Quercus imbricaria
Shingle oak Ht 20-25m
Central and E USA. Broadly spreading, deciduous. Red tinged new leaves turn green, and purply bronze in autumn. Prefers moist, rich, deep, well drained, acid soil. The wood can be split to make shingles.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Erosion control
Liquidambar styraciflua 1/1 & 2/0
American sweet gum (2 yrs old) Ht 25-35m
E USA. Broadly conical, deciduous. Renowned for its autumn colours of yellow, orange, red and purple. Prefers moist soils and can tolerate periodic inundation. Wood is valuable. 2 years old.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - orange
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
Quercus kelloggii
Californian black oak Ht 15-20m
Broadly spreading deciduous. Largish leathery, tough leaves - glossy above. New growth has tinges of copper. Acorns nearly half enclosed by a deep cup. Rare in NZ.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Tolerates pumice soils
Liquidambar styraciflua 1/0
American sweet gum (1 yr old) Ht 25-35m
E USA. Broadly conical, deciduous. Renowned for its autumn colours of yellow, orange, red and purple. Prefers moist soils and can tolerate periodic inundation. Wood is valuable. 1 year old.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Large tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - orange
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
Cotinus coggygria purpurea (OG grown)
Purple smoke bush Ht 2.5-4m
Broadly spreading, deciduous. Plume-like purplish tinged flower heads in profusion. Vibrant dark purple foliage. turning red in autumn.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
Cornus controversa
Table dogwood Ht 10-15m
East Asia. Broadly spreading, deciduous. Distinctly layered branches. Creamy flowers in flattened heads in early summer followed by blue-black berries loved by birds. Purple-red autumn colours.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Small Tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Katsura tree Ht 15-30m
Himalaya to Japan. Broadly spreading, deciduous. Attractive layered foliage on branches tending to droop, turning yellow, pink or purple in autumn and giving off a strong gingerbread scent. Must have moist soils.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates shade
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - red
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
Viburnum plicatum 'Summer Snowflake' (POT grown)
Japanese snowball Ht 2m
Deciduous rounded shrub. Profuse display of large sterile white flowers surrounding small fertile flowers in spring, with sporadic flowering through summer. Orange red berries turn black, with reddish purple leaves in autumn.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Shrub
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Container Grown
- Tolerates limestone soils
Fraxinus nigra (PLUG grown)
Black ash Ht 12-18m
Eastern Canada & NE USA, growing in swampy soils. Autumn colours yellow or purple, leaves falling early. Threatened in the wild by the introduced Asian emerald ash borer. Timber is used for basket making and musical instruments. Rare in NZ.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates wet sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Timber
- Container Grown
Fraxinus angustifolia (syn. F.oxycarpa)
Mediterranean ash Ht 20-25m
Broadly columnar, deciduous. Tolerates dry and hot soils but best growth on deep soils. Purplish autumn colour on some trees. Vigorous grower casting quite a heavy shade.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive autumn colours - purple
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Firewood
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