Ornamental Tree Advice

The Splendour of Sakura  In Japan, the arrival of cherry blossom is cause for holiday abandon: salary man leaves his office to find the most special trees and picnics under the petals, toasting spring and the gods. This annual frenzy of celebration is not done here, but even the most harden...

Moving Evergreens Moving plants is often the best solution to a problem, but there are definite steps along the way to doing this successfully; this article is all about moving evergreens like box, yew or pyracantha. The stress of being dug up and moved can be minimised with a bit of planning...

Planting in Autumn It is only relatively recently that the emphasis on gardening has been to plant in spring. Before the current rash of gardening gurus all trying to find an angle, any gardener worth his/her soil knew that if you planted in the autumn, the following summer would see earlier and...

How to Trim Bay Leaf Trees  Get rid of the shoots and flowers to tidy up the Bay Tree Lollipop Ball. TRANSCRIPT So, if you bought a ball from us, you might start seeing a few shoots coming up like this. That's the main body that you want to keep. We want to get rid of these bits and pie...

Black Walnut - Juglans nigra - Tolerant Plants  Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is allelopathic, which means they secrete substances poisonous to other plants. It is a great way of dealing with the competition, and can make "companion" planting problematic. Here is a list of plants that either...

Sizing of Standard Trees  When you buy a tree in a larger size, over about 2 metres, it is called a "standard". All the plants in our Ornamental Trees section are graded as standards. These are measured by the girth (waist measurement), not length, in centimetres, of its trunk 1 metre above...

How to Plant Bare root plants Although this note is aimed mainly at planting hedging, all bare rooted plants whether they are seedlings, shrubs, soft fruit, fruit trees or large ornamental trees need the same basic treatment before, during and after planting. Follow these simple instructions an...

Buying Big Trees: Winter Delivery Seasons Explained  We don't sell big trees in pots during summer. We deliver them barerooted in the winter season, which is usually November - March, depending on the weather. You can place your order for large trees outsi...

You can find all the native British trees listed here, and we grow and sell most of them. This list includes all the trees & big shrubs that are considered native. The definition of native trees: "True natives trees" are often defined as: Trees that colonised Britain during the time between ...

Planting Willow & Poplar for Biomass Wood Fuel  Details on many biomass related subjects can be found here. Biomass fuel simply means living or recently dead organic matter that is used to make energy. In this case, wood from fast growing plants is commonly used to heat homes and to po...