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List of trees which have great autumn colours
A selection of trees offering attractive autumn leaf or fruit colours.
158 varieties
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Attractive features
- Autumn foliage colour
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Albizia (Silk) trees
2
Amelanchier trees
8
Birch trees
10
Fruiting ornamental trees
1
Native trees
3
Cercis (Redbud) trees
14
Crab-apple trees
9
Flowering cherry trees
24
Japanese flowering cherries
15
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
4
Flowering pears
1
Ginkgo trees
1
Hawthorn trees
1
Corylus (Hazel) trees
1
Carpinus (Hornbeam) trees
1
Japanese maple trees
6
Syringa (Lilac) trees
1
Liquidambar trees
6
Maple trees
20
Robinia trees
1
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
34
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
6
Our recommendations
3
Available form
1-year
11
2-year
17
3-year
Top-worked
Multi-stem
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
10
12L pot
13
8L-9L pot
2
7L pot
3
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
120
Average
21
Experienced
Awards
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RHS Award of Garden Merit
65
RHS Award of Merit
2
RHS 1st class
1
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
207
Attractive fruit
79
Attractive tree / plant
86
Attractive bark
45
Attractive foliage
72
Autumn foliage colour
158
Variegated foliage
23
Scented flowers
76
Scented foliage
3
Winter colour
8
Spring foliage colour
1
Summer foliage colour
17
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
8
Upright
38
Upright-spreading
59
Spreading
36
Weeping
7
Multi-stem
2
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
6
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
11
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
42
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
92
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
9
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
73
Some shade
23
Tolerates shade
27
Pruning
Do not prune
39
No need to prune
2
Light prune
68
Prune after flowering
20
Prune hard
9
Growth rate
?
Fast
21
Average
67
Slow
25
Site conditions
Sheltered site
16
Windy site
6
Free-draining site
35
Occasional flooding
50
Occasional drought
39
Coastal site
34
Air pollution
6
Identification
Flower colour
White
67
Cream
3
Pink - light
14
Pink
11
Pink - dark
12
Red - dark
Crimson
2
Magenta
Purple
3
Mauve
6
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
40
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
8
Double flower (25-50 petals)
13
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
1
February
3
March
12
April
52
May
59
June
21
July
2
August
2
September
November
December
1
Leaf colour
Green
124
Bronze
10
Dark purple
5
Grey-green
4
Bluish-green
1
Yellow
1
Yellow-green
5
Pink-white-green variegated
3
White-green variegated
1
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
4
Yellow
27
Yellow / Crimson
5
Orange / Gold
12
Orange / Red
59
Bronze / Purple
8
Multiple tints
37
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
8
Flowers appear first
23
Leaves and Flowers appear together
4
Fruit colour
Black
2
Blue - dark
3
Bronze
Brown
1
Crimson
Gold
1
Green
1
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
2
Orange / Red
8
Pink
12
Purple
2
Red
5
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
1
Russet
2
Yellow
6
Yellow / Orange
5
Yellow / Red
White
6
Fruit size
Very small
2
Small
8
Average
2
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
2
Fruit drops when ripe
4
Ripens over a period
6
Persistent
33
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
10
Grey
5
Brown - light
1
Brown - chocolate
1
Brown / Red
1
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
1
Striated - red
2
Peeling
1
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
4
Canada
3
China
15
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Japan
24
Netherlands
4
New Zealand
Russia
Portugal
Spain
South Korea
3
Sweden
1
Turkey
United Kingdom
15
United States
25
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
52
RHS perfect for pollinators
6
Annual cycle
Deciduous
155
Evergreen
Varieties list
Japanese maple trees
Acer palmatum Dissectum
A good example of the "dissectum" form of Acer palmatum, featuring deeply cut leaves.
