Whitebeam. An upright tree with glossy, dark green leaves, white-hairy beneath. Clusters of white flowers in late spring are followed by dark red berries. Height 10-25m. Spread 10m. Flowers from April to May. Fruits from June Deciduous. Hardy.
Mountain Ash. Rowan. A rounded tree with greyish downy winter buds that open to dark green leaves, turning red or yellow in autumn. Clusters of white flowers in late spring are followed by orange-red berries. Height 10m. Spread 5m.
A narrow tree with attractive cinnamon coloured flaking bark. Finely toothed dark green leaves turn orange, yellow and red in autumn. Pretty cup-shaped white flowers in mid-summer. Height 20m. Spread 8m. Flowers from June to July. Deciduous. Hardy.
Japanese Snowbell. A graceful spreading tree with glossy green leaves, turning yellow or red in autumn. Pretty bell-shaped white flowers produced along the undersides of the branches from early to mid-summer. Height 10m. Spread 8m. Flowers from June to July. Deciduous. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Red / purple-leafy derived form of the regular Styrax, although the leaves nevertheless turn green when there is a lot of sunlight in summer. Flowers with pale pink to white flowers in the months of June and July. Fairly slow growing species that can only reach a height of 3m after more than 10 years.
Develops an oval crown with a vertical trunk on which pendulous branches grow. This makes good pruning necessary to guide the tree in its youth. The bark remains thin for a long time, and later develops deep grooves. The leaves have a slanted heart-shaped base and a short, tapered top. The leaf stem is often tinted red and the edge of the leaves is finely serrated. The leaves are light green on the underside. The aromatic flowers appear in pendulous umbels and have particularly abundant honey.
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