Tree Gift Wrapping Service
Why not make your tree gift even
more special by using our gift wrapping service. This includes one of our
handmade drawstring 'ecobags' made out of 100% biodegradable materials, a gift
tag with optional gift message and a planting and aftercare booklet. All of this
for just £2.00 per tree.
B/R (Bare Root) - The traditional way to buy deciduous trees and shrubs. Perfect for planting between November and March.
R/B (Root Ball) - The traditional way to buy evergreen trees and shrubs. The plants are kept in their own soil, making them ideal to transplant between November and March.
C/G (Container Grown) - A very convenient way to buy trees and shrubs, already rooted in their pots, they can be planted all year round. Sizes given in litres.
H/S (Half standard) - Half standard trees have a clear stem of 1.25-1.5m with a bushy head of around 1-1.5m. The total height from the ground is approximately 2-2.5m.
Maiden (Feathered tree) - A good, well-defined prominent leader running straight up through the young tree. Perfect for training into a half standard, standard or fan-trained tree. Sizes given in cm's.
Multi-stemmed - A tree with two or more main stems
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Betula pendula (Silver Birch Tree)
Silver birch with its silvery trunk and up-reaching branches, pendulous at their tips. (Deciduous)
Common Name: Silver Birch
Latin Name: Betula pendula
Soil: Will grow in most soils
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/ colour: March/ yellowy-brown male catkins
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Height and spread in 20 years: 8m/3m
Special features: White peeling bark. (Deciduous)
Betula pendula is a graceful native tree, upright growing, the smaller branches becoming pendulous with age. Small leaves turn yellow in autumn. Yellowy brown male catkins in appear in spring. White peeling bark which with age becomes ruggedly fissured and dark-grey, almost black, at the base. Non-evergreen.
This birch tree is supplied in a 10 litre container suitable for planting all year round. The total height of this feathered tree is approximately 2.2-2.4m (7-8ft).
An example of one of our feathered Betula trees can be seen to the left.
All of our trees and shrubs are grown in the UK to the highest standard. Every order comes complete with planting instructions and a guide to looking after your purchase.
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