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 Plant list: Autumn berries and fruit
This is the time of year when the garden catches ablaze, with reds, oranges and yellows – but its not just leaves that have fantastic autumn colour…
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| Latin name: | | Malus ‘John Downie’ |
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| Common name: | | Crab apple |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Bright green |
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| Height and spread: | | 10m x 7m (33ft x 23ft) |
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| Description: | |
An upright deciduous tree with oval leaves. The flowers are followed by large, edible crab apples that turn a lovely red in autumn. Prefers a spot in full sun.
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| Latin name: | | Euonymus europaeus ‘Red Cascade’ |
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| Common name: | | Spindle tree |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Greenish |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1.8m to 3m x 1.8m to 3m (6ft to 9.8ft x 6ft to 9.8ft) |
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Bushy, deciduous shