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Plant Name |
Season of Interest |
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Dec |
Notes (H x W) |
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Su |
A |
W |
Trees for butterflies and birds: |
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Corylus avellana (Hazel) |
Ctkn |
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Fruit |
Nut |
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4 – 6m high, bushy |
Malus ‘John Downie’ |
Blsm |
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Brry |
Brry |
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8m x 5m |
Photinia davidiana (Stranvaesia) |
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Flwr |
Brry |
Brry |
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5m x 5m |
Sorbus forrestii (Rowan) |
Flwr |
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Brry |
Brry |
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6m x 6m, white berries |
Sorbus aucuparia Rowan) |
Flwr |
Brry |
Lvs |
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10m x 7m, tough |
Sorbus commixta (Japanese Rowan) |
Flwr |
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Lvs |
Brry |
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10m x 5m, Embley best |
Sorbus vilmorinii (Chinese Rowan) |
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Flwr |
Lvs |
Brry |
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4m x 5m, pink berries |
Sorbus scalaris (Rowan) |
Flwr |
Brry |
Lvs |
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10m x 10m, red berries |
Malus x robusta ‘Red Sentinel’ |
Flwr |
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Fruit |
Fruit |
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5m x 5m, compact crown |
Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree) |
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Flwr |
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8m x 6m, Fruit same time |
Ligustrum sinense (Chinese Privet) |
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Flwr |
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semi |
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5m x 5m, fragrant |
Crataegus schraderiana (Hawthorn) |
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Flwr |
Haw |
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5m x 5m, white flwrs |
Ilex x altaclarensis (Highclere Holly) |
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Brry |
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8m x 3m, compact |
Ilex aquifolium ‘JC van Tol’ (Holly) |
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Brry |
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6m x 4m, few spines |
Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’ (Elm) |
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8m x 8m, weeping elm |
Prunus ‘Kiku-shidare-zakura’ |
Flwr |
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3m x 3m, Cheals weeping |
Cydonia oblonga ‘Vranja’ |
Flwr |
Fruit |
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5m x 5m, Quince family |
Cornus ‘Porlock’ |
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Flwr |
Fruit |
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8m x 8m, heavy crops |
Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry) |
Fruit |
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Flwr |
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5m x 5m, edible fruits |
Hoheria sexstylosa (Ribbonwood) |
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Flwr |
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8m x 4m, columnar |
Prunus ‘Amanogawa’ |
Flwr |
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Lvs |
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10m x 4m, columnar |
Acer triflorum (Rough-bark Maple) |
Flwr |
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Lvs |
Bark |
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8m x 7m, winter trunk |
Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ |
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Lvs |
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6m x 6m, need moist soil |
Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ |
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Flwr |
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5m x 4m, slow growth |
Amelanchier laevis (Serviceberry) |
Flwr |
Fruit |
Lvs |
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6m x 6m |
Phillyrea latifolia |
Flwr |
Fruit |
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8mx 8m, slow growth |
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Shrubs for butterflies and birds: |
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Buddleja sp. (e.g. davidii ‘Peace’) |
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Flwr |
Flwr |
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4m x 4m, Fragrant |
Escallonia ‘Donald Seedling’ |
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Flwr |
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3m x 3m |
Hebe albicans |
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Flwr |
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Lvs |
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60cm x 1m, bl-grn lvs |
Sarcococca confusa (Christmas Box) |
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Flwr |
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Brry |
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60cm x 60cm, fragrant |
Pyracantha ‘Watereri’ (Firethorn) |
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Flwr |
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Brry |
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2.5m x 2.5m |
Syringa sp. (e.g. x hyacinthiflora) |
Flwr |
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4m x 3m, lilac |
Viburnum opulus (Guelder Rose) |
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Brry |
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1.5m x 1.5m, shade-loving |
Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon Grape) |
Flwr |
Brry |
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1m x 1.5m, shade-loving |
Cotoneaster sternianus |
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Flwr |
Brry |
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semi |
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3m x 3m, |
Cotinus ‘Grace’ (Smoke Tree) |
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Flwr |
Lvs |
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5m x 5m |
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Herbaceous Perennials / Annuals: |
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Salvia officinalis (Sage) |
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Flwr |
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60cm x 1m, |
Verbena bonariensis |
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Flwr |
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1m high, seeds freely |
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ |
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Flwr |
Flwr |
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90cm x 90cm, fragrant |
Sedum spectabile (Ice Plant) |
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Flwr |
Flwr |
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90cm x 90cm |
Nicotiana sp. (Tobacco Plant) |
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Flwr |
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60cm high |
Aster sp. (Michaelmas Daisies) |
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Flwr |
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90 cm x 90cm |
This is a personal selection of favourite plants and is not a complete list.
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