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Rowan tree berries - thoughts on the different colours available.

a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
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On a walk I saw someone had put in lots of different rowans: red, orange, yellow, pink and white berries. It did look attractive and I’m adding new trees to a bit of woodland at the moment. Do you like the different coloured berries or are they a bit….hmm…why not stick with red? I wasn’t sure about the white to be honest. I rather liked the pink though. 
Please list any favourites for when I go shopping (not just for berries but autumn colour, form etc).
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I prefer red or, at a pinch, orange 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    We’ve got a Copper Kettle that has berried for the first time this year.  Its five years old and is making a very shapely tree, with good autumn leaf colour too.


  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410

    I’m also partial to Pink Pagoda 💕
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    I have a lot of shrubs (particularly roses and crab apples) which produce red berries or hips and a few orange ones. A neighbour has a rowan with pink berries (probably Pink Pagoda) and I'm giving serious consideration to buying one - it looks lovely.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
     I like the red and orange ones in a woodland setting 'cos they look more natural ... I think the pink and yellow are more suited to gardens.  Don't really like the white ones.  They look a bit insipid.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265


    This one seems popular in our back garden ;)
    East Lancs
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    The red berries don't last long on ours, they were eaten weeks ago by the local blackbirds, so i wouldnt mind a less palettable colour if the display lasted a little longer. Not that I begrudge the blackbirds their feast, it's why I planted them anyway.

    There is a white one near me and it looks great from 50 metres, which is as close I get. I'd have one but agree they aren't the nicest one. 

    To add to the ones already mentioned, eastern promise and autumn spire are nice for autumn colours.
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    I planted 3 this autumn. Joseph Rock, Glendoick Spire and Glendoick White Baby. With other berried shrubs and trees already in the garden i'm hoping for a colourful display in the years to come, and hopefully a long lasting feed for the birds.
    Sunny Dundee
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I love the native one, but there are loads of rowans offering various colours, and most are stunning depending on your own preferences. J. Rock is excellent if you like yellow, and Olympic Flame has great foliage colour. S. sargentiana has great berry colour [orange]

    The only ones I really dislike are the pink ones - but that's only because I loathe pale pink  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I would love a Copper Kettle but can't find on listed here.  Might have to try nurseries in neighbouring countries.

    Generally speaking, birds go for the red berries first then orange then yellow  with pale pink and white being last resort so your colour choice should be guided by usefulness for wildlife and/or personal colour preference. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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