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Clough Bottom Deciduous Trees & Shrubs

Crataegus monogyana - Hawthorn

The thorny stems of the  hawthorn make it an ideal boundary hedge. This deciduous tree produces fragrant white flowers in late spring, followed by glossy, dark red fruit. Trained as a hedge it will reach between 5-10ft in height. If grown as a formal hedge, it will need to be pruned twice a year, in summer and autumn. Grown as an informal hedge, the only pruning needed is the removal of the most vigorous shoots in winter.

Crataegus iaevigata 'Paul's Scarlet' - Hawthorn

One of the finest specimens for spring and autumn display, the trees are laden with double red blooms in May, with an equally spectacular early autumn display of deep red berries.

Crataegus iaevigata - Crimson Cloud - Hawthorn

A deciduous tree with glossy, mid-green leaves and bright single red flowers with white centres in spring.

Crataegus lavellei - Lavalle-Hawthorn Tree

A small, densely branched thorn tree with a rounded-tree crown and long, glossy dark leaves which turn an attractive bronze-red in the autumn. Clusters of white flowers in early summer are followed by red fruits which last throughout the winter. Slow growing, it is easy to grow and prefers moist soil in full sun.

Fagus sylvatica - Common beech

A beautiful native tree with smooth, grey bark and copper/rust autumn foliage. Ideal for hedging as it retains is foliage during the winter.

Fagus sylvatica atropurpurea - Copper beech

A slightly slower growing purple form of the Green Beech, this beautiful, small tree features pink/purple spring foliage which darkens to a rich copper in summer before turning golden brown in the autumn.   

Quercus rubra - Red oak

Famous for its spectacular red autumn leaves, this handsome tree is commonly found in parks and large gardens. Largely intolerant of shade, the Red Oak needs plenty of space to grow. While its leaf displays the basic lobed shape synonomous of the English Oak, the lobes of the Red Oak are pointed as opposed to the familiar rounded English Oak leaves. They also vary in size and are often much larger - sometimes up to twice the size of the English Oak.

Quercus cerris - Turkey oak

A large deciduous tree with a broad, rounded outline characterised by shoot buds surrounded by soft bristles, bristle-tipped leaf lobes, and acorns that usually mature in 18 months. With a dark grey, deeply furrowed bark, the Turkey oak has glossy leaves and green male and female flowers formed in separate clusters on the same tree that appear with the young leaves in May. Drooping catkins are produced that mature about 18 months after pollination. The fruit is a large acorn - orange in colour at the base and green-brown at the tip.

Juglans regia - Common walnut

A very fine, slow growing, medium to  large tree with smooth grey bark and large pinnate leaves that give off an acid aroma when crushed. In late spring and early summer small flowers are produced which are followed by seeds which ripen in the autumn. A good specimen tree for a large garden,

Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweet gum

Similar in appearance to the Maple, the Sweet Gum or Liquidambar is named for its fragrant resin. Displaying spectacular autumn foliage of brilliant shades of crimson, purple, orange and yellow, its maple-like leaf differs in that whilst it has similarly-shaped five-lobed leaves, the leaves appear alternatively on the leaf shoots. A very popular ornamental tree that despite preferring warm and wet conditions, is reasonably hardy and can survive as long as there is sufficient moisture in the soil.

London plane - Platanus x hispanica

Accounting for more than 50% of all planted trees in London, the London plane first appeared in Britain around the middle of the 17th century. Planted as an ornamental tree, the London plane is common for shedding its bark revealing a camouflage pattern of browns, greys and yellows of the fresh wood beneath. Resistant to drought, amenable to regular pruning and unbothered by impacted soil, it has shiny, maple-like leaves in abundance in the spring and summer, which turn orange and brown in autumn. One of its most distinctive characteristics is its brown seed balls, which hang on the branches throughout the winter.

Acer palmatum - Japanese maple

A small, hardy deciduous tree with delicate lobed foliage that displays the most amazing autumn colours of red, orange and yellow. A good, low maintenance ornamental tree that produces the best colour when in neutral to acid soil but adapts well to other soil types. The acer does not tolerate wet or dry conditions or very alkaline soils, but will tolerate full sun though can scorch in extremely hot conditions. Some afternoon shade may prevent this.

