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Trees listed by the RHS as Perfect for Pollinators

A selection of flowering ornamental trees which are listed by the RHS as being perfect for pollinators.

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Available form

• 1-year
• 2-year
• 3-year
• Top-worked
• Spindlebush

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Growing

Gardening skill?

• Beginner
• Average
• Experienced

Awards?

• RHS AGM (current)
• RHS AGM (former)
• RHS AM
• RHS 1st class

Attractive features

• Attractive flowers
• Attractive fruit
• Attractive tree / plant
• Attractive bark
• Attractive foliage
• Autumn foliage colour
• Variegated foliage
• Scented flowers
• Scented foliage
• Seed heads / pods
• Winter colour
• Spring foliage colour
• Summer foliage colour

Growth habit?

• Columnar / Fastigiate
• Upright
• Upright-spreading / Vase
• Pyramidal
• Spreading / Flat-topped
• Weeping
• Multi-stem

Height after 10 years

• Up to 1.5m / 5ft
• 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
• 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
• 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
• 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft

Sunlight

• Prefers full sun
• Some shade
• Tolerates shade

Pruning

• Do not prune
• No need to prune
• Light prune
• Prune after flowering
• Prune hard

Growth rate?

• Fast
• Average
• Slow

Site conditions

• Sheltered site
• Windy site
• Free-draining site
• Occasional flooding
• Occasional drought
• Coastal site
• Air pollution

Wildlife

• Attractive to birds115
• RHS Plants for Pollinators44
• Melliferous12
• Seeds / fruits useful for animals6

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Identification

Flower colour

• White
• Cream
• Pink - light
• Pink
• Pink - dark
• Red - dark
• Crimson
• Magenta
• Purple
• Mauve
• Yellow

Flower form?

• Single flower (5-8 petals)
• Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
• Double flower (25-50 petals)
• Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)

Flowering month

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• November
• December

Leaf colour

• Green
• Bronze
• Dark purple
• Grey-green
• Bluish-green
• Yellow
• Yellow-green
• Pink-white-green variegated
• White-green variegated

Leaf colour - autumn?

• Green
• Yellow
• Yellow / Crimson
• Orange / Gold
• Orange / Red
• Bronze / Purple
• Multiple tints

Leaf/Flower sequence

• Leaves appear first
• Flowers appear first
• Leaves and Flowers appear together

Fruit colour

• Black
• Blue - dark
• Bronze
• Brown
• Crimson
• Gold
• Green
• Green / Red
• Green / Yellow
• Orange
• Orange / Red
• Pink
• Purple
• Red
• Red - dark
• Red / Black
• Russet
• Yellow
• Yellow / Orange
• Yellow / Red
• White

Fruit size

• Very small
• Small
• Average
• Large
• Very large

Fruit persistence?

• Normal ripening
• Fruit drops when ripe
• Ripens over a period
• Persistent

Food uses

• Jam / Jelly

Bark

• White
• Grey
• Brown - light
• Brown - chocolate
• Brown / Red
• Copper / Purple
• Striated - brown
• Striated - red
• Peeling

Country of origin

• Australia
• Belgium
• Canada
• China
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Korea
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Portugal
• Russia
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States

Annual cycle

• Deciduous
• Evergreen

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