Trees Ornamental for Scotland Kenneth Cox Glendoick

Trees in Stock at Glendoick Now see below for stock list.

Ornamental Trees

Most gardens have room for at least one tree: even the smallest gardens can accommodate a slow-growing tree or one grown in a container. Trees provide scale, structure, privacy, shelter, shade and an environment for wildlife. Trees have a feel-good factor – people like to hug them. They are long-lived and therefore a long-term investment, and they can be expensive, but they create much of the atmosphere and microclimate of a garden. Trees are also great for commemorating something… A birth, marriage, retirement, in memoriam….or just because you feel like it. Height range given is approximate size after 10-20 years.

Amelanchier H5 A large deciduous shrub or small tree with small star-shaped white flowers in spring and attractive bronzy young leaves. Good Autumn colour.

Japanese Maples (Acer palmatum) H4-5 (2-5m after 10-20 years). Hardy, slow growing and good small garden trees. Cold east winds in Spring can burn foliage. Can be grown in containers. ‘Bloodgood’ (5 x 5m) Large growing, dark red 5-7-lobed leaves, bright red in autumn. var. dissectum (1-2 x 2-3m) mound forming with very finely-cut leaves, forms a dome-shaped shrub. If you want a low growing one, choose a plant which is weeping at 30-45cm high. For taller plants and standards, train the trunk up a stake to the desired height. ‘Garnet’ a fine selected dissectum with leaves deep red-purple till autumn. ‘Orange Dream’ (2-3m) greenish-yellow, margins red, very striking. ‘Orido-Nishiki’ (3-5m) young growth red and white, green leaves margined pink. ‘Osakazuki’ (5 x 4m) outstanding fiery-scarlet autumn colour. Green summer leaves, vigorous. ‘Sango-kaku’ (‘Senkaki’) (6 x 5m) Leaves yellow-green with, red winter shoots.

Crab Apple (Malus) (p. **)

Laburnum (Golden Chain, Golden Rain) H5 (3-6m). Grown for the long pendulous golden yellow flowers in May-June. All parts are poisonous.

Norway maple (Acer platanoides) H5 (10m) Good in clay soils. Coloured leaved forms. ‘Crimson King’, ‘Crimson Sentry’ dark reddish -purple leaves. ‘Drummondii‘ leaves with cream margin.

Silver Birch (Betula pendula) H5 (15- 20m). A native tree tolerant of poor soil conditions and wind. Silvery white peeling bark and often fine yellow autumn colour as the leaves drop. Too large for the small garden. Catkins

Himalayan birch (Betula utilis var. jaquemontii) H5 (10m) A deciduous tree grown for its outstanding white bark.

Flowering Cherry (Prunus) H4-H5 (4-6m) or more. Bursts of short-lived spectacular pink and white colour in spring. Best in well-drained but not dry soil. Subject to canker die back if branches are pruned or wind-damaged.

Rowan (Sorbus)

How to Plant an Ornamental or Fruit Tree

You’ll need a spade, a tree and normally a stake and tree tie and if there are rabbits or deer, a tree guard.
Dig a hole 2-3x as wide as the pot and a little deeper than the pot. Loosen the soil at the bottom of the hole with a fork. If the soil is poor, then add some new compost to the planting mix.
Thoroughly soak the root ball in water before planting - standing it in a bucket is good for this and tease out the roots so they can grow into the soil.
Place the root ball in the hole the top of the rootball is level with the soil surface.
Refill the hole and firm the soil around the tree, with a boot, ensuring trunk remains vertical.
Use a tree guard (metal or plastic protection to prevent deer, rabbits or hares (or strimmers) damaging the bark.
Most trees will need staking. Either use a short stake at a 45 degree angle or for a top grafted or delicate tree, use a taller stake sited parallel to the trunk. Put the stake on the windiest (south westerly) side of the tree. Attach a ‘figure of 8’ tie from the tree to the tree stake. (see photo for how to do this)

Trees with striking ornamental bark

Maples: Acer griseum (cinnamon, peeling),

Acer davidii (white and green striped),

Birch (Betula utilis var. jacquemontii) (white),

Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. niphophila,

Flowering cherry (Prunus serrula), (red-brown, peeling).

Trees with Blossom

Amelanchier,

Crab Apple (Malus),

Flowering Cherry (Prunus),

Hawthorne (Crataegus)

Our new deliveries of trees arrives in early September: we have an amazing range of Acer (maples), flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans (Sorbus) and lots more. September and October are the ideal months to plant trees while soil is still warm.

Ornamental Trees

Acer cap Rubrum

Acer conspicuum Red Flamingo

Acer dav VIPER® 'mindavi'

Acer davidii Viper ®

Acer pla Crimson Sentry

Acer pla Drummondii

Acer platanoides Crimson King

Acer platanoides Princeton Gold

Acer pseudoplatanus Brilliantissimum

Acer rubrum Redpointe ®

Acer cap Rubrum

Acer free. Jeffer's Red

Acer pla Drummondii

Amelanchier aln Obelisk®

Amelanchier canadensis October Flame

Betula pendula Royal Frost

Betula utilis Grayswood Ghost

Betula utilis Snow Queen

Betula Jacquemontii 10ltr

Betula jacquemontii multi-stem 5-7.5 litre

Betula pen Tristis 12L

Betula uti Moonbeam 12L

Betula utilis 'Edinburgh' 10ltr

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Cotoneaster fri Cornubia

Cotoneaster x sue Coral Beauty

Crataegus x med Crimson Cloud

Hoheria sexstylosa Snow White ®

Laburnum ana Yellow Rocket 12L

Laburnum ana Yellow Rocket

Laburnum x wat Vossii

Liquidambar sty Slender Silhouette

Parrotia 10ltr

Parrotia persica 12L

Ornamental Pear

Pyrus c Chanticleer 10ltr

Pyrus cal Chanticleer 12L

Malus Crab Apple

Malus Aros ®

Malus Aros®

Malus Butterball 12L

Malus Cardinal

Malus Celebration

Malus coccinella Coutarou 10ltr

Malus Direktoer Moerland

Malus Evereste

Malus Golden Hornet 10ltr

Malus Harry Baker 12L

Malus John Downie 12L

Malus x purpurea Crimson Cascade ®

Malus x rob Red Sentinel

Malus Red Sentinel 10ltr

Malus tra Golden Raindrops

Malus Royal Beauty

Malus Royal Raindrops ®

Malus Scarlett®

Malus Super

Malus Toringo Scarlett

Metasequoia glyptostroboides dawn redwood

Flowering Cherries

Prunus Accolade

Prunus Amanogawa

Prunus Blushing Bride (Shogetsu)

Prunus Chocolate Ice (Matusmae fuki)

Prunus Snow Showers

Prunus Snow Showers short stem

Prunus Tai-haku

Prunus The Bride 12L

Prunus Weeping Yoshino

Prunus x sub Autumnalis Rosea

Rowan Sorbus

Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus Glendoick® Spire

Sorbus Glendoick® White Baby

Sorbus pseudohupehensis

Sorbus vilmorinii

Tilia cor Winter Orange

GLENDOICK FRUIT TREE STOCK September 2025

Apples... You need two different ones for pollination. A crab apple will also work. Next door garden will work.

Apple (Malus) Ballerina Samba MM106

Apple (Malus) Discovery MM106

Apple (Malus) Bramley's Seedling M26

Apple (Malus) Discovery MM106

Apple (Malus) Discovery MM 106

Apple (Malus) Fiesta MM 106

Apple (Malus) Fiesta M26

Apple (Malus) Katy M26

Apple (Malus) Katy MM106

Apple (Malus) Katy M26 59

Apple (Malus) Kidd's Orange Red MM106

Apple (Malus) Laxton's Superb M26

Apple (Malus) Limelight M26

Apple (Malus) Red Devil MM106

Apple (Malus) Red Devil M26

Apple (Malus) Red Falstaff® M26

Apple (Malus) Red Falstaff® MM106

Apple (Malus) Red Windsor® MM106

Apple (Malus) Red Devil MM106

Apple (Malus) Red Windsor M26

Apple (Malus) Rosette M26

Apple (Malus) Rosette MM106

Apple (Malus) Scotch Bridget MM106

Apple (Malus) Scrumptious® M26

Apple (Malus) Scrumptious® MM106

Apple (Malus) Spartan MM106

Apple (Malus) Spartan M26

Apple (Malus) Spartan MM106

Apple (Malus) Worcester Pearmain M26

Apple (Malus) Worcester Pearmain MM106

Apple (Malus) Sunset M26

Apple (Malus) Sunset MM106

Apple (Malus) Winter Gem M26

Apple Starline Blue Moon columnar apple

Apple Starline Greenfinch columnar apple

Pear you need two different pears for fruit set

Pear (Pyrus) Beth Quince A

Pear (Pyrus) Conference Quince A

Pear (Pyrus) Doyenne du Comice Quince A

Pear Pyrus Conference

Pear Doyenne Du Comice

Pear Williams' Bon Chretien Quince A

Plum Victoria

Cherry

Cherry (Prunus) Sunburst Colt

Cherry Morello

Cherry Stella

Cherry Sunburst

Cherry Stella colt