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Autumn Applause White Ash
Fraxinus americana ‘Autumn Applause’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Supplied in 100Ltypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Autumn Applause White Ash - Fraxinus americana ‘Autumn Applause’
Most ashes turn yellow in autumn. ‘Autumn Applause’ is grown because it does not, colouring instead to deep maroon and purple, and colouring earlier than the yellow forms so it extends the autumn season in a mixed avenue. It is a selected male clone of Fraxinus americana, which means no seed set and no crop of seedlings across the lawn or the neighbour's beds. The crown is denser and more compact than the wild species, holding a neat oval outline that suits driveways and street plantings.
Why Autumn Applause White Ash
Maroon Autumn Colour: Deep purple and burgundy tones rather than the standard ash yellow, reliable in cool and temperate Australian districts.
Seedless: A male selection, so there is no winged seed litter and no volunteer seedlings to weed out.
Compact Oval Crown: Tighter and more uniform than the species, which matters when trees are repeated down a drive.
Clean Summer Canopy: Dense mid green foliage gives genuine shade over lawn, paving or a pool deck.
Soil Adaptability: Tolerates alkaline and compacted urban soils that many deciduous shade trees resent.
Ideal Applications
Driveway Avenue: Repeated at even spacing it gives a formal approach with strong autumn payoff.
Lawn Shade Tree: A single specimen throws usable summer shade and lets winter sun back through.
Street Verge: A well behaved urban tree with a predictable crown shape and no seed nuisance.
Poolside Deciduous Canopy: Deep shade in summer, open sky in winter, with a compact leaf drop window.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 5 to 6m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 10m
Best Planting Season: Autumn through winter into early spring while dormant, which gives roots a full cool season to establish
Soil & Drainage: Deep, free draining soil, acidic through to alkaline. It handles clay if drainage is addressed but will not accept standing water
Establishment Care: Water deeply once or twice a week through the first two summers, applying enough to wet the full root ball rather than sprinkling the surface. Mulch a wide ring to 75mm kept clear of the trunk, keep grass out of that ring for the first three years, and formative prune in the early winters to establish a single central leader and well spaced scaffold branches clear of vehicle height.
Plant Details
Height: 12 to 15m
Width: 8 to 10m
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Eastern North America
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







