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Wildlife love native plants.
The general public love native plants.
Planning officers love native plants.
And with the array of cultivated highly ornamental variations available these days, there is no reason not to love native plants! Especially as our native species are easy to grow and ideally suited to our climate. Here are a few of our favourites below, some classics and some hardly recognisable in their ornamental forms!
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Taxus baccata
English yew
176403 Taxus baccata
English yew
A hardy, slow-growing, dignified and extremely long-lived conifer with short, deep green ' -
Quercus robur
English oak
177230 Quercus robur
English oak
Deciduous. Our large native oak tree renowned for its rugged gnarled habit, wavy margined -
Prunus avium
Ornamental cherry
176912 Prunus avium
Ornamental cherry
Deciduous. Our native wild cherry. Picturesque bowl-shaped white blossoms in mid-spring, f -
176356 Ilex aquifolium (Hedging)
Holly
An attractive, slow-growing holly-like species that does well in almost all soils. Leaves -
Fagus sylvatica
Common beech
175603 Fagus sylvatica
Common beech
Rivalled only by the English Oak in heritage and stature, our native Beech matures to a ma -
Crataegus monogyna
Common hawthorn
176834 Crataegus monogyna
Common hawthorn
Our native hedgerow species of Hawthorn, extensively planted in the UK as hedging, and inc -
Corylus avellana
Hazel
175546 Corylus avellana
Hazel
Deciduous. An easy-to-grow, very traditional, native species. Broadly vase-shaped crown wi -
Carpinus betulus
Common hornbeam
176817 Carpinus betulus
Common hornbeam
One of Britain's 'big three' native heritage species, keeping company with the Beech and O -
Betula pendula 'Obelisk'
Silver birch
170515 Betula pendula 'Obelisk'
Silver birch
Silver birches are classic trees, easily recognised by their white and black-patched bark, -
Alnus glutinosa
Alder
176894 Alnus glutinosa
Alder
Our native Alder carries the torch for summer throughout the dark days of winter. It is on -
Acer campestre
Field Maple
176909 Acer campestre
Field Maple
Our native field maple, grown widely in rural gardens and native woodland plantings. More