus
Red Bird
Red Bird features bright white flowers, orange / red fruits and good autumn leaf colours. It has a wider climate range than other rowans.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus alnifolia
Rose Queen
An unusual small rowan tree, featuring clusters of dark-pink red very persistent berries.
Fruit colour: Red
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Sorbus
Sheerwater Seedling
A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus japonica
An upright rowan with large oval leaves and attractive autumn colours and large red fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus japonica
Sorbus sargentiana
A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus sargentiana
Sorbus scalaris
One of the more spreading smaller Rowan species, with orange/red autumn leaf colours, and clusters of small orange fruilets.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus scalaris