Autumn 2024
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Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
26 varieties
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Leaf colour - autumn
- Orange / Gold
Leaf colour - autumn
- Orange / Red
Category
- Rowan trees
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- Whitebeam trees
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Amelanchier trees
5
Beech trees
1
Birch trees
2
Carpinus (Hornbeam) trees
1
Cercis (Redbud) trees
1
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
3
Crab-apple trees
14
Flowering apricots
1
Flowering cherry trees
19
Japanese flowering cherries
12
Hawthorn trees
1
Melliferous trees
2
Japanese maple trees
4
Liquidambar trees
3
Maple trees
8
Native trees
2
Robinia trees
1
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
26
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
3
Our recommendations
12
Stock availability
All
26
In stock
22
Not in stock
4
Available form
1-year
11
2-year
22
3-year
1
Top-worked
Spindlebush
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Bare-root
12
12L pot
22
7L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
25
Average
Experienced
Awards
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RHS AGM (current)
10
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
1
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
6
Attractive fruit
22
Attractive tree / plant
5
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
6
Autumn foliage colour
23
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
3
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
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Columnar / Fastigiate
2
Upright
11
Upright-spreading / Vase
11
Pyramidal
Spreading / Flat-topped
3
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
25
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
6
Some shade
2
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
2
No need to prune
2
Light prune
18
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
2
Average
16
Slow
1
Site conditions
Sheltered site
3
Windy site
5
Free-draining site
2
Occasional flooding
19
Occasional drought
2
Coastal site
19
Air pollution
2
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
26
RHS Plants for Pollinators
6
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
24
Cream
Pink - light
2
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
1
May
23
June
12
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
23
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
3
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
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Green
1
Yellow
3
Yellow / Crimson
1
Orange / Gold
8
Orange / Red
18
Bronze / Purple
5
Multiple tints
10
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
2
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
6
Pink
5
Purple
Red
6
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Russet
Yellow
3
Yellow / Orange
3
Yellow / Red
White
4
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
2
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
23
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
6
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
1
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
3
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
9
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
26
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Autumn Spire
®
Autumn Spire (Flanrock) is a columnar rowan with yellow fruitlets and excellent autumn colour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus aucuparia
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
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
Croft Coral
Croft Coral is a small rowan tree but the fruits are an orange coral colour rather than the usual red,
Fruit colour: Orange
Sorbus aucuparia
Eastern Promise
Features feathered leaves, and pink-red fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
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
Fingerprint
®
A particularly upright form of the Mountain Ash, and one of the most disease-resistant.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Glendoick White Baby
®
Glendoick White Baby is a superb tree for autumn colour, with large bright white berries and bright red leaves.
Fruit colour: White
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
Kashmir rowan
An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus cashmiriana
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
Matthew Ridley
An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
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
Pink Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus vilmorinii
Pink Ness
A very upright rowan tree, with pretty pink fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
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
Rosiness
A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus rosea
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 helenae
A species of rowan featuring pink/white fruitlets and good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus helenae
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Similar characteristics to Sorbus vilmorinii, not quite as vigorous, but heavier fruiting.
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
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
Sunshine
A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus