Practicality Brown

Beech Fagus Sylvatica

Deciduous

Once August

Fast 40 - 60cm

Fresh deep soil, full sun or semi shade

All types avoid dry soil

Salt and air pollution

Sun to shade, ell drained

Acidic to alkaline

Inconspicuous

Beech nuts

Medium green, yellow-orange in autumn. Often remain through winter

Purple Beech Fagus syl. 'Purpurea'

Deciduous

Once August

Fast 40-60cm

Fresh deep soil, full sun

All types avoid dry soil

Salt and air pollution

Sun well drained

Acidic to alkaline

Inconspicuous

Beech nuts

Greenish red, red-brown in autumn. Often remain through winter

Box Buxus sempervirens

Evergreen

Once June-August

Slow 10 - 15cm

Well drained soil. Likes warmth

Loam

Salt

Sun to slight shade well drained

Neutral to alkaline

Flowers yellow-green pungent smell April-May

Inconspiciuous

Dark to blackish green, shiny aromatic

Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia'

Evergreen

Once July/August

Slow 10 -20cm

Nutritious soil that is not too heavy

All except shallow chalk

Sensitive to frost, poor drainage

Sun to semi shade Well drained

Neutral to slightly acidic

White, May to June pungent scent

Black, tart cherries

Thick and leathery. Dark green Cut leaves can be poisonous to livestock

Hornbeam Carpinus betulus

Deciduous

Once or twice July/August

Moderate 20-40cm

Fresh moist soil

All soils, damp soil

Salt, poor soil

Sun to slight shade

Neutral to slightly acidic

Yellow catkins in May

Inconcpicuous small nutlets

Elliptical, dark green. Yellow-brown in October. Often remain into Spring.

Holly Ilex aquifolium

Evergreen

Once August

Slow 20-30cm

Nutritious, calcareous soil, shady & wind protected

All well drained soils

Heat and draught. Frost on heavy soil

Sun to semi shade

Acidic to alkaline

Small white May/June

Pea size bright red stone fruit in winter. Poisonous.

Shiny dark green on top, light green underneath. Thorny

Native Mix Hazel,Field Maple, HornbeamDogwood,SpindleBlackthorn

Deciduous

Once July or twice to thicken

Fast 20- 50cm

Fresh well drained soil with regular water

All soils that are not poor or too acidic

Salt, dry soil

Sun to slight shade

Neutral to slightly acidic

Hazel: Yellow catkins Maple: Inconspicuous
Hornbeam: Yellow catkins

Hazel: Hazelnuts Maple: Inconspicuous Hornbeam: Inconspicuous

Hazel: Medium green yellow-orange in autumn, Maple: Dark green, bright yellow in autumn Hornbeam: Dark green, yellow-brown autumn

Yew Taxus baccata

Evergreen

Once August

Slow 10-30cm

Dry to moist soil, high humidity

All except peat

Peat soil

Sun to semi-shade

Slightly acidic to alkaline

Inconspicuous

Red fleshy arils poisonous

Shiny dark to black green needles, pale green underneath. Poisonous