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Trees and conifers are not confined to large
gardens, but can be POTTED for patios, small gardens or seating
areas. Even large trees can be safely and easily grown in containers, and
moved about the garden for that instant canopy effect. We stock many
and unusual trees at he nursery including oramental cherries, silk trees,
& acacia. Please note that all sizes
include the pot.
JAPANESE
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Acacia dealbata - Hardy Evergreen Silver Acacia
Acacia dealbata is a beautiful, delicate foliage tree which has Mimosa
like leaves and stunning pom pom yellow flowers. It is often misnamed the
Mimosa, and although very similar, this tree is actually hardy in the sheltered
garden. It is able to withstand -8C for short periods of time, and when
established down to -15C. Acacia dealbata is established in many RHS gardens
around the country and is a superb plant to try in the sheletered
garden.
5L pot, 2-3ft specimens 
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Acacia melanoxolyn - Hardy
Evergreen Blackwood Acacia
Acacia mealanoxolyn is a rarely offered, FULLY HARDY,
beautiful Acacia tree that can be grown outdoors in most parts of
Britain - these trees have actually self seeded and are growing in
abundance in the Blackpool area! Acacia melanoxolyn is a fast growing
Acacia, with lovely dark grey bark when mature, and fascinating delicate
Acacia leaves when young. 1 litre pots.
3litre pot, 3ft trees £9.99 (A)
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Acacia pravissima - Hardy
Evergreen Weeping
Acacia
Acacia pravissima is one of the strangest trees we grow at Silk Tree
Nurseries. This beautiful tree is very rarely available, but should be grown
more often in the UK as it is a reliably HARDY Acacia tree which will grow
in the UK climate with ease. It is EVERGREEN, with very unusual TRIANGULAR
leaves. Acacia pravissima has a lovely weeping habit, and when it reaches
3-4ft will begin to flower, with exquisite yellow puff ball flowers covering
the whole tree.
5L pot, 3ft
specimens £12.99 (A)

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Albizzia julibrissin E H WILSON -
Pink Silk Tree
'E H WILSON' is a new selected form of rosea, which is said to
be much faster growing, with an extended season due to its cold
hardiness. We have some 3litre plants ready now.
3L pot £9.99 (A)

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Albizzia julibrissin Rosea -
Persian Pink Silk Tree
'Rosea' is the selected deep pink form of the species Silk
Tree, and after growing this form fo rthe last seven years, we have
found it to be very, very hardy, and vigorous producing a fabulous
small tree in just a few years. Available now as 2-3ft specimens.
2L pot £7.99 (A)

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Albizzia julibrissin Ombrella Bourbri -
Silk Tree
A grafted form chosen for its umbrella like weeping
habit. A truly breathtaking silk tree and much sought after. We have
very limited numbers of 6ft specimens available.
12L 6ft specimens £59.99 (B)
(5 available)
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Albizzia julibrissin SUMMER
CHOCOLATE - Red Leaf Silk Tree
For the first time this year we are pleased to be
offering in VERY limited numbers the new RED LEAF silk tree, Albizzia
Summer Chocolate. Leaves of this silk tree unfurl green and then turn
to deep burgundy red in the summer sun. Deep pink flowers in late
summer as the leaves are at their darkest. A truly spectacular form of
silk tree, hardy in a sheltered location. We have very limited numbers
of 6ft specimens, but we will have 2-3ft specimens in quantity in
Spring 2010.
12L 6ft specimens
£59.99 (B)
(4 available)
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Betula utilis jacquemontii ' SNOW QUEEN'
White stemmed Himalayan Birch
The white stemmed Himalayan Birch has been the darling of the Chelsea
Flower Show for the last 2 years, and when you see one up close, you
understand why! They are simply stunning in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and
especially Winter. Young branches begin an ordinary brown colour, but as
the trees mature, this peels back to reveal a brilliant snow white
underbark. Contrast this with the greens of exotic foliage of palms and
cordylines, or compliment the Himalayn Birch with the vivid red, orange,
and yellow stems of Dogwood and you will have the best Winter display
possible.
Himalayan Birch are completely hardy, and will tolerate most soils -
they are ideal for a small, medium, or large garden, and can be pruned
to shape. They will not damage the house foundations, so can be planted
quite close to the home - alternatively, why not plant them in
containers and have a patio display of these magnificent trees. The wind
rustling through the leaves in Spring and Summer will really make a
patio come to life. The bottom photo shows some of the specimens
available. 10litre, 6ft-6.5ft bareroot,
supplied in pot
- £29.99 (B)
(20 available)
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Betula pendula - Silver
Birch
The Silver Birch is still one of my very favourite trees, with beautiful,
shimmering foliage in the growing season, which rustles in the slightest
breeze and looks like a delicate waterfall of green and silver. Catkins of
brown and gold cascade from the tree in Winter, and when only a little older,
this tree has magnificent bark for all year round interest. This tree can
be pruned to be kept at any height in your garden (even as a bonsai!) - don't
be afraid to plant a large growing tree in a small garden - as long as they
are pruned every Winter they can be grown with ease. However, as a PATIO TREE,
Silver Birch are superb - you can move it around the patio to screen areas,
and the shimmering foliage make a nice contrast to pot bamboo. Container
grown trees can be planted ANY time of the year.
15L pot, 6.5ft specimens
£29.99 (B)
or 2 for £39.99 (B)

