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Liquidambar Slender Silhouette
Sweet Gum Tree
Common Name: Slender Silhouette Sweetgum TreeLatin Name: Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'Soil: Moist, well-drained, acidic to neutral soil. Dislikes shallow chalky soils.Position: Full sunFlowering period/colour: May to June/Inconspicuous light green flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 18m/2mSpecial features: A slender, upright tree with yellow to reddish-purple autumn colour. Liquidambar 'Slender Silhouette' is a new introduction from the USA which really lives up to its name with a very slender, upright habit. The deeply lobed dark green leaves first turn yellow then to reddish-purple as the autumn progresses. Small light green flowers are followed by spiky fruits that ripen from green to brown and stay on the tree well into winter.
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Picea pungens Fat Albert
Colorado Spruce Fat Albert
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Fat AlbertLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 3m x 2mSpecial features: Blue conical evergreen conifer, winter interest. RHS Award of Garden Merit.Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' is a handsome conical (Christmas tree) shaped conifer, with a beautifully subtle steel-blue colour to its needles. It grows about thirty centimetres in height per year to reach about three metres in ten years, and finally matures at three to five metres. This tree produces cones and they are five to ten centrimetres, and are greenish when young. The cones are a light brown colour at maturity.
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Picea pungens Koster
Colorado Spruce
Common Name: Colorado Spruce Koster Latin Name: Picea pungens 'Koster'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 4m x 3mSpecial features: Blue conical evergreen conifer, winter interest. Picea pungens 'Koster' is a handsome conical (Christmas tree) shaped conifer, with a beautifully subtle steel-blue colour to its needles. It is very hardy and can survive in temperatures down to -40°C.
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Picea pungens Schovenhorst
Barb Spruce
Common Name: Barb SpruceLatin Name: Picea pungens 'Schovenhorst'Soil: Prefers rich moist soil. Acid or neutralPosition: Full sun. Flowering period/colour: Non-floweringHardiness: Fully hardy (to below -20°C). Height and spread in 10 years: 3m x 1.5mSpecial features: The branches are mostly horizontalAlso known as the barb spruce is a medium sized, upright evergreen tree. The branches are mostly horizontal. It has light gray-blue to gray-green foilage throughout winter. Light brown elongated fruits cones which are 6-10 cm in length, appear during Winter when mature. It is well tolerated in the urban environment and drought resistant and very cold resistant.
Ribes Hinnonmaki Green
Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Green
Common Name: Gooseberry Hinnonmaki GreenLatin Name: Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Green'Soil: Slightly acidic, moist soilsPosition: Open sunny or slightly shaded spotFruit picking time: Mid JulyFruit size/colour: Large/Green berriesAn excellent variety of gooseberry to choose. It is known for its fantastic disease resistant qualities and an abundances of fruit is produced when in season. The medium sized green berries have an excellent sweet, aromatic taste when ripe. These can be used for culinary purposes.
Ribes Invicta
Gooseberry Invicta
Common Name: Gooseberry InvictaLatin Name: Ribes uva-crispa var reclinatum 'Invicta'Soil: Slightly acidic, moist soilPosition: Open sunny or slightly shaded spotFruit picking time: Mid summerFruit size/colour: Large oval, pale green berriesThis plant produces very heavy crops of large green berries. It is a very densely branched self fertile bush which provides excellent fruits to use in summer pies and jams. This is a disease resistant fruit which requires a moderate amount of care.
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Tilia henryana
Henry's Lime Tree
Common Name: Henry's Lime TreeLatin Name: Tilia henryanaSoil: Moist but well drainedPosition: Full sun/Partial shadeHardiness: HardyFlowering Period: Late summerFlowering Colour: Creamy whiteEventual Height/Spread after 20 years: 15m/12mTilia henryana is a very unique tree; it boasts distinctive glossy green leaves which have finely serrated margins - very similar in shape to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. Young leaves are a pretty pink colour, whereas older autumn leaves are a golden yellow colour. This deciduous tree holds late-blooming clusters of creamy- white fragrant flowers which appear in late summer to early autumn. This tree responds well to pruning and eventually grows to be a medium sized tree. Its growing habit is spreading and it has a rounded crown.
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Vitis Golden Champion
Grape Golden Champion
Common Name: Grape Golden ChampionLatin Name: Vitis vinifera 'Golden Champion'Soil: Well drained soilPosition: Unheated greenhouse, open sunFruit picking time: Early summerFruit size/colour: Large green grapesA highly recommended species if excellent tasting fruit is your requirement. These will produce the closest fruit to what you would find in a supermarket. These plants do exceptionally well in an unheated greenhouse or in an open sunny spot in the garden. This produces large bunches of green sweet tasting grapes but will need to be fed and located well in the garden.
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Vitis Lakemont
Grape Lakemont
Common Name: Grape Lakemont (Yellow Seedless)Latin Name: Vitis vinifera 'Lakemont'Soil: Well drained soilPosition: Best indoors or open sunny spot in the gardenFruit picking time: Late SummerFruit size/colour: Large green grapesThe 'Lakemont' is a white seedless table grape. It provides large bunches of delicious tasting fruits which have a wonderful golden green colour to them. This plant also has exceptional resistance to diseases such as downy mildew, powdery mildew and botrytis. A recommended variety which does particularly well in a greenhouse.
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