Cotoneaster Trees

Ornamental tree for sale: Betula Snow Queen showing its unique light coloured bark.

Ornamental Trees

Ornamental trees are a wide-ranging and highly diverse collection of trees, and they are broadly defined as trees that do not have the primary purpose of bearing fruit. In fact, ornamental trees are so wide-ranging that the exact number of species is not known, but it is estimated that there are over 100,000 different species of non-fruiting trees. In fact, there are so many different types of trees that the total number of trees collectively accounts for around a quarter of all plant species. It is thought that trees have existed on the earth for around 370 million years, and that over time they evolved to get their distinctively long trunk to compete for sunlight. Trees have also been a pivotal factor in the survival of humans; not only from their ability to filter our air, but also for their other uses, like for burning for fire wood or for making hunting tools out of. For the average gardener today however, trees are often planted for much more aesthetic reasons. Here, you'll find a wide selection of ornamental trees for sale.

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Cotoneaster Trees

Cotoneaster trees make attractive garden specimens that are great for any sized garden – large or small. Most are semi-evergreen, if not evergreen, and they have a range of leaf shapes and sizes; some cotoneasters have thick and glossy dark green leaves and others have variegated patters. In spring, pretty flowers appear and these grow in clusters and are usually pink or white. One of the most notable features of cotoneaster trees comes with the late summer berries which are red, purple or black in colour and make a great natural bird feeder.

These compact trees make great feature trees and they can also be used for screening in a small garden. You can plant cotoneaster trees in almost any soil and they will still produce fantastic flowers and fruits.

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