£41.95
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Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer palmatum var. dissectum
Cercis
Alley Cat
Alley Cat is a Redbud featuring dark pink flowers and colourful pink / green / white leaves.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour: Pink-white-green variegated
Cercis canadensis
Amelanchier
Amelanchier lamarckii
This small shrub-like tree has perhaps the strongest autumn display of any Amelanchier.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier lamarckii
Rowan
Asplenifolia
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
Maple
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 after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer cappadocicum
Maple
Autumn Blaze
Spectacular, bright orange red leaves.A hybrid of Acer rubrum /saccharnum.Height after 10yr 6m/20ft
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer x Freemanii
Rowan
Autumn Spire
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Autumn Spire (Flanrock) is a columnar rowan with yellow fruitlets and excellent autumn colour.
£23.95 - £47.95
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Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus aucuparia
Cercis
Avondale
A compact Chinese Redbud, featuring an intense display of purple blossom, followed by large green leaves. Ideal for small spaces.
Growth habit: Spreading
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Flower colour: Purple
Cercis chinensis
Amelanchier
Ballerina
A popular tree-like Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn leaf colours.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Crab-apple trees
Barbara
Malus Barbara has dark pink blossom and small purple fruitlets.
£25.00 - £44.50
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Fruit colour: Purple
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Beni-yutaka
Beni-yutaka is a pink blossom tree, which also features attractive red autumnal leaves.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Birch
Betula utilis jacquemontii
The Himalayan White Birch, one of the most popular white birches with characteristic bright white bark.
£23.95 - £56.95
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Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Bark: White
Betula utilis jacquemontii
Maple
Brandywine
Brandywine is one of the best red maples for the UK climate, with a reliable display of fiery-red autumn colours.
Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer rubrum
Crab-apple trees
Brandywine
Brandywine is characterised by its unusual scented double pink flowers.
Fruit colour: Orange
Flower colour: Pink
Leaf colour: Green
Malus x purpurea x ioensis
Maple
Brilliantissimum
A distinctive dwarf sycamore, named for the colour of its stunning pink spring leaves.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer pseudoplatanus
Crab-apple trees
Cardinal
Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus hupehensis
Cercis
Carolina Sweetheart
TM
One of the most colourful of the Redbuds, Carolina Sweetheart features a mass of variegated white / pink / green heart-shaped leaves.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour: Pink-white-green variegated
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
Catherine
An unusual winter-flowering cherry, which also has superb autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Flowering pear
Chanticleer
Chanticleer is a form of the Callery Pear, with attractive spring blossom and autumn colours.
Flower colour: White
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: March
Flowering month: April
Pyrus calleryana
Flowering dogwood
Cherokee Daybreak
An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
Cherokee Princess
Cherokee Princess is an American flowering dogwood, noted for its large white flower clusters.
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
Cherokee Sunset
Sunset is a small ornamental American Dogwood, grown for its multi-coloured foliage.
Cornus florida
Rowan
Chinese Lace
A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Chocolate Ice
Named after the copper-brown colour of the young leaves which contrast with the large white flowers.
Flower colour: White
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
Cinderella
®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Gold
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Flowering cherry tree
Collingwood Ingram
An outstanding small flowering cherry, with deep pink blossom and attractive autumn colour.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Columnaris
A more erect form of Sargent's cherry, and with more dramatic autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus sargentii
Rowan
Copper Kettle
Named for its attractive light copper-coloured fruitlets, Copper Kettle is easy to grow and takes up little space.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Maple
Crimson King
Crimson King is a tree fast-growing maple with purple leaves which turn red in the autumn.
£19.95 - £44.95
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Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Acer platanoides
Birch
Dalecarlica
The Swedish birch, an attractive columnar silver birch with drooping branches.
£49.95
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Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Maple
Drummondii
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
Rowan
Eastern Promise
Features feathered leaves, and pink-red fruitlets.
