Northern Collection

Norway maple ‘ Goldsworth Purple’
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Acer platanoides ‘Goldsworth Purple’
2023, H(wales) + G, Unknown, Unknown,

Acer platanoides ‘Goldsworth Purple’ is a hardy, deciduous, tree with broad crown and dense foliage, similar to ‘Crimson King’ but with lighter red-purple leaves that are wrinkled when young. Greenish-yellow flowers appear in early spring.

Durango emory oak
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Quercus durifolia, 2023, H + G(wales), 1990, Unknown,

Quercus durifolia is a small tree, normally up to around 9 metres tall. It has grey-green, lanceolate leaves that are white and woolly underneath and 3 to 6cm long. The acorns are 1cm long, half enclosed in a cup covered with light grey hairs.

Common hornbeam ‘Columnaris’
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Carpinus betulus ‘Columnaris’, 2023, H(wales) + G, 1950s, W. Nelmes Snr,

Carpinus betulus ‘Columnaris’ is a variety of the Common or European hornbeam. It is a smaller tree than the species, characterised by its compact, columnar shape. It is noted for its dense dark green summer foliage that clusters at the branch tips. The leaves turn yellow in autumn.

Highclere holly
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Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Nigrescens’, 2023, G, Unknown, Unknown,

Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Nigrescens’, Highclere holly, is a cross between I. aquifolium and I. perado. It grows to around 10 metres tall and has broad glossy leaves with no spines or with a small number of sharp teeth. As a male holly it produces no fruits.

White ash
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Fraxinus americana, 2023, H(wales) + G, 1993, Unknown,

Fraxinus americana ‘Autumn Purple’ is a cultivar of the White ash, Fraxinus americana, selected for its reddish-purple autumn colour. It typically grows 15 to 20 metres tall, with a broadly conical shape. Its bark is grey and on mature trees has diamond-shaped ridges. The leaves are dark green in summer, and pinnate with seven oblong-lanceolate leaflets (occasionally five or nine), each leaflet 5 to 10cm long. Inconspicuous green flowers appear in spring. This tree has no fruits as it is a male clone.

Weeping pink thorn
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Crataegus monogyna, 2023, H + G, 1992, M. Frazer,

Crataegus monogyna ‘Pendula Rosea’ is a cultivar of the Common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, with a weeping shape. It has pink flowers in late spring.

Meyer’s Hawthorn
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2760
Crataegus meyeri, 2023, H + G(wales), 1991, M. Frazer,

Crataegus meyeri grows to around 4 metres by 4 metres. When first open its flowers have an aromatic scent, but later develop an unpleasant, rotten odour which attracts midges, the main means of fertilization. The fruits are about 15mm in diameter, ripening to red in September. Inside each fruit are up to five fairly large seeds which stick together to give the effect of a single seed.

Chinese horse chestnut
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Aesculus chinensis, 2023, H+ G, Unknown, Unknown,

Aesculus chinensis, commonly called Chinese horse chestnut or Chinese buckeye, is a rounded deciduous tree that typically grows to 30-40′ tall. It is native to forests, thickets, slopes, ravines and roadsides in northern China.