Medium Ornamental Trees

Alford Blaze™ (Platanus orientalis 'Alford Blaze') is a stunning selection of the Oriental Plane with great autumn colour. It grows into a neat well-proportioned tree that should attain a broadly pyramid shape with age. Like all Plane trees it is...

Acer rubrum 'Autumn Red' is a round-headed tree growing up to 15m tall x around 9m wide. Upright habit when young. In spring, tiny red flowers are borne in erect clusters before the appearance of dark green leaves with lighter undersides. The leaves turn...

Acer macrophyllum, the Big Leaf or Oregon Maple, is native to the North American Pacific Northwest at low to middle elevations from San Diego to Vancouver Island. Grows from 15m to 30m in its natural rune, towards the lower end of the range in much...

Ulmus parvifolia 'Burnley Select' was grown from seed taken from a tree at the Burnley (horticultural) College, University of Melbourne and selected by Dr Peter May. Some of the Heritage Fruit Trees team studied horticulture at...

The Murray's Form Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia 'Murray's Form') is an attractive tree grown for its lovely form, foliage and bark. Chinese Elms have relatively small leaves compared to other elm species and they may stay on the tree all year or be...

One of the most splendid elms for its graceful shape, medium size and all year visual impact, Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia), also called lacebark elm, is native to eastern Asia, including mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and...

The home town of Heritage Fruit Trees, Beaufort, has a wonderful avenue of Claret Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa 'Raywood') along part of its main street. It's a stunning sight in autumn. It's a great performing ornamental deciduous tree...

This graceful ornamental tree has deeply-lobed green leaves that turn a beautiful golden yellow in autumn. The bark of the Cut Leaf Silver Birch (Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica') is an attractive silver white that contrasts beautifully with the deciduous...

The deciduous Golden Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Lutescens') will be familiar to many people in south eastern Australia. These large wide trees are a sight to behold when in full summer leaf giving a golden feature to any landscape. It is also known as the Golden...

Cedrus deodara or Himalayan cedar, native to the Himalayas, is an evergreen conifer which in its natural range can reach 40+m in height with a trunk of 3m approx in diameter. In much of Australia a mature height of 20-30m is more likely. Not...

The Small-leafed Lime or Linden (Tilia cordata) is a long-lived deciduous tree from Europe. It has heart-shaped green leaves with serrated edges. The shiny green above is contrasted by grey underneath. In early summer small green-yellow flowers are...

The Manchurian Pear (Pyrus ussuriensis) has been widely grown in Australia due to its adaptability, masses of spring blossom, summer glossy green foliage and stunning autumn colour. This Asian deciduous tree is easily pruned to shape, although not...

Paper Birch 'Betula papyrifera' or White birch is a medium deciduous tree which is known for it's flakey white, texture bark, vigour and fast growth rate. Large oval, rounded, upright shape. Dark green, tooth like shape foliage which turns to a...

This graceful ornamental tree has rich bronzy purpley-red leaves. The bark of the Purple Birch (Betula pendula 'Black Prince') is an attractive almost white colour that contrasts beautifully with the dark deciduous foliage. The upright tree grows into a...

Aristocrat Callery Pear, (Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat') quickly grows 10-15m high and 8-10m wide, with widely-spaced, upright-spreading, thornless branches. In spring before the new leaves unfold, the tree puts on a brilliant display of pure white...

Autumn Blaze ornamental pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Autumn Blaze') is a rounded shaped deciduous tree. It has masses of white spring blossom, lovely green foliage over summer, and magnificent purply red autumn foliage. Inedible fruit. • Uses: ornamental...

Pyrus calleryana 'Burgundy Snow' has abundant, clear white flowers with burgundy centres and is among the most floriferous of the ornamental pears. Grows to 10m tall x 6m wide. Rich, mid- to dark green leaves becoming yellow through to red in autumn...

Pyrus calleryana 'Capital' is the narrowest of the Callery pears with a mature spread of around 3m and height of 10m to 12m. It can therefore be used along driveways and as a screen in the narrowest of planting areas. Great spring blossom, followed by...

Pyrus calleryana 'Cleveland Select' makes a stunning back drop and avenue at the home of Heritage Fruit Trees as photographed regularly in our social media feed. The tall relatively narrow trees have masses of white spring blossom, lovely green...

Redspire ornamental pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Redspire') is a tall relatively narrow tree with a pyramid shape. It has masses of white spring blossom, lovely green foliage over summer, and magnificent red, yellow, burgundy autumn foliage. Quick growing,...

Pyrus calleryana 'Winter Glow' is deciduous but does hold its foliage well into winter. Pink-centred white flowers cover the tree from early spring and are followed by glossy, green foliage which eventually turns bright red in autumn. A hardy variety...

This attractive ornamental tree has toothed-edged green leaves that turn a beautiful golden yellow in autumn. The bark of the Silver Birch (Betula pendula) is an attractive silver white that contrasts beautifully with the deciduous foliage. The upright...

The Snow Pear (Pyrus nivalis) is a deciduous ornamental tree from Europe and Turkey. It has masses of white spring blossom and its downy leaves, when they first emerge, become grey green as they mature. The leaves become a beautiful deep red in autumn...

Trident maple (Acer buergerianum) is a small- to medium-sized, deciduous tree from Asia with a rounded, branching form with three lobed leaves resembling a trident. It tends to grow as a multi-stemmed, low-branching specimen, but it can be pruned to a...