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Common Alder	1	£6.99	£6.99	28056	0	1	Product	BIGTREES	0	0.0000	British Natives	Broadleaf	Common Alder	0	-1	-1	0	0	0	GBT0005	Ideal for carvers and turners	It will grow to around 70ft (22m) Thriving in moist to wet ground it is a common inhabitant of riverbanks, low lying areas or upland areas with high rainfall. The leaves are slow to decay if they falll into water and as such the trees should not be planted too close to riverbanks. Nodules on roots which contain bacteria that ''fix'' nitrogen make it a valuable species for enriching poor ground. The timber used to be used to make clogs. It dislikes chalky soil.	6.9900	0.0000	0.0000	0	0	Default_Item	180	Common Alder - Ideal for carvers and turners	common, alder, alnus, glutinosa	Display_Item	BIGTREES	0	28056.jpg	28056.jpg	images/shop_image3/default.gif	images/shop_image4/default.gif	1	Alnus glutinosa	e398b150-61dd-4e2a-b966-f6719bd31e54	7b5c0ae5-9f86-42e3-a90b-955f64cc8eb1	0	0	02/05/2005 14:16:00	02/05/2005 00:00:00	11/09/2006 16:27:00	02/05/2005 14:21:00	1	0	0	0	0	0	02/05/2005 00:00:00	LIVE	0	451298	224319	28056	1	None	Default	18/10/2025 18:48:04	BIGTREES	6.9900
Hawthorn	1	£6.99	£6.99	28063	0	1	Product	BIGTREES	0	0.0000	British Natives	Broadleaf	Hawthorn	0	-1	-1	0	0	0	GBT0012	Hedges, keeps animals in or out	Native throughout the British Isles, it grows to around 45ft(14m) if left untrimmed. Also known as Quickthorn, Quick, or Maythorn it is the commonest hedgerow plant, forming a dense inpenetrable hedge. It''s white flowers appear from May onwards with the characteristic red berries (Haws) providing feed for birds in autumn and early winter.	6.9900	0.0000	0.0000	0	0	Default_Item	180	Hawthorn - Hedges, keeps animals in or out	hawthorn, crataegus, monogyna, british, broadleaf, hedges	Display_Item	BIGTREES	0	28063.jpg	28063.jpg	images/shop_image3/default.gif	images/shop_image4/default.gif	1	Crataegus monogyna	dce8e4ff-7f96-4623-b254-e756f9e85f3f	8db11910-7625-4872-8e81-4f6eb6aec131	0	0	02/05/2005 14:44:00	02/05/2005 00:00:00	11/09/2006 16:30:00	02/05/2005 14:49:00	1	0	0	0	0	0	02/05/2005 00:00:00	LIVE	0	451299	224319	28063	1	None	Default	18/10/2025 18:48:05	BIGTREES	6.9900
Scots Pine	1	£9.99	£9.99	28313	0	1	Product	BIGTREES	0	0.0000	British Natives	Conifer	Scots Pine	0	-1	-1	0	0	0	GBT0028	The Scots pine is widely distributed around the globe. A mature tree can rise to 120ft. Performs best on drier, well-drained sites.	<p>The outline of a juvenile <b>Scots Pine</b> alters as it matures losing its lower branches to form a flatter spreading crown. A mature tree can rise to 120ft (36m)</p> <p>Apart from being a native of the once extensive Caledonian pine forests, the Scots pine is widely distributed around the globe in places such as Siberia, The Artic Circle, Scandinavia and Southern Spain. </p> <p>There are several distinguishing features of the Scots Pine. The first is the variation of the barks colour and texture with age. A young sapling’s bark is paper-thin and often orange-red in colour, where as the mature tree has thick, craggy flakes of bark up to 5 cm thick and red-brown in colour. The needles of this tree grow in pairs to about 5cm in length and are blue-green in colour. </p> <p> <ul> <li>Scots Pine performs best on drier, well-drained sites in the east of the country and also on north facing slopes in Scotland, possibly due to the wetter conditions providing protection from fires.</li> <li>Today, seed from managed seed stands provides stock of higher quality than that available from the remnant Caledonian Pine stands</li> <li>It can grow in different altitudes ranging from sea level to 2400m</li> <li>The trees can have an extensive life span of 250-300 years</li> <li>At chest height the girth can measure up to 2.4m (8ft)</li> <li>If a Scots Pine dies while standing it’s skeleton can remain for 50 to 100 years due to the high resin content in the sap, which causes slow decay.