Trees, Sizes and Rates of Growth
Tree (Eng) |
Tree (Latin) |
Rate |
Height/Spread (m) |
Use |
| Alder grey |
Alnus cordata Alma incana |
Medium Medium |
16 x 6 20 x 6 |
Wet soil Cold wind |
| Ash | Fraxinus excelsior | Fast | 22 x 12 |
* |
| Beech copper |
Fagus sylvatica F. Syl. Purpurea |
Medium Slow |
15.5 x 15.5 19 x 15 |
H/Orn* * |
| Birch | Betula pendula B. p. 'Dalecarlica' |
Fast Medium |
12 x 5 26 x H |
Orn Orn |
| Cedar | Cedrus spp. | Medium | 30 x 15 |
* |
| Cherry, ornamental | Prunus var. | Medium | to 12 x 10 |
Orn |
| Chestnut, horse sweet |
Aesadus hippocastanurn Castanea sativa |
Fast Fast |
25 x 15 18 x 12 |
* Frt* |
| Crab apple | Malus spp. | Medium | 8 x 6 |
Orn |
| Cypress | Cypressus spp. | Fast | 10 x var. |
Orn/H |
| Elm | Ulmus spp. | Medium | 35 x 15 |
* |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus spp. | Fast | 6 x 6 |
H/Orn |
| Hazel | Corylus avellana | Medium | 6 x 6 |
H/Frt |
| Holly | Ilex aquifolium | Slow | 10 x 5 |
H/Orn |
| Hornbeam | Carpinus betulus | Medium | 15 x 12 |
H/Poor soil |
| Laburnum | Laburnum spp. | Fast | 7 x 5-12 |
Orn |
| Larch | Larinx europaea | Fast | 30 x 30 |
* |
| Lime | Tilia spp. | Slow | 22 x 9 |
* |
| Maple | Acer spp. | Medium | to 20 x 16 |
Various |
| Mulbcm | Morus spp. | Slow | 10 x 10 |
Frt |
| Oak Oregon |
Quercus robur Q. garryana |
Slow Slow |
22 x 22 15 x 10 |
Orn |
| Plane | Platanus hispanica | Medium | 25 x 15 |
* |
| Poplar. white Lombardy Ontario |
Populus alba P. nigra italica P. candicans |
Fast Fast Fast |
20 x 10 3fl x 2 15 x 6 |
** WB** * |
| Spruce, white | Picea glauca | Fast | 10x4 |
Orn |
| Walnut | Juglans regia | Slow | 22 x 15 |
Frt* |
| Willow, white weeping crack pussy |
Saliv alba S. babylonica S. fragilis S. caprea |
Fast Fast Fast Fast |
15 x 8 12 x 12* 15 x 15 10 x 8 |
** ** ** ** |
| Yew | Taxus bactata | Slow | 10 X 15 |
H = hedge; Frt = Snit, Orn = ornamental; WB = windbreak.
* = wide roots, only suitable for v. large garden;
** = invasive roots spread great distance from tree.
