Suggested Planting Species
New Planting
We can help by giving small grants towards the cost of new planting to ‘green' front gardens, including hedge restoration and reinstatement of selected standard trees, or advise on appropriate species to plant. If you are seeking a Grant, our preferred hedging plants are Privet, Box, and Beech. Other suggested hedging plants are Berberis; Escallonia; Holly; Hornbeam; Laurel; Lonicera nitida and Yew. Please note that all parts of Laurel and Yew are poisonous, although they are both widely used for hedging. The Heritage Foundation is sometimes asked to suggest trees for small gardens and some ideas are set out below. We cannot accept responsibility that any of these trees are suitable for a particular site and owners should check the height and spread of their preferred choice before planting.
- Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple); Acer capillipes (Snakebark Maple)
- Amelanchier lamarckii (Snowymesipilys)
- Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)
- Catalpa bignonioides ‘Aurea' (Indian Bean Tree) (if cut back to control shape and growth)
- Cercis siliquastrum (Judas Tree)
- Cornus kousa ‘Chinensis' (Kousa Dogwood)
- Crataegus crus-galli (Hawthorn)
- Malus ‘Golden Hornet' (Apple species)
- ‘Red Sentinel'
- Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis' (Cherry species)
- Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula' (Willow-leaf Pear)
- Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia' (False Acacia) (May be too large for very small gardens)
- Sorbus ‘Joseph Rock' (Mountain Ash)
- Sorbus hupehensis (Rowan)