List of trees which have great autumn colours

• Attractive features- Autumn foliage colour

Varieties list

• Japanese maple trees

  Acer palmatum Dissectum

  Acer palmatum var. dissectum

  

  A good example of the "dissectum" form of Acer palmatum, featuring deeply cut leaves.

  • Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
• Amelanchier

  Amelanchier lamarckii

  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
• Rowan

  Asplenifolia

  Sorbus aucuparia

  

  The Cut-leaf Rowan, an excellent form of the native Mountain Ash, orange-red berries, and highly feathered leaves.

  • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
• Maple

  Aureum

  Acer cappadocicum

  

  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
• Maple

  Autumn Blaze

  Acer x Freemanii

  

  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
• Rowan

  Autumn Spire®

  Sorbus aucuparia

  Autumn Spire (Flanrock) is a columnar rowan with yellow fruitlets and excellent autumn colour.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
• Amelanchier

  Ballerina

  Amelanchier x grandiflora

  A popular tree-like Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn leaf colours.

  • Flower colour: White
  • Flowering month: April
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
• Crab-apple trees

  Barbara

  Malus

  

  Malus Barbara has dark pink blossom and small purple fruitlets.

  • Fruit colour: Purple
  • Flower colour: Pink - dark
  • Leaf colour - summer: Green
• In stockJapanese flowering cherry tree

  Beni-yutaka

  Prunus

  

  Beni-yutaka is a pink blossom tree, which also features attractive red autumnal leaves.

  From £24.95 to £45.95buy

  • 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
• Birch

  Betula utilis jacquemontii

  Betula utilis jacquemontii

  

  The Himalayan White Birch, one of the most popular white birches with characteristic bright white bark.

  • Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
  • Growth habit: Upright-spreading
  • Bark: White
• Crab-apple trees

  Brandywine

  Malus x purpurea x ioensis

  

  A new crab-apple featuring stunning pink scented double-flowers and good autumn colour.

  • Fruit colour: Orange
  • Flower colour: Pink
  • Leaf colour - summer: Green
• Maple

  Brandywine

  Acer rubrum

  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
• Maple

  Brilliantissimum

  Acer pseudoplatanus

  

  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
• Crab-apple trees

  Cardinal

  Malus hupehensis

  

  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 - summer: Bronze
• In stockFlowering cherry tree

  Catherine

  Prunus

  An unusual winter-flowering cherry, which also has superb autumn leaf colours.

  From £24.95 to £45.95buy

  • Growth habit: Spreading
  • Flower colour: White
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Flowering season: Early
• Flowering pear

  Chanticleer

  Pyrus calleryana

  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
• Flowering dogwood

  Cherokee Daybreak

  Cornus florida

  An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
• Flowering dogwood

  Cherokee Princess

  Cornus florida

  Cherokee Princess is an American flowering dogwood, noted for its large white flower clusters.
• Rowan

  Chinese Lace

  Sorbus

  

  A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.

  • Fruit colour: Red
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Chocolate Ice

  Prunus

  

  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
• Crab-apple trees

  Cinderella®

  Malus

  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 - summer: Green
• Flowering cherry tree

  Collingwood Ingram

  Prunus

  

  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)
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Columnaris

  Prunus sargentii

  

  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
• Rowan

  Copper Kettle

  Sorbus

  

  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
• Maple

  Crimson King

  Acer platanoides

  Crimson King is a tree fast-growing maple with purple leaves which turn red in the autumn.

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
• In stockBirch

  Dalecarlica

  Betula pendula

  The Swedish birch, an attractive columnar silver birch with drooping branches.

  £49.95buy

  • Growth habit: Upright
  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Bark: White
• In stockMaple

  Drummondii

  Acer platanoides

  

  A popular form of the Norway Maple, characterised by its variegated leaves.

  From £19.95 to £44.95buy

  • Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
• Rowan

  Eastern Promise

  Sorbus

  

  Features feathered leaves, and pink-red fruitlets.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• Rowan

  Ember Glow

  Sorbus aucuparia

  

  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
• Whitebeam

  Emiel

  Sorbus folgneri

  

  Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.

  • Fruit colour: Red
• Silk tree

  Evy's Pride

  Albizia julibrissin

  

  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 - summer: Dark purple
  • Flowering month: July
  • Flowering month: August
• In stockBirch

  Fastigiata Joes®

  Betula pendula

  

  A unique silver birch with a compact upright columnar form and pendulous branches.

  £37.95buy

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
  • Bark: White
• Maple

  Field Maple

  Acer campestre

  The Field Maple makes a good specimen tree with attractive autumn colours, and is easy to grow.