£23.95 - £47.95
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Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
Rowan
Ember Glow
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
Whitebeam
Emiel
Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus folgneri
Silk tree
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
Albizia julibrissin
Birch
Fastigiata Joes
®
A unique silver birch with a compact upright columnar form and pendulous branches.
£49.95
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Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Maple
Field Maple
The Field Maple makes a good specimen tree with attractive autumn colours, and is easy to grow.
£19.95 - £49.95
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Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer campestre
Cercis
Forest Pansy
Forest Pansy is a deservedly popular small multi-stemmed tree, with purple flowers borne on bare branches followed by multi-coloured leaves.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flower colour: Crimson
Leaf colour: Bronze
Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Flower colour: Purple
Growth habit: Multi-stem
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
Frilly Frock
TM
A small weeping ornamental cherry tree, ideal for small gardens.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Japanese maple trees
Garnet
One of the "dissectum" group of Japanese acers, with feathery purple leaves.
Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer palmatum
Maple
George Forrest
A popular snake-bark maple, very attractive striated bark, and golden yellow autumn colours.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer davidii
Rowan
Gibbsii
Gibbsii grows with a neat spreading columnar form, sprinkled with clusters of bright red fruits in the autumn.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus hybrida
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
Also known as the Maidenhair tree, upright habit, attractive leaves and good autumn colour.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Ginkgo biloba
Rowan
Glendoick Spire
TM
A small compact rowan with an upright form, notable for its bright pink fruitlets and feathered leaves.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Glendoick White Baby
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Glendoick White Baby is a superb tree for autumn colour, with large bright white berries and bright red leaves.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus
Birch
Golden Beauty
A gold-leaved silver birch, with an excellent upright form, white bark, and attractive autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Cercis
Golden Falls
®
A superb small columnar weeping Cercis, with small pink flowers and golden yellow / green leaves.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: Pink
Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Leaf colour: Yellow-green
Cercis canadensis
Birch
Golden Fountain
A nice example of the Golden Birch, with green-yellow leaves in the summer, turning golden yellow in the autumn.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula
Crab-apple trees
Golden Glory
A new British late-flowering crab-apple, with white blossom, russeted fruits, and strong autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Russet
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus yunnanensis
Crab-apple trees
Golden Glory
Golden Glory is one of the few crab-apples to offer good autumn leaf colours. It also features white flowers and orange/red fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Russet
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus yunnanensis
Crab-apple trees
Guardsman
A very upright columnar species of crab-apple, with white flowers and small green fruitlets.
£48.00
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Fruit colour: Green
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus trilobata
Liquidambar
Gum Ball
A small tree with maple like leaves, and stunning autumn colours.
Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Gyoiko
Gyoiko is a pleasing Japanese flowering cherry tree, featuring unusual cream-coloured blossom.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Flower colour: Cream
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
Hally Jolivette
This graceful flowering cherry is notable for its long-lived white blossom.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus subhirtella
Japanese flowering cherry tree
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 after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Cercis
Hearts of Gold
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Hearts of Gold is a tree-like Cercis, covered in purple-red flowers in spring followed by yellow-green leaves.
Flower colour: Crimson
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Leaf colour: Yellow-green
Flower colour: Purple
Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Hokusai
Hokusai is a traditional Japanese pink blossom cherry tree.
£25.95 - £49.95
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Flower colour: Pink - light
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Horinji
A small upright flowering cherry tree with large pink-tinted white blossom.
£25.95 - £49.95
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Flower colour: White
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Green
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Ichiyo
An attractive medium-sized Japanese cherry blossom tree, with classic double shell pink flowers.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
Jacqueline
Prunus Jacqueline is a new flowering cherry, featuring stunning pink blossom and superb autumn colours.
£25.95 - £49.95
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Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus x sargentii
Whitebeam
John Bond
An unusual species of Sorbus, the leaves are particularly attractive for their white undersides.
Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus hemsleyi
Rowan
Joseph Rock
A small rowan, with distinctive pale yellow fruitlets. Also one of the best for autumn colour.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus
Japanese flowering cherry tree
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 after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Rowan
Kashmir rowan
An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus cashmiriana
Flowering cherry tree
Kobuku-zakura Powder Puff
An early-flowering white cherry blossom tree, with particularly luxuriant double-white flowers.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
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
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Amelanchier
La Paloma
La Paloma has exuberant white blossom, and coppery young leaves which turn orange and red in autumn,
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier
Cercis
Lavender Twist
®
Also known as Covey, this impressive weeping Cercis features pale purple blossom followed by dense lavender green leaves.
Growth habit: Weeping
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Whitebeam
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.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus folgneri
Rowan
Leonard Messel
A good all-round small rowan tree, with good autumn colours and cascades of pink fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
Liquidambar
Liquidambar styraciflua
An attractive sweet gum tree with excellent autumnal foliage colours.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Little Pink Perfection
Little Pink Perfection is a dwarf form of Pink Perfection, ideal for patio containers and small spaces.
Flower colour: Pink
Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
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.
£25.00 - £44.50
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Fruit colour: Yellow
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus transitoria
Rowan
Matthew Ridley
An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Cercis
Merlot
Merlot is an upright spreading Cercis with purple blossom followed by wine-red leaves which turn green over the summer.
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Cercis canadensis x texensis
Flowering cherry tree
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
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Amelanchier
Obelisk
®
Obelisk is an upright form of Juneberry, with white spring blossom, and attractive autumn colours.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Amelanchier alnifolia
Maple
October Glory
®
A well-named form of the North American Red Maple - the leaves turn a spectacular red in the autumn.
Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer rubrum
Flowering cherry tree
Okame
Okame is a small hardy blossom tree featuring shell-pink single flowers and attractive autumn colours.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus incisa x Prunus campanulata
Cercis
Oklahoma
A large Cercis with dark pink lilac blossom followed by large rich green foliage, turning yellow in autumn.
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
Rowan
Olympic Flame
An attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.
£23.95 - £47.95
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Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus ulleungensis
Japanese maple trees
Orange Dream
Orange-tinged young leaves turn yellow over the summer, then gold in autumn.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer palmatum
Japanese maple trees
Osakazuki
A classic Japanese maple, noted for its bright red autumn foliage.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer palmatum
Flowering cherry tree
Oshidori Princesse
A small ornamental cherry with double white flowers, and autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus incisa
Liquidambar
Palo Alto
This form of Liquidambar features long narrow lobed leaves and strong long-lived autumnal foliage colours.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Flowering cherry tree
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
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Maple
Paper-bark maple
A medium-sized maple tree featuring characteristic peeling bark, and strong autumn colours.
£34.95
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Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer griseum
Rowan
Pearls
A small spreading rowan tree, named for its clusters of pearl-white berries.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus bissetii
Maple
Phoenix
One of the best Maples for winter colour, featuring striated bright red bark.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer x conspicuum
Robinia
Pink Cascade
As the name suggests this Robinia features a profusion of scented pink pea-like flowers.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Robinia x margaretta
Rowan
Pink Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus vilmorinii
Rowan
Pink Ness
A very upright rowan tree, with pretty pink fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
Rowan
Pink Pagoda
Pink Pagoda features clusters of pale pink fruits in late summer, and good autumn foliage colours.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus hupehensis
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Pink Perfection
The definitive pink blossom tree, offers a long-lasting display of pink double flowers.
Flower colour: Pink
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Cercis
Pink Pom Poms
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While most Cercis feature single flowers, Pink Pom Pom has true double flowers, for a more intense blossom display.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
Pink Shell
This perfectly named flowering cherry features clusters of pink blossom hanging like pink shells.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Maple
Princeton Gold
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Princeton Gold is a versatile fast-growing form of the Norway Maple, named for its golden-green leaves.
