If you do not qualify for trade rates, immediate payment by credit or debit card via Sage Pay is required, or you may request contact from the office to make payment over the phone.
For customers who have been accepted for trade rates, we offer several ordering and payment options, including:
Immediate payment by credit or debit card via Sage Pay, our payment service provider.
Order on account (available to credit account customers only).
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Place order to reserve stock & request a call back to discuss timings, with payment only required upon despatch.
Note: Plant specifications and prices below relate to last season and will be updated ahead of the 2022-2023 season once availability has been determined.
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Minimum Order Value
Please note that there is a minimum order value of £50.00 + VAT, excluding delivery.
Delivery
Delivery to UK mainland is included for stock orders over £1500.00 + VAT (subject to postcode zones & surcharges). For full details on delivery please view our delivery page.
We recommend
We recommend that you plant with Rootgrow™ to boost growth and increase survival rates.
Introduced from North America by the great plant hunter David Douglas in the 1830’s, the Douglas Fir is the second tallest tree in the world. In the wild it can reach 100m, but its more usual height in cultivation is nearer 50m. It is an impressive, handsome tree with richly scented foliage and is used equally in commercial plantations and as a specimen tree in large parks and gardens.
Site and soil
Prefers a well-drained fertile soil. Does well on acid and neutral soils, but chalk should be avoided. Wind tolerant and can cope with some shade.
Height and spread
After 10 years: 9m x 3m After 20 years: 17m x 5m
Leaf and bark
The dark green needle-like leaves are densely set on the branches. When crushed, they have a strong fruity scent. The bark is is smooth and grey at first, later becoming deeply fissured and red-brown.
Flower, seed and fruit
The male flowers are yellow, the females yellow-green. They are followed by cones which change from green to yellow, pink then light brown on ripening. They are about 7.5cm long with conspicuous bracts and hang downwards from the branches.
Uses
Ornamental tree, avenues, commercial forestry. The wood is high quality and is used in building, for furniture and flooring. The branches make a lovely scented decoration for the house at Christmas time. The leaves have been used to make a tea, and also a coffee substitute. The resin has been used medicinally and as a chewing gum by Native Americans. The bark yields a dye, has been used to tan leather and as a cork substitute.
Wildlife
The Douglas Fir provides food and shelter for a variety of birds, deer and small mammals. Insects shelter in the bark crevices and birds nest in the branches.
The main reasons for buying protection is to protect the plants against:
Pests
Spraying
Strimming
Pests
When it comes to deciding what protection to choose the golden rule is to choose the product dependent on which pest you are protecting against. The below will help you in deciding what height of protection you will need.
Vole, Mice 20cm
Rabbit 60cm
Hare 75cm
Roe Deer, Muntjac 1.20m
Fallow Deer 1.50m
Pest & Minimum Protection Height
Protection Type Where more than one size is listed, the wider diameter protection is recommended for taller, bushier plants.
Support Required Taller support is recommended for use in sandier, lighter soils and wider/stronger support should be used at exposed sites.
Tubex tree shelters offer the benefit of not only protecting against animal damage, they also ensure that herbicides do not come into contact with the plants during spraying.
The main reason for spraying is weed control, however, there are other options available to suppress weeds, such as weed control matting.
Strimming
Young plants should be protected from damage caused when strimming. To protect plants solely for strimming, our strimmer guards are the ideal product.