Arboretum species

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Enhance the look of your property:The Red  Horse Chestnut tree-Is a glorious sight when it blossoms in May with its huge red or pinkish blossom. It's large candles standing...[more]

Red Maple-Deep loped dark green leaves turning brilliantly red in autumn together with tiny clusters of red springs flowers. Makes an excellent specimen tree. As a landscape feature this is a good component of a mixed clump. It looks particularly good close to water.  It requires very little routine maintenance. Any pruning should only be carried out in late summer. Grey s...[more]

Red Snake Bark Maple-Beautiful,medium sized maple with bright green leaves that turn brilliant red and orange in Autumn.It is probably the most frequently planted of the Snake Bark Maples. They have distinctive patterns on the young bark. The background colours may be green, dark purplish-brown or red. Overlying this an irregular vertical lattice of fine white lines gives ...[more]

River Birch Tree-The main feature of this small to medium sized spreading tree is its interesting peeling bark. This builds up on the stem and main branches in soft curling layers of pink, orange, grey and brown. The other great advantage of this species is its tolerance of wet soil and seasonal flooding. It makes an ideal pond or river-side tree. Specimens often ...[more]

Royal Alder-This is an ideal choice of an unusual tree for a wet site. It is a cut-leaved form of the common alder, and it has all the advantages of that robust species. Soil that is saturated for part of each year suits it very well. The nitrogen fixing nodules found on the roots of the species also occur on the roots of the cultivar, so it can live in very poor conditions. This ...[more]

Scarlet oak is one of the best hardy American oaks for autumn colour, its performance in Britain in this respect depends on the weather. Frosty autumn mornings bring out the best red coloration. The grey stems of this shapely 20 metre tall tree are reminiscent of beech. The sharply lobed leaves are large (around 15cm long) with angular points and deep rounded indentations between....[more]

Silver Maple tree-A large ornamental tree in Britain with silver backed leaves which are five lobed and deeply indented giving a delicate lacy look to the whole tree. Open grown specimens rapidly reach 20 metres or more in height, with an up-swept head of branches. The young bark is pinkish-brown turning to pale grey with age. Sometimes, in Britain, the stem is hidden by numerous ...[more]

Smooth Japanese Maple-This is one of the finest understorey trees for lowland arboreta sites in Britain. It requires dappled shade for the best results. It was first recognized in cultivation in 1857, but new seedlings have been repeatedly selected ever since then. The summer and autumn foliage varies according to the origin of the plant. In summer it is bronzy red to deep purple,...[more]

Strawberry tree/shrub -This is a striking shrub with its leathery green leaves, making a superb focal point for any garden.The creamy pink heather like flowers appear in autumn followed by plump scarlet red fruits that only fully ripen in the following year, when a new set of flowers emerge.  

This is an Irish native species (caithne) of great c...[more]

Sugar maple is grown in Britain more as a talking point than for its ornamental merit. Although the conversation will inevitably turn to maple syrup, British grown trees do not produce much of it. Superficially this tree resembles Norway maple but it is usually more upright. It comes from a huge area in North America. From subtropical Guatemala and Mexico to Canada. It is a variab...[more]

Sweet Gum (Liquidamber Styraciflua) -The Autumn foliage colours of sweet gum are superb. The leaves are lustrous green all summer, then the foliage turns the most stunning range of reds, scarlets, purples and yellows in autumn. The Sweet Gum with its heavy crown of rich green, shiny, big star-like leaves has few equals for summer foli...[more]

Weeping birch is of great value for all gardens.  This medium sized member of the silver birch tree gives a good umbrella of weeping shade together with a good white bark.  Very gracefull and as with all birches is tolerant of most soils and positions. ...[more]

Tibetan Cherry tree-Also known as 'birch bark cherry' this tree is known in horticulture for its spectacular bark. The burnished mahogany-coloured stems are unique. Rich fertile soil is required for the best effect. Rapid growth will ensure that the bark will peel more often and in larger papery horizontal sheets. Newly exposed bark is the cleanest and brightest o...[more]

Tulip Tree-Although generally thought of as an ornamental specimen and avenue tree in Britain the tulip tree is actually a producer of fine timber. In its amenity role its foliage is the most striking feature. The leaves are saddle shaped with the tip truncated as if cut cleanly across with scissors. The flowers in June and July are reminiscent of pale green tulips with a flash of...[more]

Veitchs Silver Fir-Of all the full sized fir species which can be grown in Britain this is probably the most ornamental. It has a graceful conical form eventually with down-swept lower branches. The luxuriant deep green foliage is stunning silvery-white on the underside. The cones, usually produced near the top of the tree, are deep blue in summer. The stem is vertical and straigh...[more]