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Common Buckthorn (rhamnus cathartica)
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Bare-rooted trees available only between November and late April. Orders will only be dispatched during this period when the trees are not in active growth.
Pre-order now for delivery from late November
Price each per |
1 Tree |
10 Trees |
25 Trees |
100 Trees |
1000 Trees |
20-40cm |
£1.33 |
£0.91 |
£0.67 |
£0.46 |
£0.38 |
40-60cm |
£1.72 |
£1.18 |
£0.86 |
£0.59 |
£0.49 |
Prices stated do not include delivery and V.A.T. which will be added at the checkout.
Purging Buckthorn is a small, spiny tree of woodland, scrub and hedgerows on chalky or limestone soils. It is widespread, but scarce, across the lowland areas of central and eastern England.
Clusters of small yellow-green flowers appear in late spring and bunches of mildly poisonous black berries ripen in autumn. These are readily eaten and dispersed by birds.
It is shade-tolerant, moderately fast-growing and short-lived with oval, finely toothed leaves and is rather spiny, especially when young. Purging Buckthorn is the main foodplant of the Brimstone Butterfly.
Clusters of small yellow-green flowers appear in late spring and bunches of mildly poisonous black berries ripen in autumn. These are readily eaten and dispersed by birds.
It is shade-tolerant, moderately fast-growing and short-lived with oval, finely toothed leaves and is rather spiny, especially when young. Purging Buckthorn is the main foodplant of the Brimstone Butterfly.

