Izaut Rustica: nursery products close to St Gaudens. Trees for park & garden, trees for hedge and windbreak, fruit trees.

Pépinières d'Izaut: Trees and shrubs
from the forest nursery south of St Gaudens

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Fruit trees for sale winter 2010/11
Variety	Nom francais	English name	Quantity	Height	Cond'	Price
Belle de Boskoop	Pommier	Apple	8	150cm	RN	15,0
Musee de Lievre	Pommier	Apple	3	150cm	RN	15,0
Pomme Coing	Pommier	Apple	1	150cm	RN	15,0
Reine de Reinettes	Pommier	Apple	1	150cm	RN	15,0
Reinette d'Angleterre	Pommier	Apple	6	150cm	RN	15,0
Reinette Grise	Pommier	Apple	2	150cm	RN	15,0

All rootstocks: apple seedling. Condition: RN=racines nues (bare-rooted) Price: in euros, discounts for multiple purchases.

Ornamental trees for sale winter 2010/11
Species (clickable!)	Nom francais	English name	Quantity	Height	Circumf'	Cond'	Price
Acer negundo	Erable f-d-frêne	Box elder	10	>200cm	8cm	RN	15,0
Acer negundo	Erable f-d-frêne	Box elder	20	>250cm	12cm	RN	20,0
Betula pendula	Bouleau	Silver birch	5	>200cm	8cm	RN	20,0
Catalpa bignonoides	Catalpa	Indian bean tree	40	>250cm	12cm	RN	25,0
Gleditsia triacanthos	Févier	Honey Locust	10	>150cm	4cm	RN	15,0
Gleditsia triacanthos	Févier	Honey Locust	5	>200cm	6cm	RN	25,0
Liquidambar styraciflua	Copalme d'Amerique	Liquidambar	15	>100cm	-	RN	20,0
Acer platanoides	Erable plane	Norwegian Maple	15	>150cm	-	RN	10,0
Acer platanoides	Erable plane	Norwegian Maple	5	>200cm	4cm	RN	15,0
Fraxinus ornus	Frêne a fleurs	Manna Ash	30	>150cm	-	RN	10,0
Fraxinus ornus	Frêne a fleurs	Manna Ash	5	>200cm	5cm	RN	15,0
Quercus rubra	Chêne rouge d'Amérique	Red Oak	10	>150cm	4cm	RN	15,0
Laburnum anagyroides	Laburnum	Laburnum	5	>150cm	-	RN	10,0

Circumference: at 1m height Condition: RN=roots bare Price: in euros, discounts for multiple purchases

NB. The named items in the Species column of the table above are clickable links: click for photo examples of our own trees

What we do

We try to produce useful trees, whether for fruit or ornament. We do not presently have a great variety; this will build in time. All which we sell are produced here from seed or cuttings, we do not buy seedling plants in.

Organic certification is not available for plants (trees and shrubs) which are not fruit bearing. The majority of plants we produce are not fruit-bearing, so we do not have Organic certification; we do however work to Organic guidelines: only those fertilisers, insecticides, fungicides and herbicides which are acceptable under Organic certification are used.

Why buy from us

If you are unsure as to which species you want and need to compare available variety, go elsewhere. If you know what you want, come to us. We know and care about the products we sell. We sell younger plants more cheaply.

Buy Young

Nursery trees on sale to the public can never retain their natural rootspread. Without human interference, a tree's roots typically extend radially in lengths equal to the tree's height. Without appropriate training, a 2m tree would therefore have roots spread through-out a circle of 4m diameter; it would clearly not be practical to transport such a tree, or prepare the new hole for re-planting.

Nursery trees are root-pruned to encourage many short roots instead of few long ones. This training compensates for the feeding zone (root surface area), but does nothing for requirements of mechanical security.

Younger nursery trees will always keep a proportionately better root-spread.

The consequences of buying larger trees are as follows:

growth rate is slower due to 'transplant shock'
support must be given; a stake or system of stakes
the cost and effort for installation and maintenance are greater

On the other hand, a younger tree may need no staking, and will grow more rapidly than the older tree.

It is a recorded fact that a 3yr tree can catch up with and overtake the growth of a 5yr old tree.

Planting advice

Deciduous trees can best adapt to re-plantation during their dormant season, ie. while they have no leaves, from November to April. This is especially true if they are re-planted with bare roots.

Container produced trees allow a longer re-planting season. This applies for deciduous trees, and is in any case preferable for evergreen trees.

The correct weather conditions for re-planting a tree are 'grey and humid' ie overcast and damp. Tree roots should have minimal exposure to drying during transplant; exposure to sun and/or wind is thus undesirable. Exposure to frost is equally undesirable. Immediately before the transplant, it may be valuable to immerse tree roots to thoroughly wet them; however, the roots should never be left in water for more than a few hours, their primary needs are water and air. In general,late autumn and early spring provide the best conditions for transplant. During transfer, tree roots should be wrapped securely in plastic.

The following tables are offered to inform you of other plants we are working with; take note for the future!