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Pinus thunbergii - Japanese Black Pine
€10.00
Japanese Black Pine A beautiful pine tree native to Japan that has been spreading across the world for hundreds of years, due to its popularity with Bonsai workers. It can be trained to whichever shape you please. Grows up into a beautiful graceful tree, highly prized in Japan for its timber. Site: Tolerates some exposureSoil: Well drained, pref...
Pinus thunbergii Thunderhead
Pinus thunbergii Thunderhead
€26.00
Japanese Black Pine Thunderhead A striking and unusual Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii Thunderhead is a medium-sized (eventually), slow-growing, evergreen, coniferous tree with an irregular, cloud-like crown and an open, branching habit. The paired, glossy green needles, formed at the tips of the stems, are 5”/12cm long. It sometimes produ...
Pinus wallichiana - Bhutan pine
€6.00
Bhutan pine A beautiful elegant tree to plant in many situations, Pinus wallichiana (also known as Himalayan white Pine) is eventually a large tree with beautiful drooping blue foliage and smooth grey young bark. Despite the common name, it has a fairly large distribution from Afghanistan to Northern India, and eastwards to Tibet and the Yunnan ...
Pinus wallichiana nana
Pinus wallichiana nana
€20.00
Dwarf Bhutan pine A beautiful slow growing globose tree perfect for a smaller garden. Pinus wallichiana nana (also known as dwarf Himalayan white Pine) is a small tree with beautiful drooping blue foliage, and smooth grey young bark. Yields attractive long thin cones eventually. Site: Tolerates some exposureSoil: Well drained, prefers acid but l...
Pinus x densi-thunbergii Jane Kluis
€26.00
Japanese Red Pine Jane Kluis A natural hybrid dwarf pine, valued for its profuse display of seed-cones and whitish buds in spring, Pinus x densi-thunbergii Jane Kluis is a small, slow-growing, evergreen shrub with an often multi-stemmed, globular habit, and a slightly flattened top. It’s ideal for evergreen structure in a smaller garden. Young b...
Platycladus orientalis aurea nana
€10.00
Dwarf Golden Chinese Arbor-vitae This is one for everyone from the avid collector to the container gardener, Platycladus Orientalis aurea nana, is a beautiful small slow growing conifer, showing off a beautiful colour throughout the year, From a bright golden throughout spring and summer, to a stunning bronze-yellow in winter, Site: Tolerant of...
Podocarpus hallii kiwi
Podocarpus hallii kiwi
€10.00
Halls totara kiwi A nice little cultivar, which adds an attractive point of interest in a smaller garden. Also known as P. cunninghamii kiwi, it puts on an interesting show of grey green foliage in Spring, ageing to a bright green. Site: Tolerates some exposureSoil: Well drained, prefers acid but lime is good tooPosition: Full sun, young plants...
Prumnopitys andina - Chilean plum yew
€12.00
Chilean plum yew An rare conifer that boasts unusual plum-like berries with age. Previously known as Podocarpus andina, it grows to over 10m with multiple stems- similar to our own native Yew. Hailing from the Andes in Chile, it bears green fruit maturing to bright yellow, and is certainly a curiosity for a medium garden. Site: Inland exposure...
Pseudotaxus chienii - White berried Yew
€15.00
White berried Yew An increasingly rare tree, in its native China it grows as an understory shrub or small tree. Derives its name from its resemblance to the Common European yew- the main difference being the bright white berries it shows off as it comes to maturity. Site: Tolerant of inland exposureSoil: Not too boggyPosition: Full sun to shadeS...
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas fir
€2.00
Douglas fir A good looking tree mainly for planting in a medium to larger garden. Despite its common name, it is not a true Fir tree, hence the word Pseudo in its name. The cones and maturing seeds have been said to resemble the back legs and tail of mice who were said to hide in the cones during forest fires. A particular 150 year old specimen...
Saxegothea conspicua - Prince Alberts Yew
€15.00
Prince Alberts Yew A Yew-like conifer which is a member of the podocarp family Saxegothea conspicua grows wild in South America, specifically the coastal mountains of Chile and Argentina. With drooping branches, lance-shaped leaves similar to Yew and fleshy spherical cones Prince Alberts Yew makes an attractive slow growing evergreen tree for an...
Sciadopitys verticillata - Japanese Umbrella Pine
€10.00
Japanese umbrella pine An unusual conifer best known for its attractive spirally arranged foliage, Sciadopitys verticillata is native to mountainous regions of Japan, where it is known as ''koyamaki''. It is known as a living fossil with records dating back over 200 million years,Sciadopitys is becoming a very popular garden plant, suitable for...
Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood
€8.00
Coast Redwood One of the best known redwoods from the West coast of USA, Sequoia sempervirens grows to a very large and stately coniferous tree. The Coast Redwood can eventually reach heights of over 300ft making it suitable for large gardens and parks. It grows well in Ireland as a specimen tree where its size and its thick, reddish, spongy bar...
Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Redwood
€25.00
Giant Redwood A vigorous and long-living evergreen conifer tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum eventually reaches a huge size, with a heavy trunk and thick reddish brown bark. When young, the Giant Redwood or ‘Wellingtonia’ has a conical habit but as it matures, the branches become more widely spaced and downswept while the lower stem becomes free of...
Sequoiadendron giganteum Barabits’ Requiem
€15.00
Giant Redwood Barabits’ Requiem The tree for people who want to grow a giant redwood in their garden! Sequoiadendron giganteum Barabits’ Requiem is far smaller than its lofty relatives, but it will eventually make a medium-sized to tall tree with a light, open crown. It’s a fairly slow-growing, evergreen tree with a very narrow, weeping habit, a...
Sequoiadendron giganteum Glaucum
€18.00
Giant Redwood Glaucum A smaller, slower-growing form of the giant redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum Glaucum is a very tall, evergreen, coniferous tree with a narrow, pyramidal habit; the crown becomes more open with age. The trunk is reddish-brown, the bark quite soft and fibrous, and deeply fissured. The scaly, needle-like leaves are a beautifu...
Taxodium mucronatum - Montezuma cypress
€42.00
Montezuma cypress A medium to large sized deciduous conifer, Taxodium mucronatum is related to the Swamp Cypress. This Mexican Cypress will, in very mild areas, retain some foliage through the winter. The leaves are made up of soft green needles and are held in drooping branches giving the tree elegance. The mature tree can develop huge buttress...
Taxus baccata - Yew
Taxus baccata - Yew
€4.00
Common Yew (Lúr) Often found as a very ancient tree, Taxus baccata is a medium-sized to large, rather slow-growing, evergreen tree with beautiful red bark and a dense, bushy, spreading habit. The very narrow, leathery leaves are very dark green, in pairs on either side of the shoot. Insignificant flowers appear in spring, and are followed, on fe...
Taxus baccata Fastigiata Aurea
€6.00
Golden Irish Yew A native Irish conifer with very upright growth, forming wide columns, the Golden Irish Yew has fantastic striking golden variegated foliage. Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Aurea’ is a small to medium sized tree whose foliage can tolerate heavy pruning, though left to its own devices will form a flat top eventually. In Winter, the Ye...
Taxus baccata Fastigiata Robusta
€6.00
Irish Yew This cultivar of Taxus baccata, Fastigiata Robusta is a more solid columnar shape than its parent Fastigiata, and has exceptional, upright growth forming pencil-like columns. It is evergreen, bearing dark green needle-like foliage on branchlets. The fastigiate yew is a small to medium sized tree that makes a statement in any garden, an...