£19.95 - £44.95
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Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer platanoides
Hawthorn
Prunifolia Splendens
Prunifolia Splendens is one of the best hawthorns for autumn colour and persistent red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: May
Crataegus persimilis
Flowering cherry tree
Prunus litigiosa
A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.
£25.95 - £49.95
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Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus litigiosa
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Prunus sargentii
Sargent's Cherry is an impressive ornamental cherry, scoring highly for blossom, autumn colour, and its attractive form.
Flower colour: Pink
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus sargentii
Amelanchier
R J Hilton
R J Hilton features large white flowers, copper-coloured young leaves, and attractive autumn leaf colours.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Amelanchier laevis
Amelanchier
Rainbow Pillar
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An upright bush-like Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn colours.
Amelanchier canadensis
Rowan
Ravensbill
This rowan tree is named for the the black colour of its winter buds. It also features yellow autumn leaves and orange berries.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus
Rowan
Red Bird
Red Bird features bright white flowers, orange / red fruits and good autumn leaf colours. It has a wider climate range than other rowans.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus alnifolia
Maple
Red Flamingo
A small snake-bark maple featuring brilliant red stems and variegated pink, white, and green leaves.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer x conspicuum
Hazel bushes
Red Majestic
A red-leaved form of the contorted or twisted hazel.
Corylus avellana
Maple
Red Snakebark Maple
One of the smaller maples, its main feature is the striated brown/red bark.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer capillipes
Amelanchier
Robin Hill
An upright Amelanchier with pink buds opening to snow white flowers, with good autumn colours.
Flower colour: White
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Hornbeam
Rockhampton Red
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An excellent form of the common Hornbeam, notable for its fiery orange-red autumn foliage.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Carpinus betulus
Rowan
Rosiness
A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus rosea
Flowering cherry tree
Royal Burgundy
Royal Burgundy is a flowering cherry with striking red purple foliage combined with double pink flowers.
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
Royal Flame
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A flowering cherry with profuse white blossom in spring and outstanding fiery autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Birch
Royal Frost
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An unusual silver birch with bronze-coloured leaves, and a white stem.
Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Bark: White
Betula x populifolia
Maple
Rubrum
One of the best forms of the Cappadocian Maple, featuring a range of leaf colours from spring to autumn.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer cappadocicum
Cercis
Ruby Falls
Ruby Falls is a popular weeping Cercis with large bronze leaves, which emerge after the light purple spring blossom.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: Pink
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Cercis canadensis
Japanese maple trees
Sango Kaku
Also known as the Coral Bark maple, Sango Kaku features coral red stems which make a strong winter feature.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Acer palmatum
Maple
Scanlon
An upright form of the popular red maple, with an attractive shape and reliable autumn colour.
Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer rubrum
Crab-apple trees
Scarlet Brandywine
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A new crab-apple featuring stunning pink scented double-flowers and good autumn colour.
£48.00
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Fruit colour: Orange
Flower colour: Pink
Leaf colour: Green
Malus x purpurea x ioensis
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud
A Japanese flowering cherry with large fragrant bright white blossom, and strong autumn colours.
Flower colour: White
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: May
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Shogetsu - Blushing Bride
One of the loveliest of the white-blossom Japanese flowering cherries.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: May
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
Shosar
An upright fastigate flowering cherry with pink blossom and good autumn leaf colours.
£25.95 - £49.95
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Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus campanulata x incisa x sargentii
Birch
Silver Birch
The Common Silver Birch, native to Europe, popular for its peeling white bark and pendulous branches.
£18.95 - £49.95
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Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Bark: White
Betula alba pendula
Maple
Silver Maple
A large stately tree featuring attractive cut leaves which turn yellow and gold in the autumn.
£39.95
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Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Acer saccharinum
Maple
Simon-Louis Freres
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
Liquidambar
Slender Silhouette
Slender Silhouette is a particularly columnar form of Liquidambar, with vibrant yellow and red autumn foliage colours.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Birch
Snow Queen
An attractive tree, and one of the best forms of the Himalayan birch, with a bright white stem.
