Broadly columnar, deciduous. Masses of white flowers in mid spring followed by edible pears varying in quality. Useful timber for carving and turnery. Widely used as rootstock for pears.

Pendunculate oak. Widespread across Europe. Broadly spreading. deciduous. Often has a short bole and stout branches when widely spaced. Trees long lived, preferring damp heavy soils. Heavy acorn production. Valuable durable timber.

Very narrow columnar dense evergreen conifer. Foliage bronze in winter. Great feature tree or dense easy care hedge which doesn't need trimming. Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. Cold hardy. Planting spacing for dense hedge 50-75cm

Europe and W Asia. Densely branched pyramidical crown , deciduous. Red bud scales. Heart shaped leaves turn yellow in autumn, mostly hairless except for small tufrs of brown hairs on the underside leaf axils. Scented yellow-green erect flowers held above the bract, attract bees, valuable honey. Fruits round, thin-shelled smooth unribbed 1 -2 seeded. Tolerates limestone soils.