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Acer campestre
Field Maple
This native maple can grow up to 50 feet, but it is also a good
hedging plant from which bees and wildlife benefit. The sap is
edible, like maple syrup. The leaves turn a clear yellow in autumn. |
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Crataegus monogyna
Common Hawthorn
This small native tree can grow to 32 feet high, but it makes
an excellent, stockproof hedging plant. It is an attractive plant
with white flowers in May and red haws in autumn.
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Berberis darwinii
A shade-tolerant, evergreen shrub which can grow up to 10 feet
high. The bark and roots yield a yellow dye. It produces an abundance
of edible fruits in early summer. |
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Elaeagnus multiflora
This is a wide-spreading shrub with leaves that are green above
and silvery beneath. It is most decorative in July when laden
with its oblong, edible, blood-red fruits. |
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Caragana arborescens
Siberian Pea Shrub
A large, leguminous shrub which can grow up to 20 feet high.
The seeds are edible when cooked. It is a very hardy hedging
and windbreak tree which is a good fixer of nitrogen. |
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Ilex aquifolium
Common Holly
A large, native shrub with prickly, glossy,
green leaves. The leaves, fruit and bark have all been used
medicinally. It is shade-tolerant: a good hedging plant as
it can grow virtually
anywhere. |
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Carpinus betulus
Common Hornbeam
An attractive native tree that is similar to Green
Beech. It is hardy and shade-tolerant. Its winged fruit provides
food for wildlife
in autumn, when it is also a very colourful tree. |
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Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
A hedging, shelterbelt and bee plant which can grow up to
50 feet high. The fruits are edible if cooked and the leaves
and flowers
are used in teas. All parts are used for tanning and dyeing. |
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Corylus avellana
Hazel
This is a native shrub which is widely grown for its ornamental
yellow catkins as well as for its edible nuts. It is an excellent
thicket-forming shrub which is ideal for hedging. |
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Sorbus torminalis
Wild Service Tree
This tree has ascending branches and maple-like
leaves. It bears edible, sweet, russety- brown fruits which
have a pleasant baked-apple
flavour, if they are bletted first. |
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