Tree finder - Trees for Autumn Colour

A selection of trees offering attractive autumn leaf or fruit colours.

Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour

Japanese maple trees
Acer palmatum Dissectum
A good example of the "dissectum" form of Acer palmatum, featuring deeply cut leaves.
Height 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Rowan trees
Sorbus aucuparia
Asplenifolia
The Cut-leaf Rowan, an excellent form of the native Mountain Ash, orange-red berries, and highly feathered leaves.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Maple trees
Acer cappadocicum
Aureum
As the name suggests, this is a form of the Cappodician Maple featuring golden-green leaves which take on multiple tints in the autumn.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Autumn Spire®
An unusual Rowan, with bright yellow fruitlets, and a very upright habit. Leaves turn bronze-red in the autumn.
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Fruit colour: Yellow
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Japanese flowering cherry trees
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Prunus
Beni-yutaka
Beni-yutaka is a pink blossom tree, which also features attractive red autumnal leaves.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Flower size: Medium
Birch trees
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Betula utilis jacquemontii
The Himalayan White Birch, one of the most popular white birches with characteristic bright white bark.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Height 10 years: 5m-10m / 16ft-33ft
Bark: White
Maple trees
Acer rubrum
Brandywine
Brandywine is one of the best red maples for the UK climate, with a reliable display of fiery-red autumn colours.
Height 10 years: 5m-10m / 16ft-33ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Maple trees
Acer pseudoplatanus
Brilliantissimum
A distinctive dwarf sycamore, named for the colour of its stunning pink spring leaves.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Crab-apple trees
Malus hupehensis
Cardinal
Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
Growth habit: Spreading
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Bronze
Flowering pear trees
Pyrus calleryana
Chanticleer
Chanticleer is a form of the Callery Pear, with attractive spring blossom and autumn colours.
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: March
Flowering month: April
Flowering dogwood trees
Cornus florida
Cherokee Daybreak
An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
Flowering dogwood trees
Cornus florida
Cherokee Princess
Cherokee Princess is an American flowering dogwood, noted for its large white flower clusters.
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Chinese Lace
A form of the Cut-leaf Rowan, with even more pronounced feathering of the leaves. Red berries in autumn, and bronze-purple leaves.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Bronze / Purple
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Chocolate Ice
Named after the copper-brown colour of the young leaves which contrast with the large white flowers.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Large
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Collingwood Ingram
An outstanding small flowering cherry, with deep pink blossom and attractive autumn colour.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Height 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus sargentii
Columnaris
A more erect form of Sargent's cherry, and with more dramatic autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: March
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Medium
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Copper Kettle
Named for its attractive light copper-coloured fruitlets, Copper Kettle is easy to grow and takes up little space.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Maple trees
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Acer platanoides
Crimson King
Crimson King is a tree fast-growing maple with purple leaves which turn red in the autumn.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Birch trees
Betula pendula
Dalecarlica
The Swedish birch, an attractive columnar silver birch with drooping branches.
Growth habit: Upright
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Maple trees
Acer platanoides
Drummondii
A popular form of the Norway Maple, characterised by its variegated leaves.
Height 10 years: 5m-10m / 16ft-33ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Eastern Promise
Features feathered leaves, and pink-red fruitlets.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Fruit colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Rowan trees
Sorbus aucuparia
Ember Glow
This rowan has bluish-green leaves which turn orange-red in the autumn.The fruitlets are red, and persist well into winter.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Fruit colour: Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Whitebeam trees
Sorbus folgneri
Emiel
Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.
Growth habit: Spreading
Fruit colour: Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Albizia (Silk) trees
Albizia julibrissin
Evy's Pride
A form of the Persian silk tree with large pink flowers and fern-like leaves which turn brick red in the autumn,
Flower colour: Pink
Leaf colour: Dark purple
Flowering month: July
Flowering month: August
Birch trees
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Betula pendula
Fastigiata Joes®
A unique silver birch with a compact upright columnar form and pendulous branches.