£19.95 - £56.95
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Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Bark: White
Betula utilis
Amelanchier
Snowflakes
A popular Amelanchier, featuring large single flowers, coppery foliage, and good autumn colours.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier laevis
Rowan
Sorbus helenae
A species of rowan featuring pink/white fruitlets and good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus helenae
Rowan
Sorbus hupehensis
A classic rowan tree with pink berries and good autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus hupehensis
Rowan
Sorbus japonica
An upright rowan with large oval leaves and attractive autumn colours and large red fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus japonica
Rowan
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Similar characteristics to Sorbus vilmorinii, not quite as vigorous, but heavier fruiting.
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Rowan
Sorbus sargentiana
A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus sargentiana
Rowan
Sorbus scalaris
One of the more spreading smaller Rowan species, with orange/red autumn leaf colours, and clusters of small orange fruilets.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus scalaris
Rowan
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.
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus vilmorinii
Whitebeam
Sorbus wardii
A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus wardii
Flowering cherry tree
Spire
A compact upright blossom tree with pale pink flowers, and orange-red autumn foliage colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
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
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Liquidambar
Stared
Stared features small dainty 7-lobed leaves which are deeply incised and offer strong autumn colours.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Maple
Sugar Maple
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
Silk tree
Summer Chocolate
A popular form of the Silk Tree with burgundy foliage and scented cream powder puff blooms.
Flower colour: Pink
Leaf colour: Bronze
Flowering month: July
Flowering month: August
Albizia julibrissin
Maple
Sun Valley
A good example of the Red Maple, featuring fiery red autumn leaf colours.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer rubrum
Rowan
Sunshine
A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Lilac
Sweetheart
Sweetheart features large clusters of traditional lilac-coloured flowers.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flower colour: Mauve
Syringa vulgaris
Cercis
Texas White
An unusual Cercis featuring large white flowers, followed by green leaves which turn yellow in autumn.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flower colour: Cream
Growth habit: Multi-stem
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
Flowering cherry tree
The Bride
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Cercis
The Rising Sun
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The Rising Sun is an attractive Cercis featuring lilac-coloured blossom followed by young orange-tinted yellow foliage.
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
Tiltstone Hellfire
Tilstone Hellfire is small flowering cherry tree with large single flowers, and spectacular autumn colours.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus
Birch
Tristis
A graceful upright silver birch with pendulous shoots cascading from its branches.
£49.95
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Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Japanese maple trees
Trompenburg
An upright tree-like Acer with deeply cut purple leaves which turn fiery red in the autumn.
£41.95
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Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer palmatum
Japanese flowering cherry tree
Ukon
A very attractive Japanese blossom tree, with unique cream-coloured flowers.
Growth habit: Spreading
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Flower colour: Cream
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus
Cercis
Vanilla Twist
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Vanilla Twist is an unusual compact weeping Cercis featuring snow-white blossom.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
Weeping Yoshino
A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.
£25.95 - £49.95
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Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis pendula
Flowering dogwood
White Fountain
This flowering dogwood is characterised by its large white bracts, and attractive red autumn leaf colours.
Cornus kousa
Rowan
Wisley Gold
A good-sized yellow-fruiting mountain ash, with a spreading form.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Liquidambar
Worplesdon
An elegant upright conical tree with excellent orange and gold autumn leaf colours.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Flowering cherry tree
Yamadei
A small shrub-like ornamental cherry with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and orange autumn leaf colours.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading
Prunus incisa
Flowering cherry tree
Yoshino
The Yoshino cherry - a graceful wide-spreading flowering cherry with large white blossom, which is the national flower of Japan.
Growth habit: Spreading
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis
Birch
Youngii
A weeping silver birch, the branches trail to the ground.
£49.95
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Growth habit: Weeping
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
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