Acer saccharum 'Temple's upright' - Sugar maple

Most easily identified by clear sap in the leaf, brown sharp-tipped buds and shaggy bark on older trees, a 10 year old specimen can typically reach about 5 metres in height. Its leaves are a glossy medium to dark green and between 4 and 7 inches long. Popular for its spectacular autumn colours, ranging from bright yellow through to orange and florescent red-orange.

Acer platanoides 'Drummondii' - Norway maple

A large, handsome tree with small clusters of red-tinged, yellow spring flowers on bare stems in April followed by eye-catching pale green, deeply lobed deciduous leaves with a wide cream margin that turn orange in the autumn. Can be very effective if trained as a bush with the branches allowed to develop from ground level, or an excellent specimen tree for a medium-sized garden. Possibly the best variegated Norway maple.

Acer platanoides 'Crimson King' - Norway maple

A stunning tree that has betroot-red leaves turning red, brown and orange in the autumn, and small clusters of red-tinged, yellow spring flowers. This handsome, large, round-headed tree makes a striking ornamental feature for any large garden. Fast-growing and pollution-tolerant, it thrives in almost any soil, and provides excellent screening.

Acer Davidii - Snake bark maple

A medium-sized maple with shiny, pointed leaves that are mid-green when young turning orange to yellow in the autumn. A vigorous, ornamental tree with sweetly scented, greenish flowers that appear in early summer. Providing good red autumn colour and attractive fruits that hang decoratively all along the branches. This species of 'Snake Bark' maple has very attractive vertically striped green and white bark. 

Prunus Amanogawa - Japanese flowering cherry

One of the best ornamental trees for a small garden, the prunus amanogawa is a narrow, compact upright, deciduous tree ideal for restricted spaces. Young leaves are bronze-green, turning green in summer. The large slightly fragrant, semi-double, soft pink flowers form in dense clusters, smothering the branches in April/May. It will thrive in any soil though needs plenty of sunshine to flower well.  

Prunus Kanzan - Japanese flowering cherry

One of the most popular, double-flowering cherry trees available. Its stiff ascending branches are covered with coppery-red leaves in spring, turning green in summer. It is laden with large, double deep pink flowers shortly before the bronze foliage appears. In autumn the dark green leaves turn bronzy-orange before they fall.

Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' - Autumn flowering cherry

A very popular, small to medium-sized rounded tree that produces semi-double pale-pink blooms from November to March. The foliage turns dark green to red, then orange in the autumn. 

Prunus serrula - Tibetan cherry

A handsome, fast-growing, round-headed tree with a magnificent shiny bark and stems which are copper-brown in colour with peeling circles. A good-looking tree all year round, it  has narrow, willow-like leaves that contrast beautifully agains the brown stems, and small white flowers, which are produced in April.

Prunus Kiki-Shidare-Zakura - Weeping cherry

The weeping arched branches are attractive from spring to autumn with a breathtaking double-pink blossom in the spring and a lovely drooping habit. Young bronze leaves turn glossy green in summer. Ideal for a small garden, as a specimen tree in the lawn.

Salix x chrysocoma - Weeping willow

A fast-growing, spectacular, dome-shaped, wide-spreading tree with slender pendulous yellow shoots falling to the ground as a curtain. Yellow-green young leaves mature to mid-green. Yellow catkins in April.

Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' - Smoke tree

Magnificent, dark red-purple leaves, turning scarlet in autumn and fluffy, smoke-like plumes of purple/pink flowers in July and August. This shrub makes an eye-catching specimen plant for a sunny shrub or mixed border with delightful foliage, which appears almost translucent when backlit by the sun.