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Maple trees
Acer campestre
Field Maple
The Field Maple makes a good specimen tree with attractive autumn colours, and is easy to grow.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flowering cherry trees
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Prunus
Frilly FrockTM
A small weeping ornamental cherry tree, ideal for small gardens.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Flowering month: March
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Japanese maple trees
Acer palmatum
Garnet
One of the "dissectum" group of Japanese acers, with feathery purple leaves.
Height 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Maple trees
Acer davidii
George Forrest
A popular snake-bark maple, very attractive striated bark, and golden yellow autumn colours.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Rowan trees
Sorbus hybrida
Gibbsii
Gibbsii grows with a neat spreading columnar form, sprinkled with clusters of bright red fruits in the autumn.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Rowan trees
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Sorbus aucuparia
Glendoick SpireTM
A small compact rowan with an upright form, notable for its bright pink fruitlets and feathered leaves.
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Fruit colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Birch trees
Betula pendula
Golden Beauty
A gold-leaved silver birch, with an excellent upright form, white bark, and attractive autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Birch trees
Betula pendula
Golden Cloud
A golden-leaved form of the Silver birch, with good autumn colours and creamy-white bark.
Growth habit: Upright
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Crab-apple trees
Malus trilobata
Guardsman
A very upright columnar species of crab-apple, with white flowers and small green fruitlets.
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Fruit colour: Green
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Liquidambar - Gum trees
Liquidambar styraciflua
Gum Ball
A small tree with maple like leaves, and stunning autumn colours.
Height 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Gyoiko
Gyoiko is a pleasing Japanese flowering cherry tree, featuring unusual cream-coloured blossom.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Cream
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Flower size: Medium
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus subhirtella
Hally Jolivette
This graceful flowering cherry is notable for its long-lived white blossom.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Japanese flowering cherry trees
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Prunus
Hanagasa Pink Parasol
A modern Japanese flowering cherry, also known as Pink Parasol, which features large double-flower pink blossom.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flower size: Large
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Hokusai
Hokusai is a traditional Japanese pink blossom cherry tree.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Flower size: Large
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Horinji
A small upright flowering cherry tree with large pink-tinted white blossom.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Green
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Flower size: Large
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Ichiyo
An attractive medium-sized Japanese cherry blossom tree, with classic double shell pink flowers.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flower size: Medium
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus x sargentii
Jacqueline
This new and relatively unknown flowering cherry features stunning pink blossom and fiery autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Large
Whitebeam trees
Sorbus hemsleyi
John Bond
An unusual species of Sorbus, the leaves are particularly attractive for their white undersides.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Brown
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Joseph Rock
A small rowan, with distinctive yellow fruitlets. Also one of the best for autumn colour.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Fruit colour: Yellow
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Kanzan
Kanzan (or Kwanzan) is one of the most popular Japanese flowering cherries, well-suited to the UK climate.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Rowan trees
Sorbus cashmiriana
Kashmir rowan
An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Kobuku-zakura Powder Puff
An early-flowering white cherry blossom tree, with particularly luxuriant double-white flowers.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flower size: Medium
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus incisa
Kojo-no-mai
An excellent small compact blossom tree, featuring a mass of small white flowers, and good autumn colours.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Small
Whitebeam trees
Sorbus folgneri
Lemon Drop
Lemon Drop is a small whitebeam tree, with the characteristic white undersides to its leaves. As the name suggests, the fruitlets are bright yellow.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Fruit colour: Yellow
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Leonard Messel
A good all-round small rowan tree, with good autumn colours and cascades of pink fruitlets.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Fruit colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Japanese flowering cherry trees
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Prunus
Little Pink Perfection
Little Pink Perfection is a dwarf form of Pink Perfection, ideal for patio containers and small spaces.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink
Height 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flower size: Large
Crab-apple trees
Malus transitoria
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, has a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.
