Nursery of mature trees and shrubs

We select the species and cultivars we take into production considering their form, flowering, foliage, seasonal colour, capacity to create shade and function in the space.

The choice also considers adaptation to increasingly demanding climatic conditions, such as high temperatures, periods of lower water availability and greater sun exposure.

Production is carried out mostly in the open field, in contact with the soil, the seasons and the real conditions of the land.

The field offers space to develop large trees and to work on a more natural relationship between root system, trunk and crown.

Container production is residual. We use the container mainly as a transition stage between our fields and the client’s garden, when the species, the planting season or the project justifies it.

All trees undergo successive transplantings within the nursery, at intervals of 3 to 5 years. Each transplanting increases the root memory of the rootball and reduces the stress induced by transplanting. Root pruning interrupts the growth of long roots and stimulates the formation of new, fine roots close to the root collar.

This process concentrates the most functional part of the root system in the future rootball, preparing the tree to be transplanted and transported.

We carry out annual pruning to form the architecture of the tree, correct imbalances and consolidate a proportionate relationship between trunk, branching and crown.

Formation is accompanied by staking, fertilising, watering and continuous observation. The aim is not to produce uniform trees, but specimens that are structurally balanced, compliant and prepared for the function they will fulfil.

All trees spend a minimum of six years in production in our fields. This is the time needed to carry out the basic formation, consolidate the structure, work on the architecture of the plant and complete at least two transplanting cycles in the nursery.

On average, the plants begin to be sold from ten years of age. Most of our range consists of specimens around 15 to 20 years old.

Some batches remain in production for much longer periods. They continue to grow, to be transplanted, pruned and monitored until they become truly mature specimens, with greater size, maturity and character.

Before a tree is considered ready, we observe its maturity, structure, vigour, crown architecture, root quality and the proportion between the above-ground part and the future rootball.

A tree may already have commercial height or girth and need to stay longer in the field. That additional period is not a delay: it is formation.

The choice can be made by our technical team or in person at the nursery.

With mature trees, multi-stems and singular specimens, observing the crown, the trunk, the shade, the orientation and the proportion at real scale makes it possible to understand what a photograph can hardly convey in full.

We can select individual specimens or uniform batches, according to the language and needs of each project.

The dispatch and planting of specimens produced in the open field take place mainly between November and April, during dormancy.

This is the period when the plant’s activity is lowest, the stress associated with transplanting is reduced and conditions are more favourable for beginning adaptation to the new site.

During the remaining months, the specimens continue to be prepared, selected and organised so that the logistics of the following planting season respect the rhythms of the plants and the conditions of each project.