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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Height after 10 years
- 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Category
- Birch trees
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Categories
Albizia (Silk) trees
1
Amelanchier trees
6
Beech trees
1
Birch trees
18
Carpinus (Hornbeam) trees
2
Cercis (Redbud) trees
4
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
1
Crab-apple trees
16
Elm trees
1
Flowering cherry trees
14
Japanese flowering cherries
21
Flowering pears
1
Fruiting ornamental trees
1
Ginkgo trees
1
Hawthorn trees
8
Melliferous trees
8
Liquidambar trees
4
Magnolia trees
33
Maple trees
14
Native trees
7
Robinia trees
2
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
46
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
11
Our recommendations
17
Stock availability
All
18
In stock
14
Not in stock
4
Available form
1-year
2-year
13
3-year
1
Top-worked
Spindlebush
Available as
12L pot
14
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
15
Average
1
Experienced
Awards
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RHS AGM (current)
4
RHS AGM (former)
2
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
7
Attractive bark
17
Attractive foliage
5
Autumn foliage colour
10
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
3
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
2
Growth habit
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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
18
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
6
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
13
Some shade
5
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
14
No need to prune
1
Light prune
1
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
4
Average
6
Slow
4
Site conditions
Sheltered site
3
Windy site
Free-draining site
1
Occasional flooding
12
Occasional drought
12
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
2
April
May
June
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
14
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
2
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
Yellow
12
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
2
Orange / Red
Bronze / Purple
Multiple tints
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
3
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
12
Grey
Brown - light
2
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
2
Striated - red
Peeling
1
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
2
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
3
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
1
Turkey
United Kingdom
5
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
17
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
Dalecarlica
The Swedish birch, an attractive columnar silver birch with drooping branches.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Darkness
This birch features speckled dark bark and an upright habit.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: Striated - brown
Betula utilis
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
Fastigiata Joes
®
A unique silver birch with a compact upright columnar form and pendulous branches.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Bark: White
Betula pendula
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
Golden Beauty
A gold-leaved silver birch, with an excellent upright form, white bark, and attractive autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Golden Fountain
A nice example of the Golden Birch, with green-yellow leaves in the summer, turning golden yellow in the autumn.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Hergest
Hergest is a form of the Chinese red birch, and features copper-coloured bark.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: Brown - light
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Betula albosinensis
Jermyns
Jermyns is a variety of the Himalayan birch, notable for its bright white bark and large catkins.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Betula utilis jacquemontii
McBeath
A slow-growing Himalayan birch with a bright white stem, a good choice for small gardens.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula utilis
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
Spider Alley
®
Spider Alley is a silver birch with unusual contorted twisting branches, and a pure white stem.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Betula pendula
Tristis
A graceful upright silver birch with pendulous shoots cascading from its branches.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
White Chocolate
A small fast-growing birch tree with bright white bark.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Growth habit: Pyramidal
Betula ermanii
Youngii
A weeping silver birch, the branches trail to the ground.
Growth habit: Weeping
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Betula pendula