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  • Albertii flowering cherry tree
    Albertii is a compact flowering cherry, with prolific white blossom.
    • Flower colour: White
    • Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
    • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
    Prunus padus
  • A small evergreen ornamental tree which produces edible fruitlets - commonly known as the Strawberry Tree.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
    Arbutus unedo
  • Ascendens Rosea flowering cherry tree
    This beautiful flowering cherry has a graceful upright habit and white/pink blossom.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Growth habit: Upright
    • Flower colour: Pink - light
    • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
    Prunus pendula
  • The Cut-leaf Rowan, an excellent form of the native Mountain Ash, orange-red berries, and highly feathered leaves.
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
    • Fruit colour: Red
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • An improved form of the traditional Japanese crab-apple species, with white blossom and superb autumn leaf colours.
    • Fruit colour: Green / Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus tschonoskii
  • Beni-chidori flowering apricot
    This form of the flowering apricot has scented pink blossom which appears early in the spring.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Flower colour: Pink - dark
    • Flowering month: February
    Prunus mume
  • A distinctive dwarf sycamore, named for the colour of its stunning pink spring leaves.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
    • Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
    Acer pseudoplatanus
  • Candymint crab-apple trees
    A pretty and graceful spreading tree with a mass of pink / white flowers, and small red fruits.
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Pink - light
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus sargentii
  • Cardinal crab-apple trees
    Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Pink - dark
    • Leaf colour: Bronze
    Malus hupehensis
  • The Rowan or Mountain Ash, native to most parts of the UK. The leaves turn golden red in autumn, accompanied by clusters of red berries. One of the largest species of Sorbus.
    • Fruit colour: Red
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • This small hawthorn from south-eastern Europe features white flowers and large red edible fruits.
    • Fruit colour: Crimson
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: White
    • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
    • Flowering month: May
    Crataegus schraderiana
  • Crimson King is a tree fast-growing maple with purple leaves which turn red in the autumn.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
    • Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
    Acer platanoides
  • Croft Coral is a small rowan tree but the fruits are an orange coral colour rather than the usual red,
    • Fruit colour: Orange
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • A popular form of the Norway Maple, characterised by its variegated leaves.
    • Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
    • Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
    Acer platanoides
  • Elk River features large fragrant pink single flowers followed by small bright green crab-apples.
    • Fruit colour: Green
    • Flower colour: Pink - light
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus coronaria
  • This rowan has bluish-green leaves which turn orange-red in the autumn.The fruitlets are red, and persist well into winter.
    • Fruit colour: Pink
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • A small slow-growing sycamore maple featuring exotic pink green and white variegated leaves.
    • Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
    Acer pseudoplatanus
  • A particularly upright form of the Mountain Ash, and one of the most disease-resistant.
    • Fruit colour: Red
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • The Glastonbury Thorn, Crataegus Biflora, is a form of the common hawthorn found in the area around Glastonbury, reputed to have been planted by Joseph of Arimathea.
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
    • Flowering month: January
    • Flowering month: April
    • Flower colour: Cream
    • Flowering month: December
    Crataegus monogyna
  • A small compact rowan with an upright form, notable for its bright pink fruitlets and feathered leaves.
    • Fruit colour: Pink
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • Glendoick White Baby is a superb tree for autumn colour, with large bright white berries and bright red leaves.
    • Fruit colour: White
    Sorbus
  • Halloween crab-apple trees
    Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.
    • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
    • Flower colour: White
    Malus
  • John Mitchell is a popular whitebeam, notable for its large white-green leaves.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Fruit colour: Brown
    Sorbus x aria
  • Kojo-no-mai flowering cherry tree
    An excellent small compact blossom tree, featuring a mass of small white flowers, and good autumn colours.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
    • Flower colour: White
    • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
    Prunus incisa
  • Le Thoureil flowering cherry tree
    A good example of the Bird Cherry, with semi-double flowers, ideal for smaller gardens.
    • Growth habit: Upright
    • Flower colour: White
    • Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
    Prunus padus
  • An excellent garden tree, very hardy, easy to grow, and tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Grey-green leaves turn russet in autumn, with orange berries.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    Sorbus aria
  • Majestica is a classic large Whitebeam, with silvery-grey leaves contrasting in autumn with clusters of orange-red berries.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    Sorbus aria
  • Malus baccata crab-apple trees
    The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus baccata
  • Malus florentina is an unusual crab-apple with white blossom, tiny fruitlets, and serrated leaves which take on good autumn colours.
    • Fruit colour: Green / Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus florentina
  • Malus floribunda crab-apple trees
    Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus floribunda
  • Malus hupehensis crab-apple trees
    A traditional garden crab-apple from China, with white blossom and small red-tinged fruitlets, a good choice as a specimen tree.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Fruit colour: Green / Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus hupehensis
  • A traditional Japanese crab-apple species, with white blossom and superb autumn leaf colours.
    • Fruit colour: Green / Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus tschonoskii
  • Niedzwetzkyana crab-apple trees
    Niedzwetzkyana is a unique red-fleshed, red-skinned, red blossom crab-apple, originating from central Asia.
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Red - dark
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus domestica
  • Pink Glow crab-apple trees
    Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    Malus baccata
  • Plena flowering cherry tree
    A form of the native English wild cherry, featuring which has double white flowers rather than single flowers.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Growth habit: Upright
    • Flower colour: White
    • Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
    Prunus avium
  • Princeton Gold is a versatile fast-growing form of the Norway Maple, named for its golden-green leaves.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
    • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
    • Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
    Acer platanoides
  • Prunus avium flowering cherry tree
    The native "Gean" or "Mazzard" cherry, makes an attractive woodland tree.
    • Growth habit: Upright
    • Flower colour: White
    • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
    Prunus avium
  • Roberts Crab crab-apple trees
    An unusual red-fleshed crab-apple which has large purple fruits. The juice is a claret red colour.
    • Fruit colour: Purple
    • Flower colour: Pink - dark
    • Leaf colour: Bronze
    Malus domestica
  • Schmittii flowering cherry tree
    A flowering cherry which is useful for public spaces on account of its conical form and attractive bark.
    • Flower colour: Pink - light
    • Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
    • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
    Prunus avium x Prunus canascens
  • A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Fruit colour: Red
    Sorbus aucuparia
  • A popular slow-growing medium-sized sycamore tree with very attractive variegated leaves.
    • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
    • Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
    Acer pseudoplatanus
  • The Sugar Maple is the primary maple species used for producing maple syrup.
    • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
    • Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
    Acer saccharum
  • Weeping Yoshino flowering cherry tree
    A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.
    • Growth habit: Weeping
    • Flower colour: White
    • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
    Prunus x yedoensis pendula