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aka Mop Top

'Mop Top' forms a ball of fresh lustrous foliage on a sturdy lollipop stem. Makes a strong statement in any planting scheme especially avenue planting. Equally fabulous in a large container. Hardy and tolerant of most conditions except wet feet. Trim to maintain shape and size. Deciduous.

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aka Mop Top

"Mop Top" forms a ball of fresh lustrous foliage on a sturdy lollipop stem. Makes a strong statement in any planting scheme especially avenue planting. Equally fabulous in a large container. Hardy

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aka Mop Top 1.7m

'Mop Top' forms a ball of fresh lustrous foliage on a sturdy lollipop stem. Makes a strong statement in any planting scheme especially avenue planting. Equally fabulous in a large container. Hardy and tolerant of most conditions except wet feet. Trim to maintain shape and required size. Deciduous.

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aka Kilmarnock Willow

Here's something just a bit different. The 'Kilmarnock or 'Pussy' Willow has pendulous branches covered in fresh green leaves with a fleecy grey underside. Makes a nice weeping tree for the garden or beside a waterway. Silky catkins in spring before the foliage emerges. Easy to grow. Deciduous.

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aka Silver Whitebeam or Rowan

Silver Whitebeam. A beautiful deciduous tree with bold leathery leaves that are covered in dense creamy-white woolly 'hairs' during spring-summer. The leaves mature to grey-green eventually turning gold prior to leaf fall. Small cream flowers in spring are followed by orange-red berries. Est.10yr.growth.

Sorbus do best in areas that have cold winters. They like a sunny spot to grow in and deep soil that does not completely dry out in summer.

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aka Sorbus Scarlet King or Rowan

Upright form of Mountain Ash with grey-green foliage contrasting well with the large bunches of scarlet berries through summer and autumn. Berries best in colder districts. This hardy tree can tolerate heat or cold, strong winds and low humidity.

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aka Swamp Cypress

Something just a little different - a deciduous conifer and unlike its other family members happy to grow in swampy wet areas. Attractive soft ferny green foliage in spring, in autumn this turns a warm rusty brown before falling. Fibrous red brown bark and a nice sturdy trunk complete the picture.

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aka Swamp Cypress

Swamp Cypress - Weeping. A unique deciduous conifer that has attractive green ferny foliage that turns golden brown before leaf fall. Interesting fibrous bark and 'knobbly knees' that grow from the roots. This form has pendulous side branches giving the tree a naturally graceful habit.

Taxodium 'McLaren' Falls will grow happily in moist to wet soil but will also tolerate growing in normal garden soil as long as it does not completely dry out in summer. Named for where it was discovered - McLaren Falls in the Kaimai Ranges.

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aka Small-leaved Lime

Large tree with a nice rounded head. Heart shaped leathery leaves, glossy dark green above and pale green beneath. Summer flowers ivory coloured and sweetly scented. A very popular avenue tree in Europe. If you've got the space then this is the tree to adequately fill it! Deciduous.

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aka Broad Leaf Lime

Very large noble tree widely planted in England and Europe. Superb pleached or used in avenue plantings. Will make a fine specimen tree, wherever space permits. Hardy and will grow in all types of soils and situations. Fragrant flowers in summer followed by berries. Deciduous.