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Trees - Large Growing Ornamental Trees
A selection of ornamental trees for the larger garden or woodland. These trees are often planted for their stunning autumn colours, flowers, decorative bark, or unusual forms and many are rare or unusual specimens from other parts of the world.
Learn more about how to plant a tree in our advice section and find even more information in our resources.
Bareroot ornamental trees | mid-November to March
Bareroot trees are only available from mid-November to March. You can learn more about the differences between bareroot and potted plants in our advice section.
Potted ornamental trees | all year round
Potted trees are available all year, but the best selection, and the best time to plant, is in late spring (April to May) and early autumn (September to October).
Acacia melanoxylon
Acacia melanoxylon
€5.00
Acacia melanoxylon We had a 30ft Acacia melanoxylon here in the nursery but it was killed by the extreme cold of 2010/11, however the self sown seedlings survived and are now 20ft high! Acacia melanoxylon is a fast growing evergreen tree with broad, upright branches. The contrasting bark is reddish brown. Fluffy yellow, scented flowers appear in...
Alnus x spaethii
Alnus x spaethii
€28.00
Spaeth’s Alder A hybrid between the Japanese and Caucasian alders, bred at the Spaeth Nursery in Berlin, Alnus x spaethii is a medium-sized, fast-growing, deciduous, clear-stem tree with a rather open, broad, pyramidal habit and grey bark. The rather long, elliptical, slightly serrated, cherry-like leaves emerge tinged with purple, and turn brig...
Davidia involucrata - Handkerchief Tree
€55.00
Davidia involucrata - Handkerchief Tree An exceptionally beautiful tree, though not for the smaller garden, Davidia involucrata is a tall, slow-maturing, deciduous tree with a spreading habit. The soft, bright green, ovate leaves are about 6”/15cm long, and colour yellow in autumn. The glory of this tree is the flowers, which appear in spring. ...
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua
€30.00
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweet Gum One of the best trees for autumn colour, Liquidambar styraciflua is a large, slow-growing deciduous tree with a pyramidal crown and attractive grey, fissured bark. Twigs and branches sometimes have corky ‘wings’. The leaves are mid-green and glossy with 5-7 lobes, like a maple’s; in autumn they turn brilliant...
Liquidambar styraciflua Lane Roberts
€45.00
Sweet Gum Lane Roberts A very fine cultivar of sweet gum, ideal for a woodland planting or as a specimen, Liquidambar styraciflua Lane Roberts is a very tall, deciduous tree with an upright, spreading habit. The maple-like leaves emerge glossy mid-green, and turn wonderful shades of rich blackish-crimson in autumn. The clusters of inconspicuous ...
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree
€55.00
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree A magnificent specimen tree for a park or very large garden, Liriodendron tulipifera is a large, fast-growing, long-lived tree with a broadly conical outline. The leaves are bright green and shiny with a very distinctive shape, lobed but with an almost squared-off end; they turn rich yellow in autumn. The flo...
Maclura pomifera
Maclura pomifera
€16.00
Osage Orange An unusual tree from south-central USA, Maclura pomifera is a medium-sized, deciduous tree with a rather spreading, rounded habit, thorny when young (a defence against grazing animals) but becoming less thorny when mature. The pointed, ovate, deep green leaves, 4”/10cm long, turn yellow in autumn. Small, greenish-yellow flowers ar...
Magnolia grandiflora Goliath
Magnolia grandiflora Goliath
€95.00
Evergreen Magnolia Goliath A beautiful tree or large shrub, sometimes known as bull bay, Magnolia grandiflora Goliath is a tall, rather slow-growing, evergreen tree or large shrub with a rounded habit. The leaves are a glossy deep green, up to 10”/25cm long. The huge, cream, cup-shaped flowers are highly fragrant, with the characteristic magnoli...
Magnolia grandiflora Little Gem
€85.00
Evergreen Magnolia Little Gem A dwarf form of bull bay, Magnolia grandiflora Little Gem is a small, slow-growing, evergreen tree or shrub with a columnar habit, ideal as a flowering evergreen in a small garden. The leaves are a glossy deep green, up to 5”/12cm long, with a deep reddish-brown felt on the undersides. The abundant, white, cup-shape...
