South Kesteven Design Code Draft

Acer campestre Arends

Acer campestre Elegant

Acer campestre Elsrijk

Acer campestre William Caldwell

Acer lobelli Lobel's maple

Amelanchier arborea Serviceberry

Amelanchier lamarckii Serviceberry

Arbutus unedo Strawberry tree

Betula ermanii

Betula pendula Fastigiata N

Crataegus laevigata Paul's Scarlet N

Crataegus lavalleei Hybrid Cockspur Thorn

Crataegus monogyna Common Hawthorn N

Crataegus x prunifolia Broad-leaved Cockspur Thorn (thorny)

Cupressus sempivirens Italian Cypress

Fagus sylvatica Dawyck Fastigiate Beech N

Ilex aquifolium Holly N

Malus huphensis Hupeh Crab Apple

Malus Rudolph

Malus sylvestris Crab Apple N

Prunus Amanogawa

Prunus cerasifera Myrobolan Plum

Prunus x Hillieri Spire

Prunus Kanzan

Prunus padus Bird cherry N

Prunus sargentii

Prunus x subhirtella Autumn Cherry

Prunus Umineko

Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer, Chanticleer Pear

Quercus palustris Green Pillar

Quercus robur Fastigiata (Koster) N

Sorbus aucuparia Asplenifolia

Sorbus aucuparia Cardinal Royal

Sorbus aucuparia Edulis

Sorbus aucuparia Sheerwater Seedling

Sorbus huphensis

Tamarix tentrandra Tamarisk, tolerant of salt winds and soils

Tilia mongolica Mongolian Lime

Ulmus carpinifolia Wredei Aurea, small elm

Large trees

Suitable for open spaces and >10m from street lights, also for wide verges to overgrow roads.

Acer campestre Field maple N

Acer negundo Box elder

Acer platanoides Norway maple

Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore

Aesculus x carnea Red Horse Chestnut

Ailanthus altissima Tree of heaven

Alnus cordata Italian alder: narrow crown but vigorous surface roots, best for unpaved

Alnus glutinosa, Common Alder: tolerant of flooding, suitable for swales N

Alnus incana Grey alder: tolerant of poor soils

Betula albosinensis Fascination Chinese Birch

Betula nigra River birch: good for wet sites such as swales

Betula papyrifera Paper birch

Betula pendula Silver birch N

Betula pubescens Downy birch N

Betula utilis Himalayan birch

Carpinus betulus Hornbeam N

Carpinus betulus Fastigiata

Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut

Catalpa bignonioides Indian Bean Tree

Cedrus atlantica Atlas Cedar

Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar

Cedrus libani Cedar of Lebanon

Celtis australis Nettle Tree

Corylus colurna Turkish Hazel

Fagus sylvatica Common Beech N

Ginkgo biloba Maidenhair Tree

Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust

Juglans nigra Black Walnut

Juglans regia Common Walnut

Larix decidua Common Larch

Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum

Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood

Ostrya carpinifolia Hop Hornbeam

Pinus nigra Austriaca Austrian Pine, large pine tree useful for coastal locations

Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine N

Platanus x hispanica London Plane, very large, tolerant of air pollution

Platanus orientalis Oriental Plane, large, decorative

Populus nigra Italica Lombardy Poplar, vigorous but narrow

Populus tremula Aspen, vigorous, good for wet sites N

Populus tremula Erecta, N

Prunus avium Wild cherry, can produce large surface roots, unsuitable for paved areas best grafted onto a colt rootstock to reduce vigour and suckering N

Quercus ilex Holm oak, evergreen

Quercus petrea Sessile oak N

Quercus robur English oak N

Quercus rubra Red oak

Robinia pseudoacacia False acacia

Robinia pseudoacacia Frisia, yellow form

Salix alba Tristis (x sepulcralis Chrysocoma) Golden Willow, weeping

Salix caprea Goat willow or sallow N

Sequioadendron giganteum Wellingtonia or Giant redwood, very vigorous

Sequioa sempivirens Coastal redwood, very vigorous

Sorbus aria Whitebeam N

Sorbus aucuparia Rowan N

Sorbus intermedia Swedish Whitebeam

Sorbus thuringiaca Bastard Service Tree

Taxodium distichum Swamp Cypress

Taxus baccata Yew, common in churchyards, dark, poisonous berries N

Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar

Tilia cordata Small-Leaved Lime, can drip sap N

Tilia cordata Greenspire uniform, columnar form

Tilia cordata Rancho, compact form

Tilia x euchlora Caucasian Lime, does not attract aphids so does not drip sap

Tilia x europea Common Lime, typical of Victorian streets, often pollarded, can drip sap N

Tilia platyphyllos Large-Leaved Lime N

Tilia tomentosa Silver Lime

Ulmus lutece Elm with resistance to Dutch Elm Disease

Ulmus Clusius Elm with some resistance to Dutch Elm Disease

Ulmus Lobel Elm with resistance to Dutch Elm Disease

Zelkova serrata

Zelkova serrata Green Vase, columnar for

Trees not normally suited to urban areas

Acer cappadocicum tends to produce suckers

Acer rubrum Canadian maple: prefers acid soils

Acer saccharinum Silver maple: fast-growing and brittle, needs lots of room

Aesculus hippocastanum Horse chestnut: affected by several pests and diseases

Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum: decorative flowering tree, poisonous

Populus alba White Poplar: fast-growing tree with invasive roots N

Populus nigra Black Poplar: fast growing and large, needs space

Sorbus torminalis Wild Service Tree, native tree prefers shaded location N