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Spartacus White Ash
Fraxinus americana ‘Sparzam’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 430mm about 1.5 to 2.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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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.
Spartacus White Ash - Fraxinus americana ‘Sparzam’
Spartacus is a selected clone of American White Ash chosen for a narrow upright crown and dependable autumn colour. Fraxinus americana ‘Sparzam’ carries dark green compound leaves through summer, then turns deep purple to burgundy in autumn and holds that colour longer than most ashes before dropping cleanly. The tighter crown is what makes it usable in a street reserve or a driveway line where a spreading ash would be too wide.
Why Spartacus White Ash
Purple Autumn Colour: Deep burgundy to plum autumn tones, distinct from the yellows most ashes give in Australian conditions.
Narrow Crown: An upright oval habit rather than a broad dome, so it fits tighter corridors.
Clonal Uniformity: Being a grafted selection, a row of them matches in shape, timing and colour.
Cold Tolerance: Fully hardy in the coldest parts of southern Australia and unaffected by hard frost.
Winter Structure: A clean, evenly branched framework that looks deliberate once the leaves drop.
Ideal Applications
Driveway Avenue: Matched plants in a long row give consistent height and autumn timing.
Street and Verge Planting: The upright habit keeps the crown out of the traffic envelope.
Formal Repeated Planting: Suits grid or allee layouts in larger designed gardens.
Lawn Shade: Casts good summer shade and then lets winter sun through to the house.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 4 to 5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 6 to 8m
Best Planting Season: Late autumn through winter while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Deep, fertile, well-drained soil holds it best, and it tolerates clay loam if drainage is adequate. It performs poorly on hot dry sand without irrigation
Establishment Care: Water deeply once a week through the first two summers, particularly on reflective paved sites where root temperatures climb. Mulch a wide ring clear of the trunk, stake only until the stem stiffens, and remove any shoots emerging from below the graft.
Plant Details
Height: 10 to 14m
Width: 4 to 7m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Eastern North America, this being a cultivated selection
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.







