Grey Alder Trees Size:6/8cm Girth Likes moist conditions

Likes moist conditions

Final height and spread: 8ft x 8ft

clipped into low hedges or mounds

Grow at the front

He dreamt of crossing two of Britain's most popular eating and cooking apples - the Cox's orange pippin and the Bramley (the name Cobra is made up from the first letters of each parent tree)

Grey Alder Trees Size:6/8cm Girth Likes moist conditionsGrey Alder Trees Alnus incana, the Grey alder, takes its name from its grey bark and the silvery grey tint to its young leaves. In early spring, before the leaves appear, it produces yellow catkins with a pretty pink red tinge and plump little green cones, which will mature and release seeds in autumn. Young trees are extremely vigorous, growing by up to a metre per year. It tends to grow lots of suckering shoots from its base, which provide cover for