Pterocarya fraxinifolia - Caucasian Wingnut
€55.00
Caucasian Wingnut Eventually growing to a beautiful large, broad-spreading tree, usually with a short thick trunk with deeply furrowed bark. Ash-like pinnate leaves, that tend to stay on the tree long beyond the new year, and long drooping tassels of green flowers followed by winged seeds. There are some stunning examples in NUI Galway, and UCC....
RHS Empathy Afterplant - Tree & Shrub
€12.00
RHS Empathy After Plant Evergreen Empathy AFTER PLANT EVERGREEN is ideal for Buxus (box), Bay trees, Camelias, Yew, Conifers and all types of evergreen hedging or garden plants. Plants in the Ground: Apply 1-2 handfuls (25 – 50g) around the base of the plant, lightly worked into the soil and water well. for larger established plants apply 2 hand...
Stewartia pseudocamellia - Japanese Stewartia
€28.00
Japanese Stewartia Native to Japan and Korea, not many trees tick as many boxes as the Stewartia pseudocamellia. A tidy shape for relatively small gardens, outstanding spotted bark, amazing flowers, Autumn colour that is second to none, ranging from dark scarlet to brilliant burnt orange... This will be a prized attraction wherever you plant it....
Tetradium daniellii - Bee Tree
€45.00
Tetradium daniellii - Bee Bee Tree Originally from China and Korea, Tetradium daniellii is a medium-sized, fast-growing, deciduous tree with a spreading, bushy habit and a broad, open crown. The glossy, dark green leaves are divided into eleven ovate leaflets and are up to 16”/40cm long; they turn yellow in autumn. Corymbs of attractive, scent...
Tilia americana American Sentry
€49.50
Lime American Sentry Perfect for planting as a street or park tree or for a larger garden. Big green leaves create shade to scorched urban streets and parks where it is happy to grow even in the most polluted of areas. Once established, it handles dry conditions quite well. Tilia american sentry has an upright habit with a narrow top when young,...
Tree Stake
Tree Stake
€3.50
Tree Stake Round or square stakes, 5ft (1.5m) tall. Round stakes are for collection from the nursery only.
Acer cappadocicum
Acer cappadocicum
€5.00
Cappadocian maple A medium to large sized deciduous tree with good Autumn colour, this Maple hails from the Caucasus and Asia Minor region. Acer cappadocium has a lovely rounded habit, grows well in Ireland and often turns a rich butter-yellow at leaf fall, which is a great contrast to the red hues of lots of other trees. It will also tolerate ...
Acer cappadocicum Aureum
Acer cappadocicum Aureum
€42.00
Cappadocian maple Aureum A medium sized spreading tree with leaves that are red when young, turning golden yellow in summer, then butter yellow before falling in autumn. Acer cappadocicum Aureum is adaptable to most conditions but thrives particularly well in high rainfall areas with cool damp summers. Holds the RHS award for garden merit. Site:...
Acer rubrum - Canadian Maple
€4.00
Canadian Maple First cultivated in Europe in the 1600's, Acer rubrum is planted for its large stature, in medium to large sized gardens. Identifiable by a consistent presence of red throughout the year, it is best known for its fantastic autumn colour. Often seen in Eastern U.S. autumn scenes, its colour comes through best in rich acid soils in ...
Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple
€8.00
Silver Maple Also known as the water or swamp maple, Acer saccharinum is a large, deciduous tree, with an upright, almost columnar habit, very vigorous and fast-growing. The smooth, silvery-grey bark becomes shaggy on the trunk in older specimens. Small pinkish-yellow flowers appear densely on the bare branches in spring, followed by paired win...
Acer truncatum x Acer platanoides Keith’s Form (Norwegian Sunset®)
€18.00
Maple Norwegian Sunset® An ornamental hybrid maple grown for its shapely form and wonderful autumn colour, Acer truncatum x A. platanoides Keith’s Form (Norwegian Sunset ®) is a medium-sized, fairly fast-growing, deciduous tree with a well-branched habit, oval and upright when young, but broadening with age to a domed form. Glossy, slightly le...