Betula nigra 'Cully' (River birch 'Cully')
Other names: Red birch 'Cully', Black birch 'Cully', Betula nigra 'Heritage'
'Cully' is a vigorous, conical to spreading, deciduous tree with peeling, pale brown bark, glossy, diamond-shaped, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn, and yellow-brown male flower catkins in early spring.
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12m max. spread |
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18m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis (Golden-groove bamboo)
Other names: Yellow-groove bamboo, Golden crookstem bamboo, Yellow stem bamboo
P. aureosulcata f. aureocaulis is a clump-forming, evergreen bamboo with narrow, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves and yellow canes with green stripes near the base.
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10m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys edulis (Moso bamboo)
Other names: Phyllostachys heterocycla f. pubescens, Phyllostachys heterocycla 'Pubescens', Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys mitis, Phyllostachys edulis 'Moso', Moso-chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo
P. edulis is a large, vigorous, spreading, evergreen bamboo with green to grey culms, silvery-grey and pubescent when young, turning yellow-green in full sun, and small, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves.
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10m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' (Black cherry plum)
Other names: Prunus 'Pissardii Nigra', Prunus 'Blaze'
'Nigra' is a medium, rounded, deciduous tree with dark purple leaves. It bears single, pale-pink flowers in early spring and has purple-black twigs.
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12m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Pinus nigra subsp. nigra (Austrian pine)
Other names: Pinus nigra subsp. austriaca, Pinus austriaca
P. nigra subsp. nigra is slow-growing, coniferous, evergreen tree, conical when young, broadening and irregular with age, with short, stiff, needle-like, dark green leaves and pale brown female cones.
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18m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Betula nigra 'Dura-Heat' (River birch 'Dura-Heat')
Other names: Betula nigra 'Bnmtf', Red birch 'Dura-Heat', Betula nigra 'Dura Heat'
'Dura-Heat' is a vigorous, conical to rounded, deciduous, often multi-stemmed tree with peeling, creamy-white to pale brown bark, glossy, diamond-shaped, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn, and yellow-brown male flower catkins in early spring.
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9m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Salix amygdaloides (Peach-leaved willow)
Other names: Peach leaf willow, Peachleaf willow, Peach willow, Salix wrightii, Salix nigra var. amygdaloides, Wright willow, Salix amygdaloides var. wrightii, Salix nigra var. wrightii
S. amygdaloides is a vigorous, rounded to oval, deciduous tree with ovate to narrowly lance-shaped, finely toothed, yellow- to grey-green leaves, paler beneath, and long, yellow catkins in spring followed by green seed capsules ripening dark brown.
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10m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: North American barren oak, North American black oak, Possum oak, Quercus microcarya, Quercus nigra var. heterophylla, Spotted oak, Punk oak, Duck oak
Q. nigra is a broadly conical to broadly rounded, deciduous to semi-evergreen tree with pendent lower branches, smooth, grey bark, and spoon-shaped to narrowly obovate, usually three-lobed, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn. Yellow-green flower catkins in spring are followed by spherical acorns with woolly, scaly cups.
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18m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
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