Growth habit: Spreading
Fruit colour: Yellow
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus incisa
Mikinori
Mikinori is a classic early-flowering Fuji cherry tree, with red autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Medium
Amelanchier - Juneberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Obelisk®
Obelisk is an upright form of Juneberry, with white spring blossom, and attractive autumn colours.
Maple trees
Acer rubrum
October Glory®
A well-named form of the North American Red Maple - the leaves turn a spectacular red in the autumn.
Height 10 years: 5m-10m / 16ft-33ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus incisa x Prunus campanulata
Okame
Okame is a small hardy blossom tree featuring shell-pink single flowers and attractive autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Small
Rowan trees
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Sorbus ulleungensis
Olympic Flame
An attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Japanese maple trees
Acer palmatum
Orange Dream
Orange-tinged young leaves turn yellow over the summer, then gold in autumn.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Japanese maple trees
Acer palmatum
Osakazuki
A classic Japanese maple, noted for its bright red autumn foliage.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Pandora
An excellent small flowering cherry, with pale pink blossom, and interesting leaf colour in both spring and autumn.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Maple trees
Acer griseum
Paper-bark maple
A medium-sized maple tree featuring characteristic peeling bark, and strong autumn colours.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Maple trees
Acer x conspicuum
Phoenix
One of the best Maples for winter colour, featuring striated bright red bark.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Rowan trees
Sorbus vilmorinii
Pink Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Fruit colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Pink Ness
A very upright rowan tree, with pretty pink fruitlets.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Rowan trees
Sorbus hupehensis
Pink Pagoda
Pink Pagoda features clusters of pale pink fruits in late summer, and good autumn foliage colours.
Fruit colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Japanese flowering cherry trees
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Prunus
Pink Perfection
The definitive pink blossom tree, offers a long-lasting display of pink double flowers.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flower size: Large
Maple trees
Acer platanoides
Princeton Gold®
Princeton Gold is a versatile fast-growing form of the Norway Maple, named for its golden-green leaves.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Hawthorn trees
Crataegus persimilis
Prunifolia Splendens
Prunifolia Splendens is one of the best hawthorns for autumn colour and persistent red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: May
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus litigiosa
A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus sargentii
Sargent's Cherry is an impressive ornamental cherry, scoring highly for blossom, autumn colour, and its attractive form.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus x yedoensis
The Yoshino cherry. A graceful flowering cherry with white-pink blossom, which is the national flower of Japan.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Large
Flowering pear trees
Pyrus pashia
The Himalayan Pear - an attractive small ornamental pear tree, notable for its fiery autumn leaf colours.
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Ravensbill
A small to medium tree. Upright oval shaped leaves turning yellow in autumn. Clusters of orange fruit and long blue/black winter buds.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Maple trees
Acer x conspicuum
Red Flamingo
A small snake-bark maple featuring brilliant red stems and variegated pink, white, and green leaves.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Hazel bushes
Corylus avellana
Red Majestic
A red-leaved form of the contorted or twisted hazel.
Maple trees
Acer capillipes
Red Snakebark Maple
One of the smaller maples, its main feature is the striated brown/red bark.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus
Rockhampton Red®
An excellent form of the common Hornbeam, notable for its fiery orange-red autumn foliage.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flowering cherry trees
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Prunus
Royal Burgundy
Royal Burgundy is a flowering cherry, related to Prunus Kanzan with striking red purple foliage combined with double pink flowers.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Royal Flame®
A flowering cherry with profuse white blossom in spring and outstanding fiery autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Small
Birch trees
Betula x populifolia
Royal Frost®
An unusual silver birch with bronze-coloured leaves, and a white stem.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Maple trees
Acer cappadocicum
Rubrum
One of the best forms of the Cappadocian Maple, featuring a range of leaf colours from spring to autumn.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Japanese maple trees
Acer palmatum
Sango Kaku
Also known as the Coral Bark maple, Sango Kaku features coral red stems which make a strong winter feature.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Maple trees
Acer rubrum
Scanlon
An upright form of the popular red maple, with an attractive shape and reliable autumn colour.
