Toona sinensis 'Flamingo' (Chinese cedar 'Flamingo')
Other names: Cedrella sinensis 'Flamingo', Bastard cedar 'Flamingo', Chinese toon 'Flamingo'
'Flamingo' is a broadly columnar, deciduous tree with peeling bark, aromatic, pinnate, papery leaves, bright pink when young, turning creamy yellow then bright green at maturity. Pendent panicles of small, fragrant, cup-shaped, white or greenish white flowers bloom in summer.
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10m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis (Chinese magnolia)
Other names: Magnolia sinensis
M. sieboldii subsp. sinensis is wide, spreading tree or shrub with glossy, broad leaves and large, rounded, white, nodding and lemon-scented flowers with crimson stamens in summer.
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12m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Wisteria (any variety) (Wisteria (any variety))
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Wisteria (any variety) are vigorous, twining, deciduous climbers with pinnate leaves divided into ovate, elliptic, or lance-shaped, dark green leaflets and, in late spring and early summer, drooping racemes of fragrant flowers followed by hairy, green seed pods in autumn.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir)
Other names: Cunninghamia sinensis, Cunninghamia unicaniculata
C. lanceolata is a large, narrowly upright to conical, coniferous, evergreen tree bearing reddish-brown bark, two-ranked, glossy, lance-shaped, dark green leaves with two white bands beneath, and spherical green-brown female cones.
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8m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Betula albosinensis (Chinese red birch)
Other names: White Chinese birch, Betula utilis var. sinensis, Betula bhojpattra var. sinensis , Betula albosinensis Burkill
B. albosinensis is a conical, deciduous tree with peeling, pink to reddish-brown bark, cream when freshly exposed, and ovate, tapered, toothed, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn. Yellow-brown catkins bloom in spring as the leaves emerge.
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10m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar)
Other names: Japanese red cedar, Sugi, Cryptomeria fortunei, Cryptomeria sinensis
C. japonica is a vigorous, conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with peeling, reddish-brown bark, awl-shaped, spirally arranged, mid- to dark green leaves and spherical, green cones turning brown with age.
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8m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Toona sinensis (Chinese cedar)
Other names: Cedrela sinensis, Ailanthus flavescens, Chinese mahogany, Chinese toon, Red toon, Bastard cedar
T. sinensis is a fast-growing, deciduous, ornamental tree. It has dark green, pinnate leaves that turn yellow in autumn. In summer, it bears panicles of sweetly fragrant, white flowers.
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8m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Other names: Juglans sinensis, Welsh nut, French nut, Madeira nut, Persian walnut, Ban-nut tree, English walnut, Black sea walnut
J. regia is a slow-growing, rounded to broadly spreading, deciduous tree with pinnate, aromatic leaves divided into five to seven, ovate to elliptic, glossy, dark green leaflets, bronze-purple when young, and insignificant yellow-green flowers in late spring and early summer followed by spherical, green fruit containing edible nuts.
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15m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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