| Description | Salix purprea pendula
Plant in a full sun position with a well drained clay, loamy or sandy soil that retains moisture.
- Hardy
- Weeping feature tree
- Multi-coloured
13"/33cm pot | Pyrus calleryana
Everscreen Pears are one of the only ornamental pear trees that retain their foliage during the winter months unless they are grown in very cold climates. These pears are excellent for use as hedges and screens, clip them to create a dense leafy canopy and to maintain their height and width, if left un-pruned they can grow up to 6m tall and 4m wide.
12" pot size. Approximately 2m tall | |
| Content | Salix purprea pendula
A stunning, weeping feature tree for your garden!
It is a compact, deciduous tree, often grafted as a standard, with thin, purple stems, blue-green leaves and silvery-green catkins opening with the leaves in spring. | At last an ornamental pear that has all the features such as hardiness, fast growth, compact size and lush glossy foliage that make the ornamental pear such a popular choice in Melbourne gardens. Unlike other Ornamental Pears that drop leaves for four months of the year the EverScreen Ornamental Pear retains its leaves throughout the winter months. EverScreen Ornamental Pear has an upright pyramidal shape this is combined with its year round foliage that makes it the best pear to select as a tall fast growing screen. | |
| Additional information |
| height-x-width |
The height of graft x 2m
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| features |
Beautiful cascading braches, white pussy willow like catkins in winter on bare branches
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| conditions |
The hardiest of all the weeping trees, will handle wet feet, heat, wind, sun or part shade and frost
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| landscape-use |
Makes the perfect specimen or shade tree in small gardens, may be trimmed into dome or umbrella shape in formal gardens or left to naturally weep, may also grow in large tubs or containers
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| Supply Code |
N42
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