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Plant Name

Season of Interest

Ev

Dec

Notes (H x W)

Sp

Su

A

W

Trees for butterflies and birds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corylus avellana (Hazel)

Ctkn

 

Fruit

Nut

 

 

4 – 6m high, bushy

Malus ‘John Downie’

Blsm

 

Brry

Brry

 

 

8m x 5m

Photinia davidiana (Stranvaesia)

 

Flwr

Brry

Brry

 

 

5m x 5m

Sorbus forrestii (Rowan)

Flwr

 

Brry

Brry

 

 

6m x 6m, white berries

Sorbus aucuparia Rowan)

Flwr

Brry

Lvs

 

 

 

10m x 7m, tough

Sorbus commixta (Japanese Rowan)

Flwr

 

Lvs

Brry

 

 

10m x 5m, Embley best

Sorbus vilmorinii (Chinese Rowan)

 

Flwr

Lvs

Brry

 

 

4m x 5m, pink berries

Sorbus scalaris (Rowan)

Flwr

Brry

Lvs

 

 

 

10m x 10m, red berries

Malus x robusta ‘Red Sentinel’

Flwr

 

Fruit

Fruit

 

 

5m x 5m, compact crown

Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)

 

 

 

Flwr

 

 

8m x 6m, Fruit same time

Ligustrum sinense (Chinese Privet)

 

Flwr

 

 

semi

 

5m x 5m, fragrant

Crataegus schraderiana (Hawthorn)

 

Flwr

Haw

 

 

 

5m x 5m, white flwrs

Ilex x altaclarensis (Highclere Holly)

 

 

Brry

 

 

 

8m x 3m, compact

Ilex aquifolium ‘JC van Tol’ (Holly)

 

 

 

Brry

 

 

6m x 4m, few spines

Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’ (Elm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

8m x 8m, weeping elm

Prunus ‘Kiku-shidare-zakura’

Flwr

 

 

 

 

 

3m x 3m, Cheals weeping

Cydonia oblonga ‘Vranja’

Flwr

Fruit

 

 

 

 

5m x 5m, Quince family

Cornus ‘Porlock’

 

Flwr

Fruit

 

 

 

8m x 8m, heavy crops

Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry)

Fruit

 

 

Flwr

 

 

5m x 5m, edible fruits

Hoheria sexstylosa (Ribbonwood)

 

Flwr

 

 

 

 

8m x 4m, columnar

Prunus ‘Amanogawa’

Flwr

 

Lvs

 

 

 

10m x 4m, columnar

Acer triflorum (Rough-bark Maple)

Flwr

 

Lvs

Bark

 

 

8m x 7m, winter trunk

Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’

 

 

Lvs

 

 

 

6m x 6m, need moist soil

Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’

 

Flwr

 

 

 

 

5m x 4m, slow growth

Amelanchier laevis (Serviceberry)

Flwr

Fruit

Lvs

 

 

 

6m x 6m

Phillyrea latifolia

Flwr

Fruit

 

 

 

 

8mx 8m, slow growth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shrubs for butterflies and birds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buddleja sp. (e.g. davidii ‘Peace’)

 

Flwr

Flwr

 

 

 

4m x 4m, Fragrant

Escallonia ‘Donald Seedling’

 

Flwr

 

 

 

 

3m x 3m

Hebe albicans

 

Flwr

 

Lvs

 

 

60cm x 1m, bl-grn lvs

Sarcococca confusa (Christmas Box)

 

Flwr

 

Brry

 

 

60cm x 60cm, fragrant

Pyracantha ‘Watereri’ (Firethorn)

 

Flwr

 

Brry

 

 

2.5m x 2.5m

Syringa sp. (e.g. x hyacinthiflora)

Flwr

 

 

 

 

 

4m x 3m, lilac

Viburnum opulus (Guelder Rose)

 

 

Brry

 

 

 

1.5m x 1.5m, shade-loving

Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon Grape)

Flwr

Brry

 

 

 

 

1m x 1.5m, shade-loving

Cotoneaster sternianus

 

Flwr

Brry

 

semi

 

3m x 3m,

Cotinus ‘Grace’ (Smoke Tree)

 

Flwr

Lvs

 

 

 

5m x 5m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herbaceous Perennials / Annuals:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salvia officinalis (Sage)

 

Flwr

 

 

 

 

60cm x 1m, 

Verbena bonariensis

 

Flwr

 

 

 

 

1m high, seeds freely

Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’

 

Flwr

Flwr

 

 

 

90cm x 90cm, fragrant

Sedum spectabile (Ice Plant)

 

 

Flwr

Flwr

 

 

90cm x 90cm

Nicotiana sp. (Tobacco Plant)

 

Flwr

 

 

 

 

60cm high

Aster sp. (Michaelmas Daisies)

 

 

Flwr

 

 

 

90 cm x 90cm

This is a personal selection of favourite plants and is not a complete list.