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NATIONWIDE
TREES
'A'
LIST
ACER -
MAPLES
ACER
BUERGERIANUM
Trident maple
 
Height: 10 -
15m
Deciduous. Broadly
spreading
Autumn colour: Yellow to
red leaves
Bark peels in scaly
plates, leaving a dappled trunk.
ACER CAMPBELLII SSP.
SINENSE
Rare Chinese maple
ACER
CAMPESTRE
Hedge maple
Height: 10 -
20m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar
Autumn colour: Yellow
often flushed with red
Hardy maple for exposed
sites. Clips well as a hedge.
ACER
CAPILLIPIES
Red Snake Bark maple
ACER
CIRCINATUM
Oregon Vine maple
Height: 4 -
6m
Deciduous. Broadly
spreading
Autumn colour: Red &
orange. Spring - small red & white flowers
Shade
tolerant.
ACER
DAVIDII
Snake Bark maple
 
Height: 10 -
15m
Deciduous. Broadly
spreading
Autumn colour: Red &
orange (late May)
Trunk: Vertical white
stripes, on green bark (Snake skin)
ACER GROSERII
HERSII
Snakebark maple
ACER
NEGUNDO
Box maple
Height: 12 -
20m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar.
Prefers moist soils, yet
will tolerate exposed dry sites.
ACER
PALMATUM
Japanese maple
 
Height: 10 -
15m
Deciduous. Broadly
spreading
Autumn colour: Orange to
red (small leaf)
Drought tolerant.
Shelter from strong winds.
ACER PALMATUM
ATROPURPUREUM
Purple leaf maple
Height: 5 -
10m
Deciduous. Broadly
spreading
Autumn colour: Purple
leaf in season, turning red in Autumn
Shelter from strong
winds.
ACER PALMATUM
'BLOODGOOD'
ACER
PALMATUM
DISSECTUM
ATROPURPUREUM
Weeping red maple
 
Height:
Ornamental bushy tree,
semi weeping habit.
Autumn colour: Claret
red leaf, turning brilliant red in autumn.
Prefers fertile, moist
soils.
ACER PALMATUM
'SENKAKI'
Coral bark maple
 
Height: 5 -
8m
Deciduous.
Autumn colour: Brilliant
gold tones. Coral red branches and twigs, bare in
winter.
Garden
showpiece.
ACER
PENTAPHYLLUM
Five leaf maple
 
Height: 8 -
10m
Spreading
crown
Distinctive leaf - five
narrow leaflets arranged like fingers around a central
stalk.
ACER
PLATANOIDES
Norway maple
Height: 20 -
25m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar
Autumn colour: Yellow
often showing red.
Vigorous growth, great
shade tree.
ACER PLATANOIDES
'CRIMSON KING'
Purple leaf norway maple
Height: 10m
Deciduous.
Autumn colour: Shiny
leaf, deep purple in summer, turning orange, copper / gold in
autumn.
Beautiful feature tree
in parks and large gardens.
ACER
PSEUDOPLATANUS
Sycamore maple
Height: 25 -
30m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar.
Autumn colour:
Yellow.
Vigorous growth.
Tolerates harsh conditions.
ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS
ATROPURPUREUM
Purple sycamore maple
Height: 25 -
30m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar.
Autumn colour: Similar
to Acer pseudoplatanus, with a purple under leaf.
White hardwood joinery
timber.
ACER RUBRUM
Red maple
Height: 15 -
25m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar
Autumn colour:
Bluey-white under leaf, turning bright red in Autumn.
Prefers moist soils.
Rapid growth.
ACER
SACCHARINUM
Silver maple
ACER TATARICUM
'GINNALA FLAME'
Tatarian maple, Amur maple
 
Height: 5 -
9m
Deciduous. Often
branches from base into long cane like stems.
Autumn colour: Brilliant
red, falling rapidly.
Rapid growth. Frost
hardy.
AESCULUS
HIPPOCASTANUM
English horse chestnut
Height: 20 -
30m
Deciduous. Broadly
conical
Produces large creamy
white flowers
Great shade tree.
Prefers fertile soils.
AESCULUS
INDICA
Indian horse chestnut
Height: 20 -
30m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar.
Late creamy, white
flowers.
Drought & heat
tolerant.
ALBIZZIA
JULIBRISSIN
Pink silk tree
Height: 4 -
6m
Deciduous. Broadly
spreading.
Often flat topped &
late into leaf.
Summer shows pink
flowers onto of leaf.
Drought & heat
tolerant.
ALNUS
CORDATA
Italian elder
Height: 20 -
25m
Deciduous. Broadly
conical.
Great as a hedge (tall
& narrow).
Deeply penetrating roots
- drought tolerant.
ALNUS
GLUTINOSA
Common elder
Height: 20 -
25m
Deciduous. Broadly
conical.
Vigorous growth. Good
fire wood crop.
ALNUS GLUTINOSA
'LACINIATA'
Cut Leaf elder
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