Davenport Square Queen's Jubilee Tree Planting
Botanical Name
ACER RUBRUM
Common Name
LIPSTICK TREE
Size H x W
12m x 9m
Lustrous, dark green five-lobed leaves with red stems and a greyish underside. During early autumn the leaves turn a dark pinkish-red and become an effective background color to compliment the superb autumn tones of brilliant red-orange to pinkish lipstick-red.
A uniform growth habit makes this cultivar a superb tree for larger gardens, streets and public parks and gardens.
Botanical Name
FAGUS SYLVATICA ‘PURPUREA’
Common Name
COPPER BEECH
Size H x W
13m x 9m
This is an impressive purple-foliage form of the European Beech. A large deciduous tree which makes an excellent shade tree, particularly ideal as a specimen in larger parks and gardens where it’s size can be accommodated. A deciduous tree with smooth grey bark, and deep purple foliage which turns a coppery-red in autumn.
Botanical Name
LAGERSTOEMIA INDICA ‘BILOXI’
Common Name
CREPE MYRTLE
Size H x W
7m x 5m
A tough, small tree that offers attractive bark, masses of pale lilac flowers in summer and good yellow-orange autumn colours. Suitable for small gardens and amenity areas and can be a very effective street tree. Slow to moderate growth. Open, vase shaped habit.
Botanical Name
LAGERSTOEMIA INDICA ‘NATCHEZ’
Common Name
CREPE MYRTLE
Size H x W
7m x 5m
Summer-flowering large shrub or small tree with paper-like white blooms and small oval shaped leaves. Deciduous through winter, with autumn leaf colour before leaf-fall. Vigorous growing variety with smooth grey bark and a gently weeping habit.
Botanical Name
LAGERSTOEMIA INDICA ‘Sioux’
Common Name
CREPE MYRTLE
Size H x W
7m x 5m
A small deciduous V-shaped tree that produces a large and lengthy array of pink flower coverage over summer and autumn. Foliage is a luscious green fading into yellows and oranges through autumn. This tree has a feature bark that has a peeled look to it. A perfect feature tree as a result of these beautiful displays of colour.
Botanical Name
LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA
Common Name
SWEETGUM
Size H x W
20m x 10m
A well-known, tough and attractive tree that is a good choice as a specimen for larger gardens and in park plantings. Lustrous dark green foliage with deep, distinctive lobes. Autumn color is variable, from yellow to purple. Liquidambars are renowned as a source of strong, extended autumn colour and make excellent shade trees, where space permits.
Botanical Name
LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA
Common Name
TULIP TREE
Size H x W
13m x 8m
This is a magnificent large ornamental tree with unique leaves that have a lovely saddle shape. It has striking yellowish-green flowers with orange centres, resembling tulips, hence the common-name reference to the tulip tree. These are borne in clusters in late spring to early summer. The autumn color is a rich golden yellow. The species is especially suitable for wide lawns in parks and gardens.
Botanical Name
PISTACIA CHINENSIS
Common Name
CHINESE PISTACIO TREE
Size H x W
5m x 4m
This lovely small, deciduous tree has a moderate growth rate and great autumn colour in shades of orange, yellow and red. The bark is dark grey with shallow furrows and the leaves are pinnate and a lovely shade of green. Tough and capable of withstanding relatively harsh conditions.