Cotoneaster apiculatus 'Blackburn' Winter Needles can vary in colour

Needles can vary in colour from a deep green to a silvery blue

In its native North America this is a large and important timber tree

This cultivar of our native english oak is a most handsome tree with firm

An easy-to-grow semi-evergreen shrub used for hedging and sometimes as a half standard

Cotoneaster apiculatus 'Blackburn' Winter Needles can vary in colourA delightful shrub or trained tree with elegant branches arching up and outwards creating an attractive cascading appearance. As typical of the genus, the leaves are small and glossy dark green. Small, pinkish white flowers open from deep pink buds in May June followed by an abundance of eye catching red berries. Good red to orange autumn colour. H6