Trees:

 

Species:

Betula pendula (silver birch, 25m)

Ilex aquifolium (holly)

Populus tremula (aspen poplar)

Sorbus aria (whitebeam, 10m)

Sorbus aucuparia (rowan)

 

Smaller varieties:

Crataegus monogyna (hawthorn)

Malus sylvestris (crab apple)

Rhamnus cathartica (Common buckthorn)

 

Care:

To be planted 3m apart, watered in, mulched and watered for first years.

 

 

Shrubs:

 

Species:

Cornus sanguinea (dogwood)

Cytisus scoparius (broom)

Prunus spinosa (blackthorn)

Rosa arvensis (field rose)

Rosa canina (dog-rose)

Rosa pimpinellifolia (burnet rose)

Rubus caesius (dewberry)

Ruscus aculeatus (butcher’s broom)

Salix repens (creeping willow)

 

Large shrub/small trees:

Crataegus laevigata (Midland hawthorn)

Frangula alnus (alder buckthorn)

Salix caprea (goat willow, pref.male, doesn’t require moist site)

Salix triandra (almond willow)

Sambucus nigra (elder)

 

and

all the hedging plants, which also make good shrubs/small trees

 

 

Care:

To be planted 1m spacing, watered in, mulched and watered for first years

 

Key:

a= annual, b=biennial, r=rhizome or bulb, p=perennial.

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