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
• Flowering cherry tree

  Frilly FrockTM

  Prunus

  

  A small weeping ornamental cherry tree, ideal for small gardens.

  • Growth habit: Weeping
  • Flower colour: Pink - light
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Flowering season: Early
• Japanese maple trees

  Garnet

  Acer palmatum

  

  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
• Maple

  George Forrest

  Acer davidii

  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
• Rowan

  Gibbsii

  Sorbus hybrida

  

  Gibbsii grows with a neat spreading columnar form, sprinkled with clusters of bright red fruits in the autumn.

  • Fruit colour: Red
• In stockGinkgo

  Ginkgo biloba

  Ginkgo biloba

  

  Also known as the Maidenhair tree, upright habit, attractive leaves and good autumn colour.

  From £39.95 to £49.95buy

  • Growth habit: Upright
  • Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
• Rowan

  Glendoick SpireTM

  Sorbus aucuparia

  

  A small compact rowan with an upright form, notable for its bright pink fruitlets and feathered leaves.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• Rowan

  Glendoick White Baby®

  Sorbus

  Glendoick White Baby is a superb tree for autumn colour, with large bright white berries and bright red leaves.

  • Fruit colour: White
• Birch

  Golden Beauty

  Betula pendula

  

  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
• Birch

  Golden Fountain

  Betula

  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
• Crab-apple trees

  Guardsman

  Malus trilobata

  

  A very upright columnar species of crab-apple, with white flowers and small green fruitlets.

  • Fruit colour: Green
  • Flower colour: White
  • Leaf colour - summer: Green
• Liquidambar

  Gum Ball

  Liquidambar styraciflua

  A small tree with maple like leaves, and stunning autumn colours.

  • Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Gyoiko

  Prunus

  

  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
• Flowering cherry tree

  Hally Jolivette

  Prunus subhirtella

  

  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
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Hanagasa Pink Parasol

  Prunus

  

  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)
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Hokusai

  Prunus

  

  Hokusai is a traditional Japanese pink blossom cherry tree.

  • 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
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Horinji

  Prunus

  

  A small upright flowering cherry tree with large pink-tinted white blossom.

  • 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
• In stockJapanese flowering cherry tree

  Ichiyo

  Prunus

  

  An attractive medium-sized Japanese cherry blossom tree, with classic double shell pink flowers.

  From £24.95 to £45.95buy

  • 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
• Flowering cherry tree

  Jacqueline

  Prunus x sargentii

  

  Prunus Jacqueline is a new flowering cherry, featuring stunning pink blossom and superb autumn colours.

  • Flower colour: Pink - dark
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Growth habit: Upright-spreading
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Whitebeam

  John Bond

  Sorbus hemsleyi

  An unusual species of Sorbus, the leaves are particularly attractive for their white undersides.

  • Fruit colour: Brown
• Rowan

  Joseph Rock

  Sorbus

  

  A small rowan, with distinctive pale yellow fruitlets. Also one of the best for autumn colour.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Kanzan

  Prunus

  

  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
• Rowan

  Kashmir rowan

  Sorbus cashmiriana

  

  An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.

  • Fruit colour: White
• Flowering cherry tree

  Kobuku-zakura Powder Puff

  Prunus

  

  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
  • Flowering season: Early
• Flowering cherry tree

  Kojo-no-mai

  Prunus incisa

  

  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)
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Amelanchier

  La Paloma

  Amelanchier

  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
• Whitebeam

  Lemon Drop

  Sorbus folgneri

  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
• Rowan

  Leonard Messel

  Sorbus

  

  A good all-round small rowan tree, with good autumn colours and cascades of pink fruitlets.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• In stockLiquidambar

  Liquidambar styraciflua

  Liquidambar styraciflua

  An attractive sweet gum tree with excellent autumnal foliage colours.

  From £39.95 to £49.95buy

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Little Pink Perfection

  Prunus

  

  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
• Crab-apple trees

  Malus transitoria

  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.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
  • Flower colour: White
  • Leaf colour - summer: Green
• Rowan

  Matthew Ridley

  Sorbus

  An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
• In stockFlowering cherry tree

  Mikinori

  Prunus incisa

  

  Mikinori is a classic early-flowering Fuji cherry tree, with red autumn leaf colours.

  £49.95buy

  • Growth habit: Spreading
  • Flower colour: White
  • Flower colour: Pink - light
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Flowering season: Early
• Amelanchier

  Obelisk®

  Amelanchier alnifolia

  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
• Maple

  October Glory®

  Acer rubrum

  

  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
• In stockFlowering cherry tree

  Okame

  Prunus incisa x Prunus campanulata

  

  Okame is a small hardy blossom tree featuring shell-pink single flowers and attractive autumn colours.

