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AGM plants have been through a rigorous trial and assessment programme. They are:
Trees offer year-round interest in any garden, offering blossom, leaf colour and fruits – and of course there are trees to suit any size of garden.
In the depths of winter, the quiet charms of plants with strikingly coloured and patterned bark come into their own.
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This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects.
It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually.
A. nordmanniana is an evergreen conifer making a large tree to 30m or more, with narrow conical or columnar crown, with dense, glossy dark green foliage on down-swept branches. Young cones green or reddish, becoming brown
A. procera is a vigorous evergreen conifer forming a large tree with broadly conical crown and upcurved blue-green needles. Cones large, deep purple-brown when young
A. capillipes is a snakebark maple making a small deciduous tree with white-striped young branches and 3-lobed leaves to 12cm in length, red and yellow in autumn. Flowers green, in drooping racemes; attractive pink fruits
A. cappadocicum is a medium to large deciduous tree to 20m tall with a rounded, spreading crown. The five to seven-lobed, pointed, glossy green leaves turn a rich yellow in autumn; the leaf stalks exude a milky sap when broken. Clusters of small yellow-green flowers in early spring are followed by winged seeds
A. circinatum is a spreading bushy small tree or large shrub with rounded, 7 to 9-lobed leaves turning red or orange in autumn. Clusters of small purplish flowers are followed by red-winged fruits
A. cissifolium is a small, spreading, rounded tree to 8m tall and 12m wide. Leaves comprise three oval, coarsely-toothed leaflets and are bronze-tinged when young, maturing to a dark green and turning shades of red and yellow in autumn. Tiny yellow flowers are borne in racemes, to 10cm long, in spring
A. davidii is a deciduous tree with arching branches and green- and white-streaked bark. Leaves can be ovate, unlobed or shallowly lobed, and are mid-green to 15cm in length. In autumn, leaves turn orange to yellow, when pink-brown fruit are also borne
A. grosseri is a small, spreading tree, to 10m tall, with white and grey-green striped bark. Triangular, shallowly-lobed, mid-green leaves, to 7cm long, turn orange or yellow in autumn. Small yellow-green flowers are held in pendent racemes during spring
A. monspessulanum is a bushy, rounded small tree, to 8m in height, with leathery, glossy, dark-green leaves. Profuse yellow-green flowers in pendent racemes in spring are followed by red-winged fruit in summer
A. negundo is a vigorous deciduous tree with pinnate leaves on green young shoots, male and female flowers on separate plants; yellow autumn colour
There are trees to suit any size of garden - giving year-round interest. See our special selection of trees for blossom, leaf colour and fruit.
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