Betula papyrifera - Paper birch

Deriving its name from its stunning white papery bark, this fast-growing deciduous tree grows well in both acid and alkaline soil and doesn't seem to mind it dry or wet, and will tolerate a fair amount of wind, but it does not do well in the shade. The Paper birch flowers in April. The blooms are tiny and single sexed, although both occur on the same tree. The leaves are a bit larger than the silver birch but similar in colour and shape. Short lived (60-100 years) although grows rapidly to its final height of 20 metres.

Betula pendula - Silver birch

An attractive medium-sized specimen tree, with distinctive grey, silvery bark and diamond shaped, mid-green foliage. Widely known as the 'Lady of the Woods' due to its graceful appearance, the Silver birch flowers are yellow catkins in early spring, and in the autumn the leaves turn gold and yellow. Fast growing in its early years, it reaches full height in 20-25 years, though is relatively short-lived reaching only 60-80 years. Because it has only light leaf cover, the Silver birch is ideal where only dappled shade is wanted and it grows well in almost any soil.

Betula utilis 'Wakehurst Place Chocolate' - Chocolate birch

A beautiful and striking tree that has a dark chocolate coloured bark.

Betula pendula 'Youngii' - Young's weeping birch

Developing a dense mass of growth which clusters at the top of the  trunk to form a dome- or mushroom shaped tree with long, pendent, slender branches that often reach the ground. Fast growing (up to 90cm, 3ft per year while young) it makes a fine specimen tree on a lawn, casting only light shade and sufficiently airy for bulbs to grow at its foot.

Betula purpurea - Purple leaf birch

A slow-growing tree with purple leaves that is an attractive and unusual tree. The spring foliage is red-purple, darkening to deep purple in summer. Its leaf is pretty and delicate with conical jagged leaves on slender outreaching branches.

Betula utilis jacquemontii Doorenbos - Himalayan birch

A remarkable tree in winter when the peeling, paper thin, dazzling white bark provides striking winter interest in the form of colour and texture. Upright habit with mid-green leaves which turn golden yellow in autumn. Displaying delightful yellow-brown catkins in the spring, these look wonderful when planted closely together to give the appearance of a multi-stemmed tree.

Salix babylonica 'totuosa' - Contored willow

The Babylon weeping willow is a large tree recommended for large, open areas away from buildings and beside large ponds. The contored form 'tortuosa' is smaller, but still fast-growing. Sometimes called the 'dragon's claw' willow it  has a short trunk and slender, upright stems that soon begin to curl into gentle arcs. The twigs are more noticeably twisted, some of them weeping with contorted pale green, slender leaves. 

Corylus avellana 'Contorta' - Corkscrew hazel

The corkscrew hazel is a slow-growing shrub that provides lots of winter interest with its contorted, spiraling twigs and branches. With fine yellow-brown catkins that develop before the spring foliage appears, this deciduous, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub - which typically grows 8-10ft - has round, double-toothed, light-green leaves that turn yellow in the autumn.

Sorbus aria Lutescens - Whitebeam

The whitebeam gets its name from the brilliant white undersides of its deciduous foliage. This is a beautiful, slow-growing, medium-sized tree that has a symmetrical broad concial crown, becoming broader and more open in maturity. The young shoots are white-grey coloured with a yellow down carried on purple shoots, which make a striking feature in the spring. The foliage remains grey-green throughout the summer with bunches of white flowers in late spring followed by deep red berries in the autumn.  An attractive tree for the garden as it  maintains its compact shape and size.  

Sorbus intermedia - Swedish whitebeam

A medium-sized tree with a conical crown and single, dark green leaves that have silver-grey undersides. Producing white flowers in May, resembling a mass of hawthorn flowers, its fruit are orange-red with up to 20 in a bunch. It provides an attractive autumn colour display with its foliage turning stunning colours of russets and gold 

Sorbus Joseph Rock

Featuring bright green, glossy leaves composed of many leaflets that turn a majestic orange, red and purple in the autumn. White flowers in late spring are followed by large clusters of small yellow berries in late summer.

Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam

Similar in appearance to the beech, the hornbeam makes a superb specimen tree or hedging plant. Grown as a tree it is pyramid-shaped that later becomes more rounded. As a formal hedge it requires clipping once a year in mid- to late-summer to keep it looking tidy. Although it is deciduous, it retains its coppery dead leaves throughout the winter so remains an attractive screen. Green catkins appear in spring and winged nuts develop in autumn. 

Alnus glutinosa - Alder

The water-loving, native alder gets its latin name from the stickyness of its buds and young leaves. It has many attractive features including long, narrow male catkins in spring, tiny female woody cones which release seed in autumn but can stay on the tree longer (sometimes even more than one season) providing winter interest, and a heavy, leafy canopy. It grows best in moist or even wet soil.

Alnus cordata - Italian alder

A large, dense, fast-growing egg-shaped tree with glossy, bright green heart-shaped leaves. The alnus cordata carries both male and female catkins in the spring which are yellow/brown in colour and followed by leaves which are carried late into the year. In autumn its fruit which looks similar to a small cone is feasted on by seed-eating birds. Ideal for wet sites, and perfect as a windbreak.  

Sorbus vilmorinii - Vilmorin's rowan

A spreading tree with arching branches. Flowering in spring/early summer it produces frothy white or pinkish-coloured flowers, followed by fruits in the autumn that start red then fade to pale pink or white, so you get all shades on the same cluster of berries. A small graceful tree with attractive foliage that provides lovely autumn colour with its brilliant red leaves.  

Rhus typhina - Stag's horn sumach

An excellent specimen plant for a small, sunny garden. This upright, deciduous shrub or small tree has finely-cut dark green leaves turning spectacular shades of orange-red in the autumn.

Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip tree

A beautiul, fast-growing tree with striking foliage in the shape of large, smooth, tulip-shaped leaves that turn bright yellow in the autumn. The flowers in June and July are reminiscent of pale green tulips with a flash of orange. Winter interest is provided by the tulip-shaped portion of the fruit that remains on the tree. The bark of large specimens develops an intricate lattice pattern. Requires plenty of growing space and can reach up to 30 metres in height.

Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn redwood

A conical-shaped conifer with a medium green bark with white stripes when young, developing a broad, rounded crown with a darker, greyish, reddish-brown bark traced with silver with age. This large growing, deciduous conifer may reach heights of 60 ft and can reach up to 50 ft in 15-20 years and has attractive bright green foliage in the summer, turning golden-bronze in the autumn. Female cones are light brown and ovoid, while male cones are rounder, pendent, and darker brown.

Tilia europea Linden European - Common lime

A large, compact spreading tree which grows vigorously in well-drained soil. A magnificent specimen tree with a fine branch structure. The common lime has bright green leaves and yellow-white fragrant flowers.  

Labernum

A small growing, deciduous tree with clusters of drooping flowers often followed by seed pods. A spectacular sight when in flower in the spring - younger trees can be often trained over archways and walkways.  Caution: the seed pods are toxic.

Vibernum bodnantense - Pink dawn

A very pretty shrub that produces dense clusters of sweetly scented, rose, pink or blush white flowers and toothed green leaves on bare stems from November to March. A large shrub which eventually needs thinning, but harder pruning will keep it compact.

Magnolia x soulangeana 'Alba' - Magnolia

One of the most popular magnolias with large, dark green leaves that start to appear in mid-spring, at about the same time as the huge, pure white, goblet-shaped flowers, which are flushed purple-pink at the base. This is an excellent magnolia for smaller gardens, as it remains a shapely shrub for many years, and even when it is mature is a manageable small tree.

Viburnum opulus - Guelder rose

A hardy, vigorous shrub it offers plenty of interest for most of the year with large, white flowers from late spring to early summer, followed by bunches of small, bright red, fleshy fruit that are ideal for attracting wildlife into the garden. Its attractive three-lobed, dark green foliage turns a spectacular shade of red in the autumn.

Enkianthus campanulatus - Enkianthus

A deciduous shrub with a spreading habit, with branches in whorls, eventually growing to about 10ft high. It has pendulous, bell-shaped cream-coloured, pink-veined flowers that appear in May and June. Provides good autumn colour.