|
NATIONWIDE
TREES
'P'
LIST
PAULOWNIA
TOMENTOSA
Princess tree
Height: Up to
12m
Deciduous.
Valued for large, paired
leaves, and fragrant flowers.
Flower buds do not
tolerate frost.
PHOTINIA
BEAUVERDIANA
Deciduous photinia
Brilliant autumn
colour.
Prefers sheltered sites
and well drained soil.
PICEA ABIES
Norway spruce
PICEA ABIES
GLAUCA
Blue Norway spruce
PISTACIA
CHINENSIS
Chinese pistachio
 
Height: 5 -
15m
Deciduous. Broadly
spreading.
Autumn colour: Brilliant
red.
Will not tolerate severe
frost when small.
PLATANUS
ACERIFOLIA
London plane tree
Height: 30 -
35m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar.
Leaves up to 25cm
across. Bark often flakes in large plates.
Great street tree,
tolerates city pollution.
PLATANUS
ORIENTALIS
Oriental plane tree
 
Height: 25 -
30m
Deciduous. Broadly
columnar.
Trunk continuous through
crown.
Leaves 10 - 20cm
across.
Great avenue or street
tree.
POPULUS
ITALICA
Lombardy poplar
PRUNUS
LUSITANICA
Portuguese laurel
 
Height: 8 -
12m
Evergreen. Broadly
spreading.
Leaves are a shiny, dark
green, 6 - 12cm long.
Small white
flowers
Cold hardy and tolerates
lime rich soils.
Great screen or hedge
plant.
PRUNUS SERRULATA
'CHEALS'
Double pink weeping cherry
Pendulous branches,
grafted onto standard trunks.
Autumn colour: Yellow,
orange & scarlet.
large clusters of
double, rosy- pink blossoms in spring.
Frost hardy. Prefers
rich, fertile soils.
Great lawn
specimen.
PRUNUS SERRULATA 'MT.
FUJI'
White semi-upright cherry
Deciduous. Spreading
weeping.
Flowers are large, pure
white and form on a long stalk in spring.
Tolerates a little
shade.
PRUNUS SUBHIRTELLA
'ALBA'
White weeping cherry
Deciduous. Weeping
branches.
Masses of white blooms
in spring.
Frost hardy. Prefers
rich, fertile soils in a sunny position.
Great specimen
tree.
PRUNUS SUBHIRTELLA
'ROSEA'
Pink weeping cherry
Deciduous.
Spreading.
Flower buds are a deep
pink, fading to a pale pink when fully opened.
Frost hardy. Prefers
rich, fertile soils in a sunny position.
Great specimen
tree.
PYRUS CALLERYANA
'BRADFORD'
Bradford pear
 
PYRUS CALLERYANA
'CAPITAL'
Columnar flowering pear
 
PYRUS CALLERYANA
'CLEVELAND SELECT'
Flowering pear
 
Height: 10 -
12m
Deciduous. Narrow
pyramidal. Ornamental.
Autumn colour:
Reddish-orange & purple.
Masses of single white
flowers in spring.
Prefers full sun.
Tolerates air pollution.
PYRUS CALLERYANA
D6
Pear understocks
PYRUS
USSURIENSIS
Manchurian pear
Height: up to
21m
Deciduous. Broadly
pyramidal. Ornamental.
Autumn colour: Coral
pink to brilliant red.
Produces small, scented
white flowers in spring.
Frost hardy. Attractive
street tree.
| 