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Pyrus Pendula
Weeping Pear Tree
Common Name: Weeping Willow Leaved Pear TreeLatin Name: Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April/White flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread in 20 years: 4m/3mSpecial features: Small deciduous weeping tree with silver willow-like foliage. Also has inedible green fruit.Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula' is an elegant, small tree forming a dense mound of weeping branches. White flowers appear in April followed by attractive, silvery-grey foliage lasting throughout the summer. The pendulous branches form a rounded crown and can be pruned to an umbrella shape if desired. An ideal specimen tree for small urban gardens as it copes well with pollution and alkaline soils.
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Quercus rubra Aurea
Golden Red Oak
Common Name: Golden Red Oak Latin Name: Quercus rubra 'Aurea' Soil: Medium moisture, well-drained, fertile soil. Slightly better autumn colour on acidic soil. Position: Light, dappled shade to prevent sun scorch Flowering period/colour: Spring, inconspicuous. Hardiness: Hardy to -22°C, but requires shelter from strong winds. Height and spread in 20-50 years: 15m/10m Special features: Golden yellow leaves in spring and early summer; orange red autumn colour. Deciduous. The Golden red oak is a rare variation on the Eastern North American red oak. A fine specimen of this tree can be seen in the Belfast Botanic Gardens. In the spring the leaves are a dazzling golden yellow colour, maturing to a yellow green in late summer. The leaves develop orange and red tints in autumn. This is a fast growing tree and in ideal conditions can grow to five or six metres in ten years. It is also very long lived, lasting up to 500 years, with a trunk which may be 2 metres in diameter. Stout branches grow at right angles to the stem, forming a narrow round-topped head. The tree produces acorns, which take about eighteen months to two years to develop. This variety is frequently grown as a specimen tree in parks and open spaces. It rapidly develops a taproot, so should bought as a young specimen and planted in its final location as soon as possible. Quercus rubra 'Aurea' produces very good quality wood for building applications. Other oak species are also cut for this purpose but produce lower quality wood than the red oaks. Red oak wood is suitable for flooring, veneer, and furniture.
Salix Hakuro Nishiki
Flamingo Tree
Common Name: Flamingo TreeLatin Name: Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki'Soil: Moist but well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: April/Slender yellow catkinsHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2m/2mSpecial features: Striking, pink and cream variegated foliage.Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki' is an elegant, fast-growing small tree with new shoots which are heavily blotched with white and pink, fading as the leaf ages. This is an ideal tree for the small garden or even planted in a pot on the patio. This dwarf Willows head of branches can be pruned to keep the tree at any height.
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Salix Pendula
Dwarf Kilmarnock Willow Tree
Common Name: Kilmarnock WillowLatin Name: Salix caprea 'Pendula'Soil: Any deep, moist but well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: April to May/Golden male catkinsHardiness: Fully hardyHeight/spread in 20 years: 2m/2.5mSpecial features: Umbrella-shaped, deciduous treeA dwarf, weeping tree with dark green leaves with grey-green undersides. In mid- to late spring, the bare branches are covered in golden male catkins, which look superb in cut-flower arrangements. An ideal tree for the small garden or even planted in a pot on the patio.
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Taxus baccata Corleys Coppertip
Corleys Coppertip Yew
Common Name: Corleys Coppertip YewLatin Name: Taxus baccata 'Corleys Coppertip'Soil: Will tolerate most soil typesPosition: Full sun with partial shadeHardiness: HardyHeight in 10 years: 1.5mSpecial features: Bright copper coloured young foliage in Spring.Taxus baccata 'Corleys Coppertip' is an upright growing conifer with brightly coloured copper foliage when young, which does not tend to change much throughout the year. CAUTION: Toxic if eaten
Viburnum Davidii
Viburnum
Common Name: ViburnumLatin Name: Viburnum davidiiSoil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 1.5mSpecial features: Metallic, turquoiseblue fruit.Flattened heads of tubular, white flowers in May, followed by metallic, turquoise-blue fruit, and distinctively veined, dark green leaves. This compact, evergreen shrub is an attractive groundcover plant for the front of a border in sun or partial shade. Forming a low, dome-like shape, it's an important visual 'anchor' for taller perennials and shrubs.
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Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Lanarth'
Common Name: Japanese snowball 'Lanarth'Latin Name: Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Lanarth'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m-4m Special features: White sterile flowers surrounding small fertile flowers. Viburnum 'Lanarth' or more commonly known as the 'Japanese snowball' is one of the larger variety's of Viburnum available on this website with an eventual height of around 4m depending on its conditions. What makes this Viburnum particularly interesting is the branches are produced in tiered layers with, larger white sterile flowers surround small fertile flowers in late spring. It will also produce fruit which is toxic to humans which is something to take into consideration.
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Weigela Pink Poppet
Plangen
Common Name: PlangenLatin Name: Weigela florida 'Pink Poppet'Soil: Well-drained soilPosition: Full sun Flowering period/colour: May and August/ Pale pinkHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.4m/0.4mSpecial features: Soft pink flowers appear twice: once in late spring and once in late summer.The Pink Poppet is a lovely variety of Weigela which has a neat and compact habit. The flowers of this shrub are a soft pink colour and these have the added benefit of blossoming twice each year. The flowers are tubular in shape and are popular with butterflies. The dark green leaves have serrated edges and a fine red margin which adds further interest to this delightful shrub. This low-maintenance plant is great for a cottage style garden and it looks great in a sunny flower bed.
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