Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

The Sensation Pear is a beautiful and productive fruit tree that brings both ornamental charm and delicious harvests to the garden. Its glossy green foliage transforms into rich red tones in autumn, creating a striking seasonal display. This variety produces attractive red-skinned pears with crisp white flesh. Also known as Red Williams, the fruit is sweet, juicy, and perfect for picking straight from the tree, making it a favourite for fresh eating. For reliable fruiting, Sensation Pear requires a cross-pollinator. Pairing it with a compatible variety such as Williams Pear will ensure a good yield. Easy to grow and rewarding, it’s an excellent choice for home orchards or feature planting in edible gardens.

 Soil: Well-drained, well-worked soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Protect from strong winds. Frost tolerant. 
Size: Height 2-8m x width 4m 

The Anzac Peach is a large, upright deciduous fruiting tree well suited to home orchards and spacious gardens. It produces slender, deep-green foliage and an abundant crop of white-fleshed peaches with attractive ruby-red skin. The fruit is known for its exceptionally sweet flavour and typically ripens from around mid-January, making it a rewarding mid-summer harvest. This variety is self-fertile, meaning it does not require another peach tree nearby to produce fruit. Like most stone fruit trees in the Prunus genus, the Anzac Peach benefits from annual pruning during winter after the leaves have dropped. Regular pruning encourages stronger branching, improves airflow through the canopy, and helps produce larger, better-quality fruit. With the right care, it becomes an excellent choice for large gardens, backyard orchards, or as a productive ornamental tree.

Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun. Frost tolerant
Size: Height 3-4m x width 4m

Ginkgo balboa, or the Maidenhair Tree, is a very slow-growing and long-lived, deciduous tree with a large and elegant habit. This ancient species is renowned for its unusual fan-shaped leaves that are a soft green, changing to a spectacular clear yellow in autumn. Short catkins can be produced followed by yellow fruit on the female trees - but only after the tree has reached thirty-fifty years in age. It is a beautiful specimen tree for parks and large gardens.

Soil: Plant in well-drained and well-worked soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Protect from strong winds. Frost tolerant.
Size: Height 9m x width 5m

Wades Golden Birch is a glowing, pyramidal-shaped deciduous tree with new golden foliage in the winter, later turning light green and then back to yellow-gold in autumn. Its most appealing feature is the bright orange stems which stand out in the winter against the classic stark white of the bark. A hardy tree well suited to smaller gardens, and a fantabulous tree for avenue planting! Prune the tree when planting to encourage growth.

Soil: Well-drained and well-mulched soil. Keep moist until the tree is established.
Conditions: Full sun. Frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 10m x width 6m

The beautifully elegant gleditsia, Elegantissima offers year-round appeal. Its' fine, bright green foliage brings a soft, airy texture to the garden, transforming to a vibrant golden yellow in autumn before falling. The attractive grey-brown bark, marked with long, narrow ridges, adds further interest throughout the year. With its almost shrub-like form and manageable mature size, this variety is perfect for courtyards and small gardens. It also makes an excellent potted specimen, light screen or feature tree, and performs well in streetscapes.

Soil: Moist, deep fertile soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Frost, drought and coastal tolerant. Handles air pollution and urban environments.
Size: Height 5m x width 4m

Acer Crimson King is a striking maple with beautiful foliage colour in spring, summer & autumn. Upright with large, rounded crow, the slow-growing maple displays unusual deep purple/black leaves that turn green-purple as the season progresses. The foliage changes into a glowing orange-crimson in autumn ensuring Crimson King will stand out in the garden landscape. Suitable for larger gardens or parks. Fertilize when planting and again after new growth appears. Prune tree when planting to encourage new growth.

Soil: Plant in a well-drained and well-worked soil. Take care to plant the bud union above the soil level. Water in well and keep soil moist until tree is established.
Conditions: Full sun. Heat and frost tolerant
Size: Height 10m x width 5m

Hazelnut Barcelona is a vigorous, fruiting bush with large, deeply veined, lance-shaped, green leaves and massed clusters of elongated creamy yellow male catkins and small, magenta, spider-like female flowers in winter. The blossoms are followed by edible, high-quality, delicious nuts encased in slightly elongated shells in late summer and autumn. Whilst Barcelona is self-pollinating, it is recommended to plant two different varieties for satisfactory fruiting. Barcelona can be eaten fresh or cooked.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, light frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 4m x width 3m