- Hedge Plants and Shrubs
- >
- Common Buckthorn (rhamnus cathartica)
Common Buckthorn (rhamnus cathartica)
SKU:
£1.68
1.68
72
£1.68 - £72.00
Unavailable
per item
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.
Prices stated do not include delivery and V.A.T. which will be added at the checkout.
Price each per |
1 |
10 |
25 |
100 |
1000 |
20-40cm |
£1.23 |
£0.84 |
£0.61 |
£0.43 |
£0.35 |
40-60cm |
£1.68 |
£1.15 |
£0.84 |
£0.58 |
£0.48 |
60-90cm |
£2.10 |
£1.44 |
£1.05 |
£0.72 |
🌳 |
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.