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Betula pendula YOUNGII -
Weeping Silver
Birch
If you only ever have one tree as a pot specimen on
your patio, then this must be it! The fabulous WEEPING Silver Birch tree
is quite unlike any other, with its beautiful weeping branches. Having
three or four of these wonderful trees in a semi-circle around your
seating area or barbecue really creates an atmosphere of calm and
tranquility, with the breeze catching the delicate leaves which twinkle
and shimmer silver and green. Oranges and yellow autumn foliage follow
next season.
The Weeping Silver Birch also makes a wonderful specimen tree for the
small garden, where it will grow slowly to a maximum of 10-12ft.
10L pot, 6ft specimens

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Cedrus atlantica glauca -
Japanese Blue Cedar The cedrus
species of trees are my favourite of any tree species, and make a
stunning display in ANY SIZE garden. If you have a small city garden,
don't be put off in planting big trees - any tree can be kept any size
simply by pruning. Cedrus atlantica is a large tree when left to its
own growth - but this is a very slow growing tree, and especially
slow in a pot, and can easily be pruned and kept at any height.
You can keep them in a large pot all year round for a very unusual and
amazing patio display, or plant them now in the garden. The trees on
offer are FULLY ROOTED in large 15Litre pots and can be
planted any time of the year.
Stunning as a specimen tree in Japanese style gardens, this is an
EVERGREEN tree.
15litre pot, 6ft
specimen £59.99 (B)

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Cedrus atlantica glauca
pendula -
WEEPING
Japanese Blue Cedar Well, what
can I say about this remarkable tree! My absolute favourite tree of any,
this is truly a thing of beauty to have in your garden. All branches on
the weeping blue cedar will weep to the ground, and they form such
unusual and exciting shapes, twisting, and drooping, like Ents from Lord
of The Rings! Superb in containers as well as in the ground, they are
ideal for the small garden as they grow slowly, and each branch weeps.
We have some lovely, large 6ft specimens available now.
15litre pot, 6ft
specimen £69.99 (B)

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CHERRY TREE -
Morello - COOKING VARIETY
The ' Morello' cherry is a well
known cooking variety of cherry that can be used in pies, crumbles, and
a wide selection of sweet dishes. These lovely cherries fruit well in
this country and are fully hardy trees.
10Litre Pot 6ft specimens (supplied in pot in
winter, bare root)- £24.99
(B)

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CHERRY TREE -
Stella - SWEET EDIBLE VARIETY
The ' Stella' cherry is one of
the very best edible sweet cherries you can grow in the UK. Full size,
sweet, very tasty red cherries will be produced from this fully hardy
fruit tree. I have two of my own 'stella' cherry trees in the front
garden which are now 12ft after 3 years in the ground and produce an
abundant crop each year, which fully ripen on the tree. .
10Litre Pot 6ft specimens (supplied in pot in
winter, bare root)- £24.99
(B)

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ITALIAN CYPRESS - cupressus sempivirens 'Pyramidalis'
That classic Italian garden look is captured beautifully only by the
spectacular Italian Cypress. Instantly creating that sculptured,
expensive, designer image, these beautiful trees can be used in a formal
garden, as a regal screen, or as a specimen container tree on a patio.
Always the darling of the Chelsea flower shows, they shine in any formal
effect garden. The picture to the left shows some of our 5ft, 7-10litre
specimens.
7-10litre pot, 4-5ft
specimen £49.99 (B)
(2 available)
3L pot, 2ft
specimens £7.99 (A)

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Cupressus wilma - Golden Lemon Scented Conifer
Cupressus wilma is a GOLDEN specimen conifer, that
naturally grows into a cone shaped column confier. It shines golden
yellow, and holds its foliage through the harshest of winters. It is
much easier to maintain than the common Box columns you often see, does
not suffer from Box diseaeses, and does not 'burn' like Box and other
conifers often can.
Ideal in a pot, or plant them in your lawn, this specimen conifer will
only need clipping once a year to maintain an even shape and this unique
form of GOLDEN CONFIER also has a LEMON SCENT when you rub your hands
through it or brush against it!
These beautiful conifers are fully hardy OUTDOORS all year round, and
will be evergreen throughout the winter.
3L pot, SMALL 2ft
specimens £7.99 (A)

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Eucalyptus gunnii - Gum Tree
The toughest of all the gum trees, this Eucalyptus
will survive any soil, any abuse, any amount of pruning, and any conditons!
You can grow it as a dense bush by clipping every year, in a pot, or
as a 50ft high tree! Beautiful all year round blue foliage.
2L pot, 3ft
specimens £6.99 (A)

