Northern Collection

Tapering leaf maple (common name)
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Tag No: 3060
Botanical Name: Acer acuminatum
Year first gained champion status: 2023
Champion for height, girth, or both: H + G
Year Planted: 1950s
Planted by: W.Nelmes Snr

Brief description: Acer acuminatum is a small tree with dark grey bark, typically growing to about 10 metres. Its leaves are 10cm across and on scarlet petioles. They are usually three-lobed, sharply toothed, and with long, pointed tips. Small (5mm across), greenish flowers appear in April/May. The fruit is a samara 2 to 3cm long, often reddish when young.

Georgia oak
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3041
Quercus georgiana , 2023, G, 1990, Uknown,

Quercus georgiana is a small tree, often shrubby in the wild, growing to 8–15 meters (26–49 feet) tall. It is classified in the red oak section Quercus sect. Lobatae.

Wilfred fox whitebeam
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2930
Sorbus, 2023, H(wales) + G, Unknown, Unknown,

Sorbus ‘Wilfrid Fox’ is a hybrid of the Common whitebeam and Himalayan whitebeam It is a medium sized tree, growing to around 14 metres tall, and with a round head when mature. Its leaves are elliptic, 15 to 20cm long, toothed and shallow lobed, leathery, dark glossy green above and greyish white underneath. The fruits are 2cm across, initialy green, ripening to amber with grey dots.

Curled holly
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3888
Ilex aquifolium ‘Crispa’, 2023, G, 1950s, W. Nelmes Snr,

Ilex aquifolium ‘Crispa’ is a cultivar of the Common holly, Ilex aquifolium. It is a small tree with purple-grey bark and twisted, thick leathery leaves. These have few or no spines except for a sharp point at the tip. This is a male clone and produces no fruit.

Hybrid thorn
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2708
Crataegus azarolus x tanacetifolia, 2023, H + G, 1991-2, Unknown,

It was planted as Crataegus tanacetifolia. Its leaves are not typical of C. tanacetifolia in that they are not grey-green and downy. However the fruit is consistent with C. tanacetifolia being yellowish, around 23cm in diameter, tasting of apple and usually containing five pips.

Black Hawthorn
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2715
Crataegus tanacetifolia, 2023, H(wales) + G, Unknown, Unknown,

Crataegus douglasii is a small tree, up to 10 metres or more tall, with a rounded head and glossy dark green leaves. It may have thorns up to 2.5cm long, but these are often absent. The leaves are up to 10cm long and 7.5cm wide. Bunches of white flowers with greenish centres are produced in May. The fruits are purple-black, 8.5mm in diameter

Weeping pink thorn
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2754
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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2774
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.