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| ACER (Maple) | | |
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| Campestre (Field Maple) |
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| 'Ruby Glow' A picturesque tree with purple leaves, good autumn colour. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun |
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| davidii (Snake Bark Maple) |
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| 'George Forrest' Bark attractively striated green and white. Leaves green with rhubarb-red stalks, rich autumn colour. Fruits green suffused red. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun |
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| platanoides (Norway Maple) |
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| 'Crimson King' Fast-growing tree with handsome deep crimson-purple leaves. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) |
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| 'Brilliantissimum' Young leaves shrimp-pink in spring, later changing to pale yellow-green and finally green. A small tree of slow growth. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun |
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| 'Simon-Louis Freres' Leaves pink when young becoming blotched and streaked green and white, green beneath. |
| 5 | Over 18m | Full Sun |
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| 'Worleei' Leaves soft yellow-green at first then golden, finally green. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| ALNUS (Alder) Grows on any soil except very shallow chalk. Useful in damp conditions. | | |
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| glutinosa (Common Alder) Sticky young growths, yellow catkins in March. |
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| 'Aurea' Leaves pale yellow, noticeable in spring and early summer. |
| 4-5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
| 'Imperialis' A form of alder with deeply and finely cut leaves, graceful habit. |
| 4-5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
| incana (Grey Alder) |
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| 'Aurea' Young shoots and foliage yellow catkins conspicuously red-tinted. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 4-5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
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| AMELANCHIER (Snowy Mespilus, June Berry) | | |
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| x grandiflora |
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| 'Autumn Brilliance' White flowers, selected for its brilliant autumn colour. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Ballerina' Large white flowers, fruits blackcurrant-like, fine autumn colour. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Rubescens' An attractive form with pale pink flowers, deep pink in bud. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| BETULA (Birch) | | |
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| ermanii Bark creamy-white and pinkish, leaves heart-shaped, catkins in spring. |
| 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 3-4 | |
| manshurica (Paper Bark Birch) |
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| 'Whitespire Senior' Upright pyramidal tree, chalk-white bark, black markings. |
| 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 3-4 | |
| pendula (Common Birch) White stemmed tree, diamond shaped leaves. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 3-4 | |
| 'Dalecarlica' (Swedish Birch) A slender tree with deeply cut leaves. |
| 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 3-4 | |
| 'Purpurea'- (Purple Leaf Birch) A slow-growing tree with purple leaves. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
| 'Tristis' A tall graceful tree with slender, pendulous branches, narrow headed. |
| 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 3-4 | |
| 'Youngii' (Young's Weeping Birch) A dome-shaped, small weeping tree. |
| 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 3-4 | |
| utilis (Himalayan Birch) |
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| var. jacquemontii Striking white bark and large, drooping dark green leaves. |
| 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 3-4 | |
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| CARAGANA (Siberian Pea Tree) | | |
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| arborescens |
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| 'Walker' Foliage grass-like, flowers yellow pea like, pendulous branches. |
| 5 | Up to 3m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| CARPINUS (Hornbeam) | | |
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| betulus Trunk grey, fluted, veined leaves turn yellow in autumn, hop-like fruits. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Over 18m | Full Sun |
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| CATALPA (Indian Bean Tree) | | |
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| 'Aurea' Large oval, velvety yellow leaves when young, white flowers with yellow and purple markings, long cylindrical seed pods, late comming to leaf. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 7-8 | |
| x erubescens |
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| 'Purpurea' Leaves and shoots dark purple, almost black, fading to green. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 7-8 | |
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| 'Pulverulentum' Leaves heart shaped, green with marbled white striation. |
| 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 7-8 | |
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| Evergreen | 'Rothschildianus' Distinctive spreading habit when young, fruits yellow. |
| 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
| Evergreen | frigidus |
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| 'Cornubia' A vigorous semi-evergreen, white flowers, red fruits in autumn. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
| Evergreen | salicifolius |
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| 'Pendulus' Weeping evergreen tree with white flowers and red fruits. |
| 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
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| CRATAEGUS (Hawthorn) | | |
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| 'Crimson Cloud' Flowers single, scarlet, with pronounced white eye, red fruits. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| 'Paul's Scarlet' (Coccinea Plena) Flowers double, scarlet, non fruiting form. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| 'Plena' Flowers double, white, non fruiting form. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| 'Rosea Flore Plena' Flowers double, pink, non fruiting form. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| prunifolia Leaves polished, oval, flowers large white, fruits red, autumn colour. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
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| DAVIDIA ( Pocket-Handkerchief Tree, Dove Tree, Ghost Tree) | | |