Height 10 years: 5m-10m / 16ft-33ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud
A Japanese flowering cherry with large fragrant bright white blossom, and strong autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Flower size: Large
Japanese flowering cherry trees
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Prunus
Shogetsu - Blushing Bride
One of the loveliest of the white-blossom Japanese flowering cherries.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flower size: Large
Birch trees
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Betula alba pendula
Silver Birch
The Common Silver Birch, native to Europe, popular for its peeling white bark and pendulous branches.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Height 10 years: 5m-10m / 16ft-33ft
Bark: White
Maple trees
Acer saccharinum
Silver Maple
A large stately tree featuring attractive cut leaves which turn yellow and gold in the autumn.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Maple trees
Acer pseudoplatanus
Simon-Louis Freres
A popular slow-growing medium-sized sycamore tree with very attractive variegated leaves.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Birch trees
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Betula utilis
Snow Queen
An attractive tree, and one of the best forms of the Himalayan birch, with a bright white stem.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Rowan trees
Sorbus japonica
An upright rowan with large oval leaves and attractive autumn colours and large red fruitlets.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Rowan trees
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Similar characteristics to Sorbus vilmorinii, not quite as vigorous, but heavier fruiting.
Growth habit: Upright
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Rowan trees
Sorbus sargentiana
A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Rowan trees
Sorbus scalaris
One of the more spreading smaller Rowan species, with orange/red autumn leaf colours, and clusters of small orange fruilets.
Growth habit: Spreading
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Rowan trees
Sorbus vilmorinii
The main feature of this Rowan trees is the pink fruitlets, which turn white as autumn progresses. It is one of the smaller Sorbus species, but also one of the more spreading.
Growth habit: Spreading
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Bronze / Purple
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Spire
A compact upright blossom tree with pale pink flowers, and orange-red autumn foliage colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: May
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Spring Snow
A Japanese flowering cherry with double-flowered white blossom borne on bare branches, followed by coppery-leaves.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Flower size: Medium
Maple trees
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple
The Sugar Maple is the primary maple species used for producing maple syrup.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Albizia (Silk) trees
Albizia julibrissin
Summer Chocolate
A popular form of the Silk Tree with burgundy foliage and scented cream powder puff blooms.
Flower colour: Pink
Leaf colour: Dark purple
Flowering month: July
Flowering month: August
Maple trees
Acer rubrum
Sun Valley
A good example of the Red Maple, featuring fiery red autumn leaf colours.
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus Beni Higan x Prunus x yedoensis
The Bride
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Tiltstone Hellfire
Tilstone Hellfire is small flowering cherry tree with large single flowers, and spectacular autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flower size: Large
Birch trees
Betula pendula
Tristis
A graceful upright silver birch with pendulous shoots cascading from its branches.
Growth habit: Upright
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Japanese maple trees
Acer palmatum
Trompenburg
An upright tree-like Acer with deeply cut purple leaves which turn fiery red in the autumn.
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Japanese flowering cherry trees
Prunus
Ukon
A very attractive Japanese blossom tree, with unique cream-coloured flowers.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: Cream
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Flower size: Large
Flowering cherry trees
Prunus x yedoensis pendula
Weeping Yoshino
A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Height 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Flowering dogwood trees
Cornus kousa
White Fountain
This flowering dogwood is characterised by its large white bracts, and attractive red autumn leaf colours.
Rowan trees
Sorbus
Wisley Gold
A good-sized yellow-fruiting mountain ash, with a spreading form.
Growth habit: Spreading
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Birch trees
Betula pendula
Youngii
A weeping silver birch, the branches trail to the ground.
Growth habit: Weeping
Height 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White

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