Platanus x hispanica (London plane)
Other names: Maple-leaved plane, Platanus x hybrida, Platanus x acerifolia
P x hispanica is a vigorous, broadly conical, deciduous tree with flaking brown, cream, and grey bark and variably-lobed, bright green leaves. Insignificant flowers in spring are followed by clusters of burr-like, green fruit ripening brown.
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20m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Angel' (Blue holly 'Blue Angel')
Other names: Ilex x meserveae 'Conang'
'Blue Angel' is a female, evergreen shrub with shiny, dark blue-green, spiny leaves and dark purple stems. Small creamy-white flowers in spring are followed by red berries in autumn and winter.
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4m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Platanus x hispanica 'Alphen's Globe' (London plane 'Alphen's Globe')
Other names: Maple-leaved plane 'Alphen's Globe', Platanus x acerifolia 'Alphen's Globe', Dwarf London plane 'Alphen's Globe'
'Alphen's Globe' is a vigorous, deciduous tree with flaking brown, cream, and grey bark and a rounded crown of palmately-lobed, mid-green leaves turning dull yellow in autumn. Insignificant, red flowers in spring are followed by clusters of burr-like, green fruit ripening brown.
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10m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Tilia x europaea (Common lime)
Other names: Tilia intermedia, Tilia x vulgaris, European lime, European linden
T. x europaea is a broadly columnar, deciduous tree with oval to rounded, dark green leaves, paler beneath, and clusters of pale yellow flowers in midsummer followed by dry, nut-like fruit.
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15m max. spread |
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35m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Magnolia x soulangeana 'Alexandrina' (Saucer magnolia 'Alexandrina')
'Alexandrina' is a rounded, deciduous shrub or compact, multi-stemmed tree with large, oblong, mid-green leaves turning yellow-green in autumn and fragrant, goblet-shaped, creamy-white flowers, purple-pink on the reverse, blooming as or before the leaves emerge in spring.
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9m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Camelliifolia' (Highclere holly 'Camelliifolia')
Other names: lex aquifolium 'Camelliifolia'
'Camelliifolia' is a vigorous, broadly conical, female, evergreen shrub with purple-flushed stems bearing oblong to elliptic, glossy, nearly spineless, dark green leaves and clusters of insignificant, dull white flowers in spring followed by spherical, scarlet fruit.
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8m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Taxus x media 'Hicksii' (Yew 'Hicksii')
Other names: Hick's yew
'Hicksii' is a dense, columnar, coniferous, evergreen shrub, with glossy, needle-like, spine-tipped, mid- to dark green leaves. Insignificant flowers in spring are sometimes followed by fleshy, red fruit on female plants.
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3m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis' (Rosebud cherry 'Autumnalis')
Other names: Winter cherry, Winter-flowering cherry 'Autumnalis'
'Autumnalis' is a compact, spreading, deciduous tree with ovate, toothed, mid-green leaves turning yellow in autumn and semi-double, white flowers from late autumn to early spring.
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8m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' (Magnolia 'Merrill')
'Merrill' is a small deciduous tree grown for its profusion of large, white, fragrant flowers on bare stems in spring.
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8m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Golden King' (Holly 'Golden King')
Other names: Ilex Golden King
'Golden King' is a small, bushy evergreen tree or shrub with broad ovate, slightly spiny, dark-green leaves margined with bright yellow. In spring and summer it bears small, dull-white flowers. In autumn and winter it bears sparse, brownish-red berries.
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4m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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