The Best Bare Rooted Trees for Canberra

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It is a wonderful time to dig and plant rooted bare trees after all of this lovely winter rain. 

In the winter months of June, July and August, bare-root plants are available. It is too late afterwards because they start shooting and transplantation becomes a problem.

There are two great reasons you should buy bare rooted trees – firstly they have plenty of time before the hot summer and, secondly, also much cheaper than bare-rooted stock.

When you choose your plants, consider what size they will grow and whether you want shade or privacy. Check for apparent physical harm in the tree the branch structure. If the tree is grafted or budded, delete any growth from the base as the root stock would reappear.

Remember to damp the roots. Don’t leave the tree lying in the sun or in the wind while you dig. Dig a big, but not too deep pit. Plant the tree at the same level as it was in the field. Generally, you can tell where the color change around the base of the stem has been planted.

Create a soil mound at the base and put the roots over the top so that the root is supported. Then fill the hole with water to clear any pockets of air. Don’t fertilize until in spring the tree begins to flower.

Best Bare Rooted Trees For Canberra

Magnolia stellata

Magnolia stellata is one of the smaller growing leafy magnolias, with the pure white flowers. At about 3m, sometimes less, for smaller gardens it is an excellent option. Flowers appear before the foliage on bare stems. The flowers open up pure white, are perfumed and almost cover the shrub in the spring. This is a slow growing variety available in 1-2 m high dimensions. It branches over time to form a fine, rounded shrub. The deep green leaves are attractive from summer to autumn.

Nyssa sylvatica

The Nyssa sylvatica may be the one if you are looking for a medium to big, slow-growing tree with a great autumn colour. It is a widely cultivated tree called ‘Black Tupelo.’ It makes a perfect tree for the garden. This tree, commonly referred to as the ‘Black Tupelo’ is at first an upright growth habit, developing a spreading crown as it rises. Deep green bright leaves that turn a bright red in autumn. In colder climates, the color is stronger. Used as a street tree as well as in parks and large gardens, this is once a hardy tree. Excellent in urban settings, where noise and less than well drained soils are tolerated. The Black Tupelo is becoming increasingly common in both wet and dry areas. Nyssa Sylvatica can grow to 10 to 20m in height and has branches with strong autumn contrasting strongly with a dark trunk and branches that slightly drop or fall off. The crown will spread over time to around 6m.

Prunus Serrulata

The Deciduous Tree of Prunus Serrulata (also known as the Japanese Flowering Cherry) can grow up to around 12 meters tall. The leaves are small and wide ovate 80-130 by 45-60 mm, petiole 20-32 mm, rounded on the base to the tip of a dot with sternum margins above and below. A cluster of 3-4 white to pink flowers is infloresced on the short side flowers. Fruit with a diameter of less than 15 mm, globosity, dark red-black, smooth stone.

Malus floribunda

A small lay-round tree that grows to approximately 5 meters tall and 4 meters wide. For young plants, the first summer and autumn after planting; water thoroughly during dry periods. Good for smaller gardens because it is relatively slow, and can be planted under a light canopy. It can be harvested to make jelly on trees where fruit is grown. Pests and illnesses may have extreme weakening effects on young plants; check periodically. Check stakes and connections and remove them as soon as the plants are strong enough to withstand winds without damage. Arching branches grow dark pink buds that in October are open to white flowers that are flushed pink. The flowers are typically accompanied by small red fruit. The leaves are green with a clamped edge and turn yellow in cooler areas in autumn. Grow in moderately fruitful soil in full sun or partial shadow. Best cultivated in well drained acidic soil in medium moisture.

Acer palmatum

Acer palmatum is a leach shrub or small tree that grows as an understory plant in shady forests and reaches a height of between 6 and 10 metres, seldom a height of 16 metres. The leaves are 4-12 cm long and wide, palmally lobed with 5, 7 or 9 acutely pointed lobes. It may have several trunks near the ground. Typically, its canopy takes a dome shape, particularly when it is mature. Acer palmatum shows great genetic diversity even in nature, with seedlings from the same tree exhibiting usually different characteristics, such as leaf size, shape and colour. The flowers are produced in small cymes with five red or purple sepals and five white petals. The fruit is a couple of winged Samaras with a length of 2–3 cm each with a seed of 6–8 mm. Acer palmatum seeds and related species need to be stratified to germinate. The entire shape of the tree will vary from upright to weeping.

Betula pendula

Betula pendula, known commonly as silver birch, warty birch, white European birk or white birch in East Asia, is a species of the Betulacean family, born in Europe and parts of Asia, but only in higher altitudes and colder temperatures in southern Europe. Usually, the silver birch is 15 to 25 m long, with a slim trunk generally less than 40 cm in diameter. The silver birch is a medium-sized leafy tree that is named for the white bark on the trunk. The flowers are catkins and the light, winged seeds disperse over the wind. The twigs are slender and sometimes pendulous, and the leaves are approximately triangular, have doubly tight margins. The bark on the trunk is first gold-brown, but then turns white as a result of the paper fabric on the surface and the flakes peeling, similar to the close-knit paper-birch. The bark remains smooth until the tree grows very tall, but the bark thickens in older trees and becomes irregular. The buds are thin, sticky and sympathetic – the terminal bud is removed and development begins from the lateral bud. Young branches have slender, hairless and sometimes pendulous warts of white resin.

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