Tree Nursery Catalogue

This list describes the trees that we generally grow in our bare root nursery. Due to vagaries of production and demand however not all of the trees listed here will be available every year.

For the current list of trees available for the coming winter please go to the 'Price List'. This is updated in March or April each year.

For more information about bareroot trees please see the 'About Bareroot Trees' page.

Please enquire if the tree you are looking for is not listed - we may be able to help.

Japanese Maple

Acer japonicum
Small delicate spreading tree with dainty foliage. Red/purple/orange autumn colour. Needs a cool sheltered well drained spot and sweet water. Good courtyard specimen or tub plant. Up to 4m.

Trident Maple

Acer trifidum
Seems to be the most reliable maple for the southwest of WA, Small to medium upright tree. Excellent red/orange autumn colour. Up to 7m.

Kurrajong

Brachychiton populneus
to 13 m. This handsome, iconic evergreen native is drought and fire resistant. Leaf shape can vary but all trees have a profusion of flowers in early summer. A very tough tree.

Indian Bean Tree

Catalpa bignonoides
The Catalpa shares the characteristics of showy floral displays and a luxuriant shady canopy with its cousin the Paulownia but is a more robust tree that is tolerant of wet soils, Has autumn colour (yellow) and does its flowering in the summer. Rumoured to be a good marron feeder. Up to 15m.

Silver Birch

Betula alba
Graceful lithe small to medium tree which is best planted in groups to create an impact. White trunk, golden autumn foliage. Needs summer moisture. Up to 9m.

Judas Tree

Cercis siliquastrum
Sometimes marketed as the “Love Tree” because of its distinctive heart shaped leaves. A small tough drought and heat resistant tree from the Eastern Mediterranean. Masses of pink pea flowers in spring. Up to 7m.

Washington Thorn

Crataegus phaenopyrum
Small to medium tree. Surprisingly hardy in WA. Massed white spring flowers, strong autumn colour (red/orange) and bright red winter berries make it a most colourful if prickly tree. Up to 5m.

Golden Ash

Fraxinus excelsior ‘aurea’
Gold/green spring/summer foliage turning brilliant gold in autumn. Slow growing smallish tree. Can be temperamental but a good one is superb. Up to10m.

Desert Ash

Fraxinus oxycarpa
A tough tree with good autumn colour (yellow) in cold districts and a special pastel green to its spring flushing leaves. Ranges from a medium spreading tree on hard sites to a small tall stately specimen on loamy alluvium where it may reach up to 20m, though much smaller on dry exposed sites.

Claret Ash

Fraxinus oxycarpa ‘Raywoodii’
A grafted version of the Desert Ash which reliably produces burgundy/red autumn tones. Up to 20m.

Velvet Ash

Fraxinus velutina
A tough tree from Arizona able to withstand heat, drought and a little salt. Manages to look refreshing in the hardest summers. Clear yellow autumn leaves. Up to 12m.

Crepe Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica
A small tree with masses of pink or mauve flowers during the peak of summer, yellow/orange autumn colour and attractive smooth copper-toned bark . Up to 8m.

Liquidambar

Liquidambar stryaciflua
Very popular famously autumn colouring tree. Moderate grower if well watered. Starts life as an upright ‘pyramidical’ youngster maturing over (a long) time into a large and spreading specimen. Up to 20m.

White Cedar

Melia azedarach
A tough deciduous tree native to WA (the Kimberly) and to northern and eastern Australia. Scented lilac flowers in spring and golden late autumn display in cooler districts. Also known as cape Lilac it is not used nowadays as much as it should be, familiarity perhaps breeding contempt. An outstanding fire retardant. Up to 20m.

Black English Mulberry

Morus alba
Not an especially good looker but grafted to produce reliable bountiful crops of sweet black berries in the summer. Up to 6m, spreading with age.

Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica
to 18m An unsurpassed autumn display of purple, red, orange, yellow and green, means the rare Tupelo deserves to be planted more. When provided with good soil and moisture this American tree will be a magnificent event each autumn.

Paulownia

Paulownia fortuneii
Fast growth, good shade and spectacular spring flowering make this a rewarding tree when grown in the right conditions. It is very intolerant of poor drainage -demanding a metre or more of free draining soil and then abundant moisture at its roots (although shallower soils will be tolerated on sloping ground) – and of excessive hot dry winds. Up to 15m.

Chinese Pistachio

Pistachio Chinensis
A medium sized round crowned ornamental tree with stunning scarlet/red/orange autumn colour even in warm districts. Can grow on hot dry sites once established. Suitable for most soils. Although a Pistachio, its seed is too small to be useful as an edible. Up to 13m.

London Plane

Plantanus x acerifolium
Much loved stately specimen, avenue and shade tree. A big tree with big leaves and attractive pale mottled bark. This hybrid tree has been much used for stately urban street planting not least because of its pollution resistance. Needs space. Up to 25m.

Oriental Plane

Plantanus orientalis
One of the parents of the London Plane hybrid and in some ways superior to it having better autumn colour, being more heat resistant and more tolerant of Plane Anthracnose. Up to 25m.