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Eucalyptus niphophila -
Alpine Snow Gum Tree
The Alpine Snow Gum, Eucalyptus niphophila, is one the most
attractive FULLY HARDY Eucalyptus. What makes this Eucalyptus so
distinctive is the large oval blue leaves, which really show during the
winter months as this beautiful species keeps its foliage all through
the year. It has snakeskin bark at a young age, and can be used to great
effect as a backdop for the greener foliage plants (Cordylines and
Palms), or grow in a pot on the patio, and pruned to keep to a desired
height.
5L pot, 5-6ft
specimens £24.99 (A)

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Gingko biloba - Japanese Maidenhair Tree
We are privileged to offer these living fossils, which date back
hundreds of millions of years. A unique and unusual tree which has fan
shaped leaves turning a mouth watering honey yellow in autumn.The Ginkgo
is an extraordinary tree, bathed in mysticism and revered in Japan where
some specimens still growing are over 900 years old.
This Gingko tree makes an ideal addition to our Japanese Evergreen and
Japanese Deciduous instant borders that we also offer (click
here)
7L pot, 5ft
specimens £29.99 (B)
(available
March 2010)
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Juniperus 'BLUE ARROW' - PENCIL COLUMNAR BLUE CONIFER
This is not only one of our most popular conifers, but also one of my
favourites. Juniper 'Blue Arrow' is a columnar conifer, which means it
grows high and slim, making an extremely archetectural specimens. Blue
Arrow is VERY straight and narrow, in fact almost as elegant as an
Italian Cypress, but with the benefit of having beautiful, shimmering,
light blue foliage. This conifer is EVERGREEN, so you will keep this
blue foliage all through the depths of Winter - it is totally unaffected
by wind, frost, ice - even in a pot.POT ROOTED
SPECIMENS (not rootball) We have some lovely 6ft specimens (inc. pot) in
15litre pots available now (phone if you wish to order in quantity).
Twenty five currently in stock.
15L pot, 6ft
specimens £49.99 (E)
TWO 15litre 6ft Juniper Blue Arrow for £90.00
(E)

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Magnolia Heaven Scent
One of the most desirable of all Magnolias, Heaven Scent is a
large goblet flower form magnolia with pink flowers and, as the name
suggests, very strong scent. However, one of the best things
about this Magnolia is it flowers later than most magnolia, typically
from mid Spring to early Summer, so avoiding the frosts which can
damage buds and flowers. Fully hardy and an ideal tree for a small
garden. We have some lovely, pot grown, 15litre specimens which are
6.5ft.
15litre, 6.5ft specimens £59.99 (B)

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Paulownia tomentosa - Foxglove
Tree
The Paulownia tomentosa is a favourite at Silk Tree Nurseries because
of its stunning jungle like foliage, and can be used to great effect in the
Jungle or Exotic garden. This beautiful tree bears very unique and spectacular
flowers BEFORE the leaves which resemble foxgloves growing from the branches.
You can grow this lovely tree in two ways - as an upright specimen tree where
it will grow to a substantial height in a short period, or coppice it to
grow it as a large shrub / bush. To produce flowers: You mustn't prune it,
as the flowers are produced on last years wood. To produce massive 3ft+ diameter
leaves: Prune it! Do this in the winter months when the tree is dormant (Dec-Feb)
cutting into the hardwood, prune to approx. 3-4ft. This will be at the expense
of the flowers, but will produce very very large leaves.
6.5ft plants,
10Litre pots - £39.99 (B)
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Prunus - PEACH TREE -
Prunus Red Haven
The 'Red Haven' variety of Peach
is the one of the most hardy, most reliable fruiting peach tree for the
UK climate. Mouth-watering, large juicy fruit, white skinned with a
bright red flush. , are produced in quantity f rom this strong growing
peach tree. There is nothing quite like eating Peaches straight from the
tree - unlike Supermarket peaches which are picked while unripe and
ripened artificially, if you leave the fruit on until ripe you get such
an amazing rich flavour.10Litre Pot
6ft specimens (supplied in pot in winter, bare root)- £24.99
(B)

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Rhus typhina -
Staghorn Sumach
Sumach trees are one
of the easiest trees to care for, and really do have that exotic feel to
them, with weeping brances of pinnate leaves to 2ft long. Stunning
autumn foliage of bright orange and red, with crimson red fruit in the winter
months. An ideal small tree for garden planting.
10Litre Pot 4-5ft specimens - £29.99
(B)
(25 available)
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Fire Fern Sumach Tree - Rhus typhina
dissecta
The Fire Fern Sumach
Tree is a beautiful and very unusual
small tree that has large, fern-like foliage which is very tropical looking,
hairy red stems and branches, and red conical fruits over winter. This is
a deciduous tree, losing all it's leaves in winter, BUT before it does this,
you are given the most spectacular autumn foliage display of any tree, comparable
only to Japanese Maples and Liquidamber's! The leaves of the Fire Fern Sumach
will come ablaze with yellow, orange, gold, and even scarlet red
foliage!
10litre pot, 3-4ft specimens -

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