Magnolia grandiflora 'Sweet Spire' (Bull bay 'Sweet Spire')
Other names: Southern magnolia 'Sweet Spire', Large-flowered magnolia 'Sweet Spire', Laurel magnolia 'Sweet Spire'
'Sweet Spire' is a compact, columnar, evergreen tree with ovate to elliptic, glossy, dark green leaves, reddish-brown beneath, and large, fragrant, cup-shaped, creamy-white flowers from late spring or early summer to early autumn.
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1.2m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 Years to maturity |
Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Other names: Sardian nut, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, Common chestnut, Eurasian chestnut
C. sativa is a large fast-growing tree with grooved bark and glossy, serrated, oblong leaves. Yellow catkins in autumn followed by spiny fruits containing edible nuts.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20 years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Lane Roberts' (Sweet gum 'Lane Roberts')
'Lane Roberts' is a medium broad-crowned deciduous tree with maple-like, glossy green leaves, turning dark-crimson in autumn. The flowers are insignificant and are sometimes followed by clusters of burr-like fruit.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20 years to maturity |
Magnolia virginiana var. australis 'Henry Hicks' (Sweet bay 'Henry Hicks')
Other names: Swamp bay 'Henry Hicks', Swamp laurel 'Henry Hicks', White bay 'Henry Hicks', White laurel 'Henry Hicks', Magnolia virginiana 'Henry Hicks'
'Henry Hicks' is broadly columnar, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy, elliptic, mid-green leaves and, from early summer to early autumn, cup-shaped, lemon-scented, creamy-white flowers followed by fruit containing small, red seeds.
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5m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Hymenosporum flavum (Australian frangipani)
Other names: Native Australian frangipani, Sweetshade, Sweet shade, Queensland frangipani
H. flavum is a tender, evergreen shrub or small tree with a single stem bearing an open, broadly columnar crown of glossy, oblong, ovate, or lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, from spring into summer, loose, umbel-like panicles of fragrant, tubular, cream flowers turning yellow-orange with age.
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7m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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