Alder - Evergreen Alnus 200mm

🌿✨ Alnus jorullensis – Evergreen Alder ✨🌿
The Evergreen Alder is a fast-growing screening and feature tree with glossy dark green foliage and a graceful, slightly pendulous habit — a brilliant choice for larger spaces, shelter planting, and wetter soils. 🌳🌿
🌱 Size & Pot
✔️ 200mm pot – approx. 1m tall right now 🌱
✔️ Strong young tree size, ready to establish and put on fast growth
☀️ Sun & Soil
✔️ Full sun is best ☀️
✔️ Adaptable to a range of soils, including heavier and wetter ground 🌱💧
✔️ A great option for sites that stay damper than average
🍂 Foliage & Seasonal Changes
✔️ Glossy, serrated dark green foliage gives it a lush, full look 🌿✨
✔️ Catkins add seasonal interest in late Winter to early Spring 🌾
✔️ Evergreen to semi-evergreen depending on climate, often holding foliage very well
🌳 Growth Habit & Mature Size
✔️ Fast-growing tree with a broad crown and graceful, pendulous branching 🌳
✔️ Grows approx. 9–12m tall × 4–10m wide
✔️ Best suited to larger gardens and open spaces where it has room to develop properly 🌿🏡
💡 Special Characteristics
✔️ Fast growth makes it excellent for quick screening and shelter 🌿✅
✔️ A great option for wetter sites where many other trees struggle 💧🌳
✔️ Helps improve soil over time as it grows 🌱✨
✔️ Foliage on young trees can be frost tender, but it will usually bounce back well in Spring ❄️🌿
✔️ Best planted well away from drains, pipes, and concrete footings due to its vigorous root system ⚠️
🌸 Planting Ideas
✔️ Use as a quick-growing screen or shelter tree on larger boundaries 🌿🏡
✔️ Plant in paddock edges, rural gardens, or open spaces needing fast canopy growth 🌳
✔️ Great for wetter areas near dams, swales, or low-lying ground 💧✨
✔️ A strong choice for larger landscape plantings where you want a lush, leafy look fast 🌿🌳