Wykeham Mature Plants

Time is rarely on one's side, nevermore so than when a mature effect of shrubs and trees is required in an open garden or landscape.

Wykeham Instants offers the ideal solution for transforming an open space. At Wykeham you really can buy time – with "mature" trees and shrubs of up to 20 years old – and the immediate effect our professional and careful long-term production brings.

Buying direct from our production nursery offers you the following advantages:

• Larger plants than are normally available
• Nursery fresh, top quality plants
• A wide choice of plants and sizes
• Guaranteed quality and service

Innovative and Traditional Skills

Set in a walled garden at Wykeham Abbey, Wykeham Instants combines innovation with traditional horticultural skills to create an effect of maturity from trees, shrubs and conifers of between 5 and 20 years old.

An Extensive Range to Choose From

More than 5,500 container-grown plants from ground-cover to semi-mature trees up to 6 metres high are immediately available throughout the year for you to choose from.

For traditional seasonal choice for planting between November and March some further 20,000 plants are available from our 100 acres of field nurseries.

Design and Planting

Good planning, design and selection are a vital part of a successful planting scheme. To support our quality stock production Wykeham Instants design and planting services are available to both private and commercial clients.

Conifers

A wide range of ornamental conifers from Abies to Tsuga is available together with material suitable for screening and/or large hedging purposes in sizes up to five metres tall.

Hedging, Pre-trimmed

A range of pre trimmed hedges and topiary including Box, Beech, Hornbeam, Privit, Holly, Thorn and Yews give the appearance of an established hedge after planting.
We also produce a range of ornamental shrubs suitable for more informal and flowering hedges and screens.

Shrubs

Wykeham Mature Plants have a wide range of shrubs selected for all year round interest and all produced in larger than normal sizes from 1 metre to 3.5 metres high to create an effect of maturity in an instant.

Trees – Specimens

Wykeham Mature Plants produce an excellent range of larger trees for immediate effect with trees up to six metres tall available from stock.

These days due to advancements in growing techniques most of our trees are available container grown which has a mumber of advantages:-

• They are available all year round.
• They are much easier to transplant than traditional field grown stock.
• Most importantly they are much easier to handle than traditional root balled trees.

The really big root balled trees are very heavy (about one tonne each), and have to be mechanically handled at all times so we recommend using our planting service.

Key: Tree sizes and abbreviations

Most of our trees are measured by girth (circumference) in centimetres at one metre above ground level, eg. 12/14 and 14/16 which conforms to European standards. Fortunately as a rule of thumb the girth size roughly equates to the height in feet. Where the size is indicated as follows: 150/175 this represents the height of the plant material in centimetres, ie, the plant is 150cm to 175 cm cm above ground level.

Further abbreviatins used are:-

• FTD = Feathered. The plant has branches from of near to ground level all the way up the stem.
• MLT = Multi stemmed. This is a tree that has two of more trunks from ground level.
• Std + Standard. This tree has a clear unbranched trunk up to a height of approximetly 175 cm.
• Bsh = Bush. Bushy in shape.

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