</li> </ul> </p> <p>The male and female flowers both grow on the tree and flower in May. The female flowers grow on the tips of the more exposed branches and the male flowers cluster together in the branches below. Once wind pollination occurs it takes 2 years for a fertilised female flower to form a fully-grown cone.</p> <p>Cone production can vary with the condition of the seasons. In a season with good weather a tree can produce 3000 cones, which usually flower in April. The seeds produced by the cones can be carried as far as 50 – 100m from the parent tree and prefer exposed well-drained mineral soil to germinate.</p> <h2>Related Links</h2> - <a href="http://www.british-trees.com/guide/scotspine.htm" target="_blank">British-Trees.com - Scots Pine</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5nlfap" target="_blank">The Forestry Commission - Scots Pine</a><br />	9.9900	0.0000	0.0000	0	0	Default_Item	180	Scots Pine - Iinspired A.A.Milne in Pooh''s 100 acre wood	scots, pine, pinus, sylvestris, british, conifer	Display_Item	BIGTREES	0	28313.jpg	28313.jpg	images/shop_image3/default.gif	images/shop_image4/default.gif	1	Pinus sylvestris	8ecb2070-14a9-4e7f-8f0e-347770dddb7e	16eca642-a9e4-405a-ac85-515164d6a2c2	0	0	04/05/2005 16:34:00	04/05/2005 00:00:00	01/02/2007 16:32:00	04/05/2005 16:38:00	1	0	0	0	0	0	04/05/2005 00:00:00	LIVE	0	451300	224319	28313	1	None	Default	18/10/2025 18:48:05	BIGTREES	9.9900
Downy Birch	1	£6.99	£6.99	28060	0	1	Product	BIGTREES	0	0.0000	British Natives	Broadleaf	Downy Birch	0	-1	-1	0	0	0	GBT0009	Likes it wet	Native throughout the British Isles, it grows to 80ft (24m). Whilst less elegant than the closely related Silver Birch, it will thrive on wetter soils making it a common component of upland native woodlands. It differs from its relative, silver birch in lacking pendulous branches, having darker bark and downy young shoots. It is often planted to protect other young trees. Its timber is used for wood pulp and plywood.	6.9900	0.0000	0.0000	0	0	Default_Item	180	Downy Birch - Likes it wet	downy, birch, betula, pubescens, british, broadleaf, wet	Display_Item	BIGTREES	0	28060.jpg	28060.jpg	images/shop_image3/default.gif	images/shop_image4/default.gif	1	Betula pubescens	d08270c0-517d-4665-bfc5-0deeffcd09a4	43e5fe39-c2a5-42fa-bdb9-a418b35cb609	0	0	02/05/2005 14:31:00	02/05/2005 00:00:00	11/09/2006 16:30:00	02/05/2005 14:37:00	1	0	0	0	0	0	02/05/2005 00:00:00	LIVE	0	451301	224319	28060	1	None	Default	18/10/2025 18:48:06	BIGTREES	6.9900
Larch	1	£9.99	£9.99	28328	0	1	Product	BIGTREES	0	0.0000	European	Broadleaf	Larch	0	-1	-1	0	0	0	GBT0043	Stunning lorange/yellow foliage	A quick growing tree, capable of reaching 130ft( 40m). On the continent the larch is a mountian species adapted to long winters and short growing seasons; in Britain it has a longer growing season and grows quickly in dry areas. It can be vulnerable to late spring frosts and is susceptible to larch canker. Being deciduous it is often treated as a "honorary broadleaf" to provide diversity in conifer plantations. The rot resistant heartwood makes the timber a popular source of fencing material as well as light furniture timber.	9.9900	0.0000	0.0000	0	0	Default_Item	180	Larch - stunning lorange/yellow foliage	larch, larix, decidua, european, broadleaf	Display_Item	BIGTREES	0	28328.jpg	28328.jpg	images/shop_image3/default.gif	images/shop_image4/default.gif	1	Larix decidua	bfee333d-52f9-4def-bed3-8809d3fcd01a	a66d4dec-ec64-49db-92ad-89417b0a67a1	0	0	04/05/2005 16:51:00	04/05/2005 00:00:00	13/10/2007 18:25:00	04/05/2005 16:55:00	1	0	0	0	0	0	04/05/2005 00:00:00	LIVE	0	451302	224319	28328	1	None	Default	18/10/2025 18:48:06	BIGTREES	9.9900
		Sub-Total: Postage: Total:	£40.95 £11.25 £52.20

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