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Index : Plant
Guide : Tree, Shrub and Conifer Guide (Metric)
Alternative versions of this guide: Tree,
Shrub and Conifer Guide (Imperial: Feet & Inches),
Interactive Tree, Shrub and Conifer Guide
| Name |
Approx.
Ultimate
Height |
Evergreen
E
Deciduous
D |
Average
Growth
per
Year |
Suitable for all conditions
and: |
| Exposed Windy Sites |
Dense Shade |
Wet Sites |
Coastal Areas |
Chalky Soil |
| Alder,
Common |
21m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Alder,
Grey |
24m |
D |
45 - 60cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Alder,
Italian |
24m |
D |
60cm |
|
|
Wet |
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Amelanchier
Lamarckii |
4.6m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
|
| Amelanchier
Obelisk |
4.6m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
|
| Amelanchier
gr. Robin Hill |
7.6m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
|
| Ash |
30m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Ash,
Claret |
21m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Aspen |
15m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
|
| Beech,
Green |
30m |
D * |
60cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Beech,
Purple |
30m |
D * |
45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Berberis
Darwinii |
2.4m |
E |
30cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Berberis
darwinii Compacta |
90cm |
E |
10cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Berberis
Frikartii Telstar |
90cm |
E |
10cm |
|
Shady |
|
|
Chalky |
| Berberis
Golden Rocket |
120cm |
D |
15 - 30cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Berberis,
Green |
120cm |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
|
Chalky |
| Berberis
Julianae |
3m |
E |
30cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Berberis,
Rose Glow |
1.5m |
D |
25cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Berberis
Stenophylla |
2.7m |
E |
45cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Birch,
Himalayan |
12m |
D |
40cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Birch,
Paper |
27m |
D |
40cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Birch,
Silver |
15m |
D |
40cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Birch,
Young’s Weeping |
3.7m |
D |
25cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Blackthorn |
4m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Box,
Common |
9m |
E |
10 - 15cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Box
Dwarf |
90cm |
E |
3 - 5cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Box,
Faulkner |
1.8m |
E |
10 - 15cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Box,
Green Balloon |
1m |
E |
5 - 8cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Box,
Variegated |
120cm |
E |
5cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Buckthorn,
Alder |
4m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
|
| Buckthorn,
Common or Purging |
4.6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Buckthorn,
Sea |
2.4m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Cedar,
Blue Atlas |
30m |
E |
60cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cherry,
Autumn Flowering |
7.6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Bird |
10.7m |
D |
40cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Cheal’s Weeping |
6m |
D |
25cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Double White |
13.7m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Flag Pole |
7.6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Great White |
9m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Kanzan |
9m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Mount Fuji |
5.5m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Purple Bird |
9m |
D |
40cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Sargent’s |
9m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Spire |
9m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Tibetan |
9m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cherry,
Shirofugen |
9m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cherry,
Wild |
18m |
D |
50cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Chestnut,
Horse |
27m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Chestnut,
Sweet |
18m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Cornelian
Cherry |
3m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Cotoneaster
franchetii |
2.4m |
E |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Cotoneaster
lacteus |
3.7m |
E |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Cotoneaster
lucidus |
3.7m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Cotoneaster
rothschildianus |
4.6m |
E |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Cotoneaster
simonsii |
2.1m |
E ** |
25 - 30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Crab
Apple |
10.7m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Crab
Apple, Golden Hornet |
7.6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Crab
Apple, Japanese |
4.6m |
D |
15 - 25cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Crab
Apple, John Downie |
9m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Crab
Apple, Royalty |
7.6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Crab
Apple, Rudolph |
6-7.6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Crab
Apple, Tschonoskii |
12m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Cut
Leafed Alder |
7.6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
|
| Dogwood |
2.4m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Dogwood,
Black Stemmed |
2.1 - 2.4m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Dogwood,
Golden Variegated |
2.1 - 2.4m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Dogwood,
Midwinter Fire |
120cm |
D |
15cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Dogwood,
Red Stemmed |
2.1 - 2.4m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Dogwood,
Silver Variegated |
2.1 - 2.4m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Dogwood,
Yellow Stemmed |
2.1 - 2.4m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Elaeagnus
Ebbingei |
3m |
E |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Elaeagnus
Ebbingei Limelight |
3m |
E |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Elder |
3.7m |
D |
60 - 90cm |
|
Shady |
Wet |
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Elm,
Autumn Gold |
18m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Elm,
English |
- |
D |
45 - 60cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Escallonia,
C F Ball |
2.4m |
E |
30cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Escallonia,
Donard Seedling |
2.4m |
E |
30cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Eucalyptus
Gunnii |
24m |
E |
120cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Euonymus,
Gold |
60cm |
E |
5 - 8cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Euonymus,
Harlequin |
60cm |
E |
5 - 8cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Euonymus,
