Alnus Incana Aurea

The Golden Alder, Alnus incana Aurea, is a beautiful ornamental variety of Grey Alder. Its season of interest is mainly spring. The bare branches are decked for about 3 weeks with sumptuous pink catkins in February-March, which provide food for hungry bees. The leaves appear next, in a verdant display of pale yellow-green that contrasts nicely with the catkins, which keep their pink hue until early summer. This yellow leaved Alder is smaller and tidier than its parent, Grey Alder. Mature trees have quite a compact canopy, not more than 5 metres wide. Like all alders, they are relatively short-lived trees, living for about 80 years. Alnus incana Aurea doesn't have the strong suckering habit of its parent, which makes for a neater looking tree. It is extremely hardy and will grow in any soil apart from chalk. It especially loves wet, waterlogged sites with plenty of sun. Unlike the wild Alders, Golden Alder is quite slow growing and relatively small, suitable for the average sized garden where it can reach a maximum height of 10 metres.

Browse our variety of alder trees or see our full range of garden trees for sale.

How Standard Trees are Measured:

All our standards, are graded 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. Standard trees are 2.5 - 4.5 metres tall (on average) when they arrive; they are the most mature trees that you can buy from us.

History & uses of Alnus incana Aurea:

Like the other Alders, the roots of this tree will improve the soil around it by fixing inert, atmospheric Nitrogen available into water-soluble compounds. Holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit

Notes on planting Golden Alder trees:
Golden Alder trees will grow well in sunny sites and most soils, apart from chalk. They love really wet soil.
They will not grow in the shade. Very dry soil may be a problem, but if you are prepared to water them in summer every year, they will thrive in the most poorly fertile earth.

Prepare your site before planting:
It is good to dig over the site where you plant a tree several months in advance. Kill the weeds first: for tough weeds like nettles, brambles and ground elder, you will usually need a glyphosate based weed-killer to get rid of them. When you dig the soil over, remove stones and other rubbish and mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades.

Watch our video on how to plant a tree for full instructions.
Remember to water establishing trees during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Tree Planting accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a tree planting pack with a wooden stake & rubber tie to support the tree and a mulch mat with pegs to protect the soil around the base of your tree from weeds and drying out. We suggest that you use mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of all newly planted large trees: if your soil quality is poor, we strongly recommend it.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
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.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

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 hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is 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 container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants 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.

Misc	RHS AGM
Area	Exposed Windy Areas
Soil	Wet
Type	Screening

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Golden Alder Trees

Alnus incana Aurea - Standard

Buckle and Strap Ties

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Alnus Incana Aurea

History & uses of Alnus incana Aurea:

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?

Golden Alder Trees

Alnus incana Aurea - Standard

Buckle and Strap Ties

From £2.04

Stakes - Tree Planting

From £6.96

Tree Planting Pack

From £10.19

Rootgrow Afterplant Tree & Shrub

From £6.95

Snowdrops - In the Green

From £4.74

Buckthorn, Alder

From £2.82

Tree Planting Pack

From £10.19

Alnus Incana Aurea

History & uses of Alnus incana Aurea:

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?