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Amelanchier grandiflora Robin Hill / Amelanchier arborea Robin Hill
A small, fairly upright and deciduous Juneberry tree with some confusion over its categorisation, Amelanchier Robin Hill is a beautiful addition to your property by any name. Amelanchier x grandiflora Robin Hill is considered correct by most books, but you may also find it listed as Amelanchier arborea Robin Hill or as a type of Amelanchier lamarckii. Robin Hill begins putting on a show each year with its pink buds and young petals, which turn white as they mature. These appear in April, when the leaves are barely breaking out of their buds, completely filling the tree with a cloud of flowers. The young leaves are flushed with an earthy bronze tone that fades to a rich green as reach their full size. By August, the flowers will have ripened into edible, raspberry red berries - Amelanchier Robin Hill is fully self fertile so you only need one tree to get a crop. These are about a centimetre across and are very popular with birds, who will probably leave none for you. They taste a little like blueberries, are a good source of iron and dry well. In fact, you may decide that they are too good for the birds and put a net up! The autumn leaves are exceptionally bright, with purple flushed, gold spattered carmine red colours that blaze as they catch the light.
Amelanchier grandifolia Robin Hill has spreading, fibrous roots that are great for holding loose soil together. An ideal specimen tree for any sized garden, it is perfect for planting on a man made mound or bank. Robin Hill is also a top choice if you are looking for unusual fruit for your kitchen.
Planting and Caring for Amelanchier Robin Hill
We recommend a lime free soil that is well drained - heavy clay is fine, as long as it is on a slope, ridge or any other place where it won't get waterlogged. A sunny site is best as this will ensure a thick head of flowers but it will still grow well in partial shade. They are hardy trees that don't mind a hard frost.Amelanchier arborea Robin Hill should reach
9 or 10 metres, about 30 feet.
Please watch our tree planting video for full planting instructions.
How Standard Trees are Measured:
All the plants in the ornamental trees section are graded as standards, which means that they are measured by their girth in centimetres 1 metre above ground level (basically, their trunk's waist measurement). They aren't measured by their height, which will vary.
So, a 6/8 standard has a trunk with a circumference of 6-8 centimetres and an 8/10 standard has a trunk 8-10 centimetres around.
This measurement makes no difference to the tree's final height. Most standards are between 2 - 3.5 metres tall, but this is just an average. We cannot tell you how tall your trees will be before we deliver them.
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Delivery: Any order with a standard sized tree in it has a basic delivery charge of £12.55 + vat.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
You can choose the delivery week that suits you during checkout and we will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.
Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.
Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.
Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted trees must be watered in dry weather while they are establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.
Our nursery has been supplying large ornamental trees to gardeners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying specimen trees online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.
Your 12 Month Guarantee
If any plants die within a year, we replace them if you have followed our instructions. You only pay for
the delivery of the replacements.
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Bare-root Plants are only delivered in the winter season, from November to March. Pot grown plants can be delivered all year round
Advantages of Bare-root plants:
You pay less for the same size plants.
You can carry and plan them easily.
You only plant them in winter, so they need less maintenance after
planting. The rain will water them for their first few months.
You get the biggest selection: Many trees are not sold pot-grown.
They are "asleep" in winter - this is the best time to transplant any tree.
They use fewer fertilisers & fungicides, less water and fuel in their production & delivery.
Advantages of Pot Grown plants:
Pot grown plants can be delivered & planted all year round.
Plants with tender roots & larger specimens must be delivered in pots.
Plants in pots can be kept for months longer if there is a delay in planting.
Our Advice to You:
If you can't wait to get planting, order Pot grown plants now.
If you are not in a hurry, order bare-root plants for delivery this winter. Simply add them to your basket and choose a winter delivery date that suits you during checkout.
This will reserve your plants before they sell out.
We won't charge you until the day before delivery, so cancelling your order is always easy.
If you are only ordering chemicals and other small items, delivery is £3.50
Our delivery charge for most bareroot plants is £9.49 + VAT.
If your order contains any standard sized trees, fruit trees or pot-grown plants, then the delivery charge is £12.55 + VAT in TOTAL.
If you live in the Scottish Highlands or the Isle of Wight, there will be an extra charge of £15 + VAT on top of the appropriate basic charge, as listed above.
If your order is over £250 exc. VAT, there will be no delivery charge.
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