Hybrid White Poplar

Populus alba x alba
The white trunk and shimmering silver backed leaves make for a most attractive tree, but it suckers fearsomely. Very fast growing, somewhat salt tolerant, good fodder plant where stock keep the suckers under control but can otherwise be a nuisance. Up to 25m

Hybrid Cottonwood Poplar

Populus deltoides x nigra
Handsome, tall, modestly broad, rewardingly fast tree of few vices. Top avenue tree.
Autumn yellows. Non-suckering. At its best on moist soils though reasonably able to survive dry conditions once established. Up to 20m

Semi-Evergreen Poplar

Populus deltoides x nigra “chilensis”
Another Australian bred hybrid poplar that is never without leaves. The crown thins out in August as the new leaves come on. No autumn colour as a result but the fresh spring growth has an attractive blush. Very fast growing. Up to 20m

Euphrates Poplar

Populus euphratica
Often mistaken for a Red River Gum (but deciduous with a nice autumn yellow) this tree is something of a cross between a willow and a poplar. Heat, waterlogging and salt tolerant. Suckers profusely. Foliage can be a useful stock fodder. Up to 18m.

Lombardy Poplar

Populus nigra italica
The old favourite narrow pencil shaped tree. A classic for formal avenue planting with nice yellow autumn colour. Although it does sucker, these (like most tree suckers) are easily controlled in grazed or mowed areas. Up to 25m.

Simon’s Poplar

Populus simonii
Non suckering Chinese poplar, tall and narrow whilst young but broadens with age into a tidy and charming tree. Demands a moist position to look good in our climate. Up to 13m

Purple Leaved Cherry Plum

Prunus cerasifera ‘nigra’
Popular small pink flowering tree with purple foliage throughout the growing season. Suits as a small garden specimen. Up to 8m.

Flowering Cherry Plum

Prunus blireana
Similar to but slightly larger and more robust than the Purple Leaved Cherry Plum it has masses of double pink flowers and tempers its purple leaves with a tinge of green during the summer giving it a coppery/bronze effect. Up to 10m.

Bradford Pear

Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
One of the more stately of the pears the Bradford is taller than it is wide and colours amongst the best in autumn. Like the other ornamental pears it is sun-loving and tolerates both heavy wet soils and dryness once established and has abundant spring blossom but no edible fruit. Up to 12m..

Manchurian Pear

Pyrus ussuriensis
A favourite for its spreading shape, rich flowering red/orange autumn colour and its hardiness. Up to 9m.

Glenn’s Form Pear

Pyrus calleryana ‘Glenn’s Form’
A tall narrow ornamental Pear for restricted spaces. Great autumn colour. Up to 11m.

Sawtooth Oak

Quercus acutissima
A fast growing Oak from Japan with glossy green foliage and nice yellow autumn colour. Up to 15m.

Algerian Oak

Quercus canariensis
A vigorous broad shady big leaved Mediterranean Oak. Almost evergreen, turning over a new green coat in August taking over from the old gold.. Up to 20m..

Turkey Oak

Quercus cerris
Another Mediterranean oak but from the eastern end: Anatolia. Deciduous with a distinctive mossy acorn cap. Broadly spreading. Up to 20m.

Portuguese Oak

Quercus lusitanica
The most commonly planted Oak in the south-west although it is frequently mistaken for English Oak—the main difference being its more semi-evergreen nature and extra vigour thanks to its natural suitability to our Mediterranean climate. This spreading tree that colours up in winter is an excellent fire retardant. Good shade. Stock fodder from acorns. Up to 20m

English Oak

Quercus robur
Tall fully deciduous tree with nice yellow/orange autumn colour. Usually drops all its leaves by May. Up to 25m.

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris
To 25m An easy oak to grow, with good dome shape, drooping lower branches and glossy leaves, the Pin Oak colours spectacularly orange to scarlet in autumn. Often retains browned leaves into winter.

French Oak

Quercus petraea
To 25m. Quite literally the first commercial release in Australia of this famous oak used in the French wine industry for its barrels. Similar to the English Oak, but usually more upright in habit and taller. Vigorous and good acorn producer. From warm south eastern USA. Yellow and orange autumn colour. Up to 20m.

Willow Oak

Quercus phellos
The leaves are quite unlike an Oak: narrow with smooth edges like a willow, entirely without the deep lobes that characterise the Oaks. With its liking for moist sites and dainty semi-weeping habit it is not hard to see how it came by the name of Willow Oak. From warm south eastern USA. Yellow and orange autumn colour. Up to 20m.

Golden Robinia

Robinia pseudoacacia ‘frisia’
Golden in both spring and autumn, and precocious flowering with huge umbels of white pea flowers make this a flamboyant tree which can make a brave statement when massed. Up to 12m.

Weeping Willow

Salix babylonica
The classic waterside statement of cool and green, the cascading branches personify falling water itself. Needs plenty of moisture to be at its best. Up to 12m.

Golden Weeping Willow

Salix chrysocoma
More colourful than the common green weeping willow with golden flowers, branchlets and autumn tones, but not quite as weeping. Up to 12m.

Corkscrew Willow

Salix matsudana torulosa
An upright cool, green Willow in summer which reveals bizarrely twisting branches in winter; prized for floral arrangements. Up to 12m.

Swamp Cypress

Taxodium distichum
An unusual conifer that is not evergreen but loses its leaves after turning a brazen red/orange and grows so close to sea level in Florida that it spends so much of the year inundated by semi-estuarine water that it produces roots that grow above the ground so that it can breathe. A splendid specimen tree for water features. Up to 25m

Chinese Elm

Ulmus chinensis
A tough semi-evergreen spreading tree which makes good shade. Late autumn colour in cooler districts. Reliable and well shaped. Up to 10m.

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