Rootballed Sorbus aucuparia

Rowan Hedging

A hardy UK native deciduous species with white spring flowers, bright red-orange berries and attractive autumn colour, ideal for wildlife-friendly, informal and mixed native boundaries.

Sorbus aucuparia, commonly known as Rowan or Mountain Ash, is an attractive native species offering excellent seasonal interest and wildlife value. Clusters of creamy-white flowers appear in late spring against fresh green pinnate foliage, creating an attractive display and providing a useful resource for pollinating insects.

The flowers are followed by conspicuous clusters of red-orange berries in late summer and autumn, which are particularly attractive to birds. Combined with colourful autumn foliage and excellent cold hardiness, Rowan is a valuable addition to informal boundaries, mixed native hedging and naturalistic landscape planting.

Why Choose Sorbus aucuparia?

• UK native species

• Attractive creamy-white spring flowers

• Produces colourful red-orange berries

• Excellent food source for birds

• Attractive autumn foliage colour

• Hardy and tolerant of exposed conditions

• Excellent for mixed native planting

• Provides interest across several seasons

Why Buy Rootballed Rowan?

Rootballed Sorbus aucuparia is field-grown and lifted with a substantial ball of soil retained around its root system.

This allows larger, established Rowan plants to be supplied where greater initial height, structure and ornamental impact are required, making them particularly useful for larger boundaries and landscape planting schemes.

Available Sizes

Rootballed Rowan is available in a range of heights, subject to seasonal nursery availability.

Larger plants provide greater immediate structure and impact, while smaller sizes can offer an economical solution for longer boundaries and mixed native planting schemes.

How Many Plants Do I Need?

Plant spacing depends upon the size selected, whether Rowan is being planted as a single-species boundary or incorporated into a mixed native scheme, and the density required.

Our hedging guide will help you calculate the appropriate number of plants for the length of your proposed planting.

Supply & Professional Planting

We can supply rootballed Sorbus aucuparia for customers undertaking their own planting or provide a complete professional supply and planting service.

Kirman Design can undertake ground preparation, correct spacing and planting and provide establishment and aftercare guidance.

Important – Rootballed Plants Are Seasonal

Rootballed Rowan is supplied according to seasonal nursery availability and suitable lifting and planting conditions.

For larger quantities or particular sizes, early ordering is recommended.

Delivery, Access & Planting

Rootballed hedging can be large and heavy, particularly at the larger sizes. Before ordering, it is important to consider delivery access, the route to the planting position and how the plants will be handled and planted.

Read our Guide to Hedge Delivery, Access & Planting

We can install any hedge in all of the following postcodes;

BB, BL, CH1 - CH5, CW8, CW9, FY, L, LA1 - LA6, M, OL, PR, SK1 - SK12, WA, & WN. Please do not purchase if you want the hedging installed outside this area. If you do live outside the area, then please give us a call on 01942 604976 and we can see if it’s possible to do this.