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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceGYMNOCLADUS dioica
Commonly known as Kentucky coffee tree, Knicker tree
Handsome slow growing tree with pods of seeds which were used as a substitute for coffee. Leaves pink tinted turning yellow before falling. Greenish-white flowers
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Deciduous - large, 2-pinnate leaves to 1m (3ft) long, each leaflet divided into 8-14 oval leaflets.
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Green - greenish white
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Height - 20m (66ft) -
Spread - 15m (49ft)
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Tree - produces panicles of flowers to 30cm (12in) long on female trees, 10-13cm (4-5in) on males.
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Hardy - average winter - Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F) -
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Caution, toxic if eaten - Do not eat these plants. - seeds. -
Additional Features - Pests & Diseases - - none -
Place of origin - central and eastern North America. -
Flower Shape - Star-shaped -
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Hardiness - Frost hardy (down to -5) -
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Seasonal Interest - Autumn -
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil -
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Tree Shape - Rounded to broadly spreading -
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Gymnocladus dioica - Growing Guide
Trees - Care Guide
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- Checking ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
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15m (49ft) |
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