Coastal Trees
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Click to enlarge Acer (Maple) Acer negundo 'Sensation' The best of the box elder maples. Lovely bronze- burgundy growing tips that turn mid green in summer. Handles most conditions extremely well. This variety is sterile, so the self seeding issue with the species is not a concern.
Click to enlarge Acer (Maple) Acer platanoides 'Globosum' - Designer Maple The world's most popular 'mop top tree', great maple foliage, tight round head that requires no pruning to keep shape. Tolerates medium levels of drought.
Click to enlarge Fraxinus (Ash) Fraxinus ornus 'Meczek' - Designer Flowering Ash A ‘lollipop’ style tree with very deep dark green foliage. A much better option than the mop top Robinia. Great for formal gardens. Requires no pruning to maintain shape.
Click to enlarge Liquidambar Liquidambar styraciflua 'Oakville Highlight'PBR symbol New Liquidambar discovered in Sydney by Vic Ciccolella. Tight upright form of Liquidambar that will be invaluable in our landscape. Vigorous root system that will need sufficient space to allow the tree to develop to its potential. Great avenue tree.
Click to enlarge Liquidambar Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' A little known Liquidambar. Leaves have a rounded lobe, rather than the palmate foliage of the parent. Discovered in Nth Carolina USA. Liquidambar ‘Rotundiloba’ has dark green lustrous foliage that turns yellows, through reds to purples in autumn. Quite narrow in growth habit, ‘Rotundiloba’ really is the pick of the Liquidambars.
Click to enlarge Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 'MGTIG' Greenback®PBR symbol Rated by experts throughout the world as the best Magnolia grandiflora on the market currently. Flowers like all M. grandiflora types. The main advantage of Greenback is its tight upright habit that gives a very formal appearance. Hedges extremely well and can be used as a very effective screen. The name 'Greenback' comes from the colour of the back of the leaves, which is a change from the other cultivars of Magnolia grandiflora.
Click to enlarge Olea Olea europea Olives, tough, attractive silver foliage.
Click to enlarge Platanus (Plane) Platanus x acerifolia - London Plane The London Plane tree, tough, reliable, honest. What more can be said!
Click to enlarge Prunus (flw. Plum) Prunus cerasifera 'Oakville Crimson Spire'PBR symbol A brand-new tree discovered in Sydney by Vic Ciccolella. An extremely upright form of purple leaved flowering plum. White spring flowers give this tree multi-seasonal appeal. Will make its presence known worldwide.
Click to enlarge Weeping Mulberry Morus alba 'Pendula' The weeping mulberry - great mid green glossy foliage that handles all sorts of conditions, heat and drought are not a problem at all for this versatile weeper.