Grey Alder Trees Size:6/8cm Girth It's great for adding colour

It's great for adding colour to a frame such as a pergola or archway and can look really special when coupled with other flowering climbers

Pruning: Spur bearer

Likes moist conditions

Variety: Nelly Moser

Final height and spread: 8ft x 8ft

Grey Alder Trees Size:6/8cm Girth It's great for adding colourGrey 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