Common Alder / Black Alder Hedge Plants - Alnus glutinosa

Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Common Alder also sometimes known as Black Alder is a medium sized, fast growing, deciduous native tree which tends to be an early coloniser of poor and inhospitable sites. It is particularly useful in wet ground where it thrives inconditions that would drown most trees. The Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa) has shiny green leaves, yellow catkins in spring, and false cones in the autumn, which are good food for small birds.

Good for taller hedges 2m+, Common Alder is a useful tree for screens and windbreaks. To 20m

During winter, we also sell big Alder trees.