  From £24.95 to £49.95buy

  • Flower colour: Pink
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Growth habit: Upright-spreading
  • Flowering season: Early
• Rowan

  Olympic Flame

  Sorbus ulleungensis

  

  An attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.

  • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
• Japanese maple trees

  Orange Dream

  Acer palmatum

  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
• Japanese maple trees

  Osakazuki

  Acer palmatum

  

  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
• In stockFlowering cherry tree

  Oshidori Princesse

  Prunus incisa

  A small ornamental cherry with double white flowers, and autumn leaf colours.

  £46.95buy

  • Growth habit: Spreading
  • Flower colour: White
  • Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• In stockLiquidambar

  Palo Alto

  Liquidambar styraciflua

  This form of Liquidambar features long narrow lobed leaves and strong long-lived autumnal foliage colours.

  From £44.95 to £49.95buy

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
• Flowering cherry tree

  Pandora

  Prunus

  

  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)
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Maple

  Paper-bark maple

  Acer griseum

  

  A medium-sized maple tree featuring characteristic peeling bark, and strong autumn colours.

  • Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
• Rowan

  Pearls

  Sorbus bissetii

  A small spreading rowan tree, named for its clusters of pearl-white berries.

  • Fruit colour: White
• Maple

  Phoenix

  Acer x conspicuum

  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
• Robinia

  Pink Cascade

  Robinia x margaretta

  As the name suggests this Robinia features a profusion of scented pink pea-like flowers.

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
• Rowan

  Pink Charm

  Sorbus vilmorinii

  

  A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• Rowan

  Pink Ness

  Sorbus

  

  A very upright rowan tree, with pretty pink fruitlets.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• Rowan

  Pink Pagoda

  Sorbus hupehensis

  

  Pink Pagoda features clusters of pale pink fruits in late summer, and good autumn foliage colours.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Pink Perfection

  Prunus

  

  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
• Flowering cherry tree

  Pink Shell

  Prunus

  

  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)
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Maple

  Princeton Gold®

  Acer platanoides

  

  Princeton Gold is a versatile fast-growing form of the Norway Maple, named for its golden-green leaves.

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
• Hawthorn

  Prunifolia Splendens

  Crataegus persimilis

  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
• Flowering cherry tree

  Prunus litigiosa

  Prunus litigiosa

  

  A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.

  • Flower colour: White
  • Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Japanese flowering cherry tree

  Prunus sargentii

  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
• Amelanchier

  Rainbow Pillar®

  Amelanchier canadensis

  An upright bush-like Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn colours.
• Rowan

  Ravensbill

  Sorbus

  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
• Rowan

  Red Bird

  Sorbus alnifolia

  

  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
• Maple

  Red Flamingo

  Acer x conspicuum

  

  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
• Hazel bushes

  Red Majestic

  Corylus avellana

  A red-leaved form of the contorted or twisted hazel.
• Maple

  Red Snakebark Maple

  Acer capillipes

  

  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
• Amelanchier

  Robin Hill

  Amelanchier x grandiflora

  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
• Hornbeam

  Rockhampton Red®

  Carpinus betulus

  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
• Rowan

  Rosiness

  Sorbus rosea

  

  A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• Flowering cherry tree

  Royal Burgundy

  Prunus

  

  Royal Burgundy is a flowering cherry, related to Prunus Kanzan 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
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Flowering cherry tree

  Royal Flame®

  Prunus

  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)
  • Flowering season: Early
• Birch

  Royal Frost®

  Betula x populifolia

  An unusual silver birch with bronze-coloured leaves, and a white stem.

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Growth habit: Upright-spreading
  • Bark: White
• Maple

  Rubrum

  Acer cappadocicum

  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
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  Sango Kaku

  Acer palmatum

  

  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
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  Scanlon

  Acer rubrum

  An upright form of the popular red maple, with an attractive shape and reliable autumn colour.

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  • Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
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  Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud

  Prunus

  

  A Japanese flowering cherry with large fragrant bright white blossom, and strong autumn colours.

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  • 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
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  Shogetsu - Blushing Bride

  Prunus

  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)
• Flowering cherry tree

  Shosar

  Prunus campanulata x incisa x sargentii

  

  An upright fastigate flowering cherry with pink blossom and good autumn leaf colours.

  • Growth habit: Upright
  • Flower colour: Pink - light
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Flowering season: Early
• Birch

  Silver Birch

  Betula alba pendula

  

  The Common Silver Birch, native to Europe, popular for its peeling white bark and pendulous branches.

  • Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
  • Growth habit: Upright-spreading
  • Bark: White
• Maple

  Silver Maple

  Acer saccharinum

  A large stately tree featuring attractive cut leaves which turn yellow and gold in the autumn.

  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
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  Simon-Louis Freres

  Acer pseudoplatanus

  

  A popular slow-growing medium-sized sycamore tree with very attractive variegated leaves.

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  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
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  Slender Silhouette

  Liquidambar styraciflua

  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
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  Snow Queen

  Betula utilis

  An attractive tree, and one of the best forms of the Himalayan birch, with a bright white stem.

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  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Growth habit: Upright-spreading
  • Bark: White
• Amelanchier

  Snowflakes

  Amelanchier laevis

  A popular Amelanchier, featuring large single flowers, coppery foliage, and good autumn colours.

  • Flower colour: White
  • Flowering month: April
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
• Rowan

  Sorbus helenae

  Sorbus helenae

  

  A species of rowan featuring pink/white fruitlets and good autumn colours.

  • Fruit colour: White
• Rowan

  Sorbus hupehensis

  Sorbus hupehensis

  

  A classic rowan tree with pink berries and good autumn leaf colours.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
• Rowan

  Sorbus japonica

  Sorbus japonica

  An upright rowan with large oval leaves and attractive autumn colours and large red fruitlets.

  • Fruit colour: Red
• Rowan

  Sorbus pseudovilmorinii

  Sorbus pseudovilmorinii

  

  Similar characteristics to Sorbus vilmorinii, not quite as vigorous, but heavier fruiting.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
  • Fruit colour: White
• Rowan

  Sorbus sargentiana

  Sorbus sargentiana

  

  A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.

  • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
• Rowan

  Sorbus scalaris

  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
• Rowan

  Sorbus vilmorinii

  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
• Whitebeam

  Sorbus wardii

  Sorbus wardii

  

  A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
• Flowering cherry tree

  Spire

  Prunus

  

  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)
  • Flowering season: Late
• Flowering cherry tree

  Spring Snow

  Prunus

  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)
  • Flowering season: Late
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  Stared

  Liquidambar styraciflua

  Stared features small dainty 7-lobed leaves which are deeply incised and offer strong autumn colours.

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  • Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
• Maple

  Sugar Maple

  Acer saccharum

  

  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
• Silk tree

  Summer Chocolate

  Albizia julibrissin

  

  A popular form of the Silk Tree with burgundy foliage and scented cream powder puff blooms.

  • Flower colour: Pink
  • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze
  • Flowering month: July
  • Flowering month: August
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  Sun Valley

  Acer rubrum

  A good example of the Red Maple, featuring fiery red autumn leaf colours.

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  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
• Rowan

  Sunshine

  Sorbus

  

  A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
• Lilac

  Sweetheart

  Syringa vulgaris

  Sweetheart features large clusters of traditional lilac-coloured flowers.

  • Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
  • Flower colour: Mauve
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  The Bride

  Prunus Beni Higan x Prunus x yedoensis

  

  A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.

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  • Growth habit: Spreading
  • Flower colour: White
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Flowering cherry tree

  Tiltstone Hellfire

  Prunus

  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
  • Flowering season: Mid-season
• Birch

  Tristis

  Betula pendula

  A graceful upright silver birch with pendulous shoots cascading from its branches.

  • Growth habit: Upright
  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Bark: White
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  Trompenburg

  Acer palmatum

  

  An upright tree-like Acer with deeply cut purple leaves which turn fiery red in the autumn.

  • Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
  • Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
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  Ukon

  Prunus

  

  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)
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  Weeping Yoshino

  Prunus x yedoensis pendula

  

  A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.

  • Growth habit: Weeping
  • Flower colour: White
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Flowering season: Early
• Flowering dogwood

  White Fountain

  Cornus kousa

  This flowering dogwood is characterised by its large white bracts, and attractive red autumn leaf colours.
• Rowan

  Wisley Gold

  Sorbus

  

  A good-sized yellow-fruiting mountain ash, with a spreading form.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
  • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
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  Worplesdon

  Liquidambar styraciflua

  An elegant upright conical tree with excellent orange and gold autumn leaf colours.

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  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
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  Yamadei

  Prunus incisa

  A small shrub-like ornamental cherry with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and orange autumn leaf colours.

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  • Flower colour: White
  • Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
  • Growth habit: Upright-spreading
  • Flowering season: Early
• Flowering cherry tree

  Yoshino

  Prunus x yedoensis

  

  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)
• Birch

  Youngii

  Betula pendula

  A weeping silver birch, the branches trail to the ground.

  • Growth habit: Weeping
  • Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
  • Bark: White