Shade Trees
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Click to enlarge Acer (Maple) Acer rubrum 'PNI 0268' October Glory® The most outstanding Autumn colour tree in the world! Enough said!
Click to enlarge Acer (Maple) Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred' Autumn Blaze® Wonderful heat tolerant maple that has beautiful autumn colour as well. Forms great avenues.
Click to enlarge Aesculus Aesculus hippocastanum The horse chestnut is a magnificent large shade tree. It produces masses of large flowers in spring and has unique foliage. Used extensively through out Europe. Relatively slow growing.
Click to enlarge Fagus Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea Elegant, stunning, tough. The purple beech is royality of the tree family. Dark purple foliage that is admired throughout the world. Very versatile, can also be hedged or pleached.
Click to enlarge Fraxinus (Ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Cimmzam' Cimmaron™ Similar to Fraxinus 'Urbanite', drought and heat tolerant, more upright growing and very uniform, forms a beautiful, majestic tree.
Click to enlarge Fraxinus (Ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Urbdell'- Urbanite™ An outstanding new Ash cultivar. One of the BEST foliage trees I have come across in the world. Deep dark glossy green foliage with a silvery underside that shimmers in the breeze. Extremely drought and heat tolerant. Autumn colour is yellows and purples. An outstanding tree.
Click to enlarge Nyssa Nyssa sylvatica Unusual horizontal branching habit makes this tree a wonderful addition to any space. Soft light green foliage that has a gloss finish. Autumn colour is a feature. A tree worthy of greater planting.
Click to enlarge Tilia Tilia cordata 'PNI 6025' - Greenspire™ Tilias are under planted trees in Australia. They have beautiful shape and structure, small mid green foliage, yellow autumn tones. Spring foliage is quite a highlight. Great option in heavy soils.
Click to enlarge Ulmus (Elm) Ulmus parvifolia 'Todd'PBR symbol A new selection of the Chinese elm, with a more upright structure than the species. Small dark green foliage that can be semi evergreen in the right environment. Chinese elms are great trees that handle all sorts of climatic conditions. Tough and reliable.
Click to enlarge Zelkova Zelkova serrata 'Green Vase' The 'upside down tree. Lovely wine glass shape, planted along driveways will form a natural archway with no formal pruning. Good autumn tones and handles medium level drought conditions. Will be a very popular tree.