WILD CHERRY (Prunus Avium)
Beautiful blossom and a bounty of bright red fruits. Wild Cherry, one of the prettiest native trees, is relished by gardeners and wildlife. Mature trees can grow to 30m and live for up to 60 years. The shiny bark is a deep reddish-brown with prominent cream-coloured horizontal lines called lenticels. The second part of its […]
ROWAN (Sorbus Aucuparia)
Bane of witches, diviner of the future and producer of jam, rowan is an elegant tree with a mystical history. Its leaves and berries are a favourite for wildlife in woods and towns alike. Mature trees can grow to 15m in height and can live for up to 200 years. The bark is smooth and […]
Large leaved Lime (Tilia Platyphyllos)
Towering, romantic, sticky. Large-leaved lime is a handsome broadleaf tree that is a rich home for wildlife. Aphids, and their predators, flock towards it, leaving anything underneath the tree covered in their sweet and sticky honeydew. Large-leaved lime is the rarest of our native limes and is only subtly different from small-leaved lime. The bark […]
SMALL LEAFED LIME (Tilia Cordata)
Charming, sturdy, pollinator-magnet. Not only does the small-leaved lime’s blossom produce a sweet scent and pleasantly minty honey, but its leaves also support the caterpillars of moths such as the lime hawk, peppered and vapourer. Small-leaved lime, this is because it’s potentially tolerant to a warming climate due to its deep roots which can access […]