Silver |
60cm |
E |
5 - 8cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Fir,
Caucasian |
37m |
E |
60cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Flowering
Currant King Edward VII |
1.8m |
D |
30cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Forsythia |
2.4m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Golden
Elm |
3.7m |
D |
15cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Gorse |
1.8m |
E |
15 - 30cm |
Windy |
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Griselinia |
4.6m |
E |
30cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Guelder
Rose |
4m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
|
| Hazel |
6m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
|
| Hazel,
Golden-Leaf |
6m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
|
| Hazel,
Purple-Leaf |
6m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
|
| Hemlock,
Western |
30m |
E |
60 - 90cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Holly,
Blue |
2.4m |
E |
15cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Holly,
Golden King |
7.6m |
E |
15 - 30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Holly,
Golden Variegated |
14m |
E |
25 - 30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Holly,
Green |
20m |
E |
25 - 30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Holly,
Japanese |
3.7m |
E |
20 - 30cm |
|
Shady |
|
|
|
| Holly,
J.C. van Tol |
6m |
E |
15 - 30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Holly,
Silver Hedgehog |
1.8m |
E |
15cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Holly,
Silver Variegated |
14m |
E |
25 - 30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Honeysuckle
Hedging, Gold |
1.5m |
E |
25cm |
|
Shady |
|
|
Chalky |
| Honeysuckle
Hedging, Green |
1.5m |
E |
25cm |
|
Shady |
|
|
Chalky |
| Hornbeam |
24m |
D * |
30 - 60cm |
Windy |
Shady |
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Hornbeam,
Fastigiate |
18m |
D * |
30 - 60cm |
Windy |
Shady |
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Horse
Chestnut, Red |
15m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Hyssop |
45cm |
E |
8cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Laburnum |
7m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
|
| Larch |
30m |
D |
90cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
|
| Laurel |
5.2m |
E |
30cm |
|
Shady |
Wet |
|
|
| Laurel,
Dwarf |
120cm |
E |
15cm |
|
Shady |
Wet |
|
|
| Laurel,
Etna |
2.4m |
E |
15cm |
|
Shady |
Wet |
|
|
| Laurel,
Marbled White |
4.6m |
E |
15 - 25cm |
|
Shady |
Wet |
|
|
| Laurel,
Portugal |
4.6m |
E |
25cm |
|
Shady |
Wet |
|
Chalky |
| Lavender
Hidcote |
60cm |
E |
10cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Lavender,
Old English |
90 - 120cm |
E |
15cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Lavender,
White |
90 - 120cm |
E |
15cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Leyland
Cypress |
30m |
E |
75 - 90cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Leyland
Cypress, Golden |
30m |
E |
60 - 75cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Lilac |
6m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Lime,
Broad or Large-Leaved |
30m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lime,
Red-Twigged |
24m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
|
| Lime,
Small-Leaved |
23m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
|
| Liquidambar |
24m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| London
Plane |
30m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Maple,
Crimson King |
12m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Maple,
Field |
24m |
D |
30 - 60cm |
Windy |
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Maple,
Norway |
27m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Maple,
Silver Variegated |
12m |
D |
25 - 30cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Mountain
Ash |
12m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Mountain
Ash, Chinese |
9m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Mountain
Ash, Edulis |
12m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Mountain
Ash, Joseph Rock |
7.6m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Mountain
Ash, Kashmir |
8.5m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
|
| Nepeta
Six Hills Giant |
90cm |
E |
15 - 25cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Oak,
English or Common |
30m |
D |
25cm |
Windy |
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Oak,
Holm |
24m |
E |
25 - 30cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Oak,
Red |
30m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Oak,
Sessile |
40m |
D |
25cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Osmanthus |
3m |
E |
10 - 15cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pear
Chanticleer |
6m |
D |
25cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pear,
Common |
15m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
|
| Pearl
Tree |
3m |
D |
30cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Philadelphus |
2.4m |
D |
30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
|
Chalky |
| Photinia |
2.4m |
E |
15 - 25cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pine,
Austrian |
27m |
E |
50cm |
Windy |
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Pine,
Scots |
24m |
E |
50cm |
Windy |
|
|
Coastal |
|
| Plum,
Myrobalan |
7.6m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Plum,
Purple Blaze |
7.6m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
Windy |
|
|
|
Chalky |
| Poplar,
Lombardy |
30m |
D |
60 - 75cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
|
| Poplar
Robusta |
30m |
D |
60cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
|
|
| Poplar,
White |
20m |
D |
50cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Poplar,
Variegated Balm of Gilead |
15m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
Wet |
|
|
| Potentilla
fruticosa |
120cm |
D |
15 - 25cm |
Windy |
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Privet,
Golden |
3m |
E *** |
30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Privet,
Green |
3.7m |
E *** |
30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Privet,
Silver |
2.4m |
E *** |
30cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Privet,
Wild |
3m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
Shady |
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Pyracantha,
Golden Sun |
2.7m |
E |
30 - 60cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Pyracantha,
Orange Glow |
2.7m |
E |
30 - 60cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Pyracantha,
Red Column |
2.7m |
E |
30 - 60cm |
|
Shady |
|
Coastal |
|
| Quickthorn |
14m |
D |
45cm |
Windy |
|
Wet |
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Robinia
Pseudoacacia |
24m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rose,
Blanc Double de Coubert |
1.8m |
D |
30 - 45cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky |
| Rose,
Dog Rose |
2.1m |
D |
45cm |
|
|
|
Coastal |
Chalky | |