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| involucrata Large white bracts (flowers), leaves heart shaped, fruits like walnuts. |
| 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
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| EUCALYPTUS (Gum Tree) | | |
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| Evergreen | gunnii A hardy evergreen with silver-blue leaves, foliage round when young, sickle-shaped when mature, flowers white, can be pruned regularly. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 6 | Over 18m | Full Sun | 8-9 | |
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| FAGUS (Beech) | | |
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| sylvatica (Common Beech) Leaves green, rich golden autumn colour. Good specimen tree or excellent hedge holding its autumn foliage through winter. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | Over 18m | Full Sun, Part Shade |
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| 'Purpurea' (Purple Beech) Purple leaves in full sun, fading in shade. |
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| LABURNUM (Golden Rain) | | |
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| alpinum (Scotch Laburnum) |
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| 'Pendulum' A slow-growing form with stiffly weeping branches, flowers yellow. |
| 5-6 | Up to 3m | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
| x watereri |
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| 'Vossii' Yellow racemes 60cm long, trifoliate leaves, green stems and pods. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
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| LIQUIDAMBER (Sweet Gum) | | |
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| styraciflua |
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| 'Worplesdon' Leaves lobed, glossy, mid-green, turning orange-red in autumn. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun |
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| MALUS (Flowering Crab Apples) | | |
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| 'Direkteur Moerlands' Flowers wine-red, slightly fragrant, fruits ox-blood-red.young leaves coppery-crimson. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Evereste' Flowers red in bud and white when open, fruits orange-red. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| floribunda Flowers crimson in bud opening blush, fruits yellow, arching habit. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Golden Hornet' Flowers white, fruits bright yellow persistent. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'John Downie' White flowers, large bright orange and red fruits. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| robusta Flowers blush pink, persistant red fruits, vigorous. |
| 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| x 'Royal Beauty' Flowers purplish-red, wine-red fruits, a weeping tree. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| tschonoskii Flowers white, tinged pink,grey-green foliage, good autumn colour. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| MORUS (Mulberry) | | |
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| alba (White Mulberry) |
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| 'Pendula' Leaves resemble fig leaves. Fruits whitish changing to reddish-pink or nearly black. Weeping habit, good butter-yellow autumn colour. |
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| PRUNUS (Flowering Cherry) | | |
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| 'Plena' Flowers double white, non fruiting, good autumn colour. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 10-18m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| x blireana Flowers semi-double, slightly fragrant rose-pink, leaves copper. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| cerasifera (Cherry Plum) |
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| 'Nigra' Flowers rosy-pink, leaves turning ruby-red to deep-purple. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Okame' Flowers carmine-rose, small leaves, good autumn colour. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
| 'Pandora' Flowers single pink, bronze young leaves, good autumn colour. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
| 'Spring Glow' Flowers large, single pink, foliage coppery-bronze. |
| 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| serrula (Tibetian Cherry) Flowers white, bark reddish-brown peeling. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Shirofugen' Flowers pink in bud opening double white, spreading habit. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Shirotae' Flowers semi-double white, fragrant, spreading habit. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Snow Goose' Flowers white, bright green leaves, ascending branches. |
| 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| 'Spire' Flowers soft semi-double pink, good autumn colour, conical habit. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| 'Autumnalis Rosea' Flowers semi-double pink, spreading, habit small leaves. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 11-4 | |
| 'Pendula Rubra' Flowers very-double pink, habit weeping. |
| 5 | Up to 3m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
| 'Tai Haku'- (Great White Cherry) Young leaves coppery, large white flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 10m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| x yedoensis |
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| 'Perpendens' Weeping habit, almond scented single blush-white flowers. |
| 5 | Up to 3m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| PYRUS (Ornamental Pear) | | |
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| 'Pendula' (Silver Weeping Pear) Silver-grey foliage on weeping branches, flowers white, fruits small, green with brown russetting. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| Evergreen | ilex (Holm Oak, Evergreen Oak) A large but slow growing tree with attractive bark, leathery, dark glossy green leaves. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Over 18m | Full Sun, Part Shade |
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| robur (Common Oak, English Oak) Lobed leaves, acorns in autumn. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | Over 18m | Full Sun, Part Shade |
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| ROBINIA (False Acacia) | | |
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| 'Frisia' Rich golden-yellow foliage throughout spring, summer and autumn. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | Up to 10m | Full Sun |
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| 'Tortuosa' Leaves green, unusual contorted stems and leaves, flowers white. |
| 5-6 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 6-7 | |
| x slavinii |
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| 'Hillieri' Green foliage, lilac-pink flowers, fragrant. slow growing tree. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | Up to 5m | Full Sun | 6-7 | |
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