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Pyrus communis - Wild Pear
€3.00
Pyrus communis - Wild Pear Thought to be one of the ancestors of domestic pears, Pyrus communis is a small, deciduous tree with a columnar habit, much taller than cultivated, grafted pear-trees. With fissured, sometimes scaly, grey brown bark, and often thorny, it bears glossy, deep green, pointed-oval leaves. In mid-spring, clusters of bright w...
Quercus cerris - Turkey Oak
€4.00
Quercus cerris - Turkey Oak Introduced in the 18th century as an ornamental tree, Quercus cerris is a large, fast-growing, deciduous tree with a majestic habit and a broad, rounded crown. The bark is dark grey, deeply fissured and sometimes scaly. The thick, dark green leaves are more deeply lobed than those of English oaks, and the lobes are of...
Quercus palustris - Pin Oak
€4.00
Pin Oak Tall deciduous tree from the Eastern USA, forming a dense crown with elegant slender branches. Deeply lobed leaves, turning magnificent shades of red in autumn. It grows exceptionally well on damp-marshy ground, hence the species name 'palustris' translating from Latin as 'of the marsh'. The acorns take two years to mature and are more t...
Quercus shumardii - Shumard Oak
€8.00
Shumard Oak An American oak, quite rare in Ireland, Quercus shumardii is a tall, long-lived, quite vigorous, deciduous tree, with good autumn colour in acid soils, good for a very large garden, park or woodland planting. When young, the tree grows quite slowly, but becomes more vigorous when established. It has a pyramidal habit, but grows more ...
Tilia platyphyllos - Large leaved Lime
€3.50
Tilia platyphyllos - Large leaved Lime Long established in Ireland, Tilia platyphyllos is a medium-sized, long-lived, deciduous tree with a dense rounded habit and a rather narrow crown. The bark is darker than that of small-leaved lime, and new twigs are a duller colour; nor does it produce twiggy growth at the base of the trunk. The deep-green...