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Winter Hill Tree Farm sells to retail as well as wholesale customers. Read more ...
Most of our trees are grown in pots for year-round planting. Read more ...
Our trees are grown to Natspec specifications. Read more ...
Pear - Manchurian
At Winter Hill we carry ten different types of ornamental Pear. The first to show Autumn colour is the Manchurian Pear, a wonderful large spreading tree and we have some great deals on big Manchurian Pears just released on our Specials page.
Winter Hill Tree Farm Blog
There is always lots happening at Winter Hill Tree Farm so we've started a blog to provide some insight into what we do and how we do it.
Our latest post ... The amazing technicolour Liquidambar
As the days have turned cold so have the leaves on the thousands of deciduous trees grown here at Winter Hill. One of the most spectacular trees for early Autumn colour is the Liquidambar. I find it amazing that a single tree can have such a huge variety of colours showing at the one time. This photo shows a row of 75 litre Liquidambar Styraciflua (American Sweetgum) currently in stock and ... Read more
Autumn colour
Autumn is my favourite season of the year, and a trip to the cooler highland areas to see the glowing colour change before winter is always a highlight.
Now is the perfect time for planting - evergreen or deciduous, and the best time for selecting autumn colouring trees. Deciduous trees are often overlooked in favour of evergreen, but there are many advantages to a deciduous tree - winter sun and summer shade, fresh foliage every year, ornamental shapes of the bare tree adding interest to your garden design, leaves lost in one foul swoop rather than all through the year and those lovely fallen leaves add to the soil humus.
For those of us in the cooler climates now begins the gradual procession of autumn colour, however even those living in warmer areas can have the benefit of colour with careful selection.
The following trees will produce some colour even in coastal climates: Persimmon, Chinese Tallows, Liquidambar, Gingko, Golden Rain Tree, Sunburst Gleditsia, Chinese Pistachio, Crepe Myrtle, Magnolia stellata and White Cedar.
For more information on these and other varieties see our Autumn Colour section, or talk to one of our qualified sales team.