{"id":611973497158,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/mature-trees-near-me\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:15","slug":"mature-trees-near-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/trees\/mature-trees-near-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Mature Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What Size Mature Tree Are You Looking For?<\/h3><p>When people want to <strong>buy a mature tree<\/strong>, they are usually thinking of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/garden-trees-big-standards\">largest tree sizes<\/a> that we deliver, known as <strong>Standard Trees<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Once a tree is over about 250cm tall, it\u2019s big enough to grade as a Standard, measured by its <strong>girth in centimetres <\/strong>at 1m above ground level. <\/p><p>Here at Ashridge we specialize in delivering the smaller two sizes of Standard Tree:<\/p><ul>\n<li>Light Standard: 6\/8cm girth<\/li>\n<li>Medium \/ Regular Standard: 8\/10cm girth<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>That look like this, modelled in a bundle of five on Rodney\u2019s shoulder:<\/p><figure class=\" size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rodney-delivering-bareroot-standard-trees-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13013\"><figcaption>These are the biggest trees we deliver, carried by the first Rodney we hired.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>And look like this immediately after planting:<\/p><div><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newly-planted-birch-trees.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:404px;height:auto\"><\/figure><\/div><ul>\n<li>The mature trees sizes that we deliver are <strong>easy to plant and stake<\/strong>, and <strong>establish reliably<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<li>Bigger trees than what we sell are harder to carry and plant, require more staking, and attentive care to prevent them getting stressed.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>As a general rule, the bigger a tree is when you transplant it, the more it gets stressed and risks failure. <br>To reduce that transplant stress, bigger trees are often transplanted with a heavy rootball or large pot.<\/p><p>We <strong>do not sell<\/strong> big trees with rootballs, only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/large-rootball-english-yew-tree-instant-hedging\">large Yew hedge plants<\/a>.<br>We specialise in bareroot trees, delivered in Winter. <br>Our range of potted trees are all the same sizes as the bareroot range, just available year round.<\/p><h3>I Want the Biggest Trees it\u2019s Possible to Deliver<\/h3><p>To buy the <strong>biggest mature trees<\/strong>, delivered with a <strong>heavy rootball or large pot<\/strong>, we direct you to these reputable companies, that we have no business relationship with, or responsibility for:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wykehammatureplants.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Wykeham Mature Plants<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturalplants.com\/plant-type\/trees\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Architectural Plants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>I Want To Order &amp; Collect Mature Trees Near Me<\/h3><p>If you have never collected a mature tree from a garden centre or nursery near you before, it\u2019s quite a job to transport it safely home without scraping the bark or smushing the branches.<\/p><p>The value of delivery is that it saves you time, and if the tree does get damaged by our courier, we can fix that for you.<\/p><p>When collecting a mature tree yourself, remember to put the rootball in first, pointing in the direction of travel. <br>If you have to slam on the brakes, the rootball can\u2019t shift forward and crush the branches. <\/p><p>Here at Ashridge, based in <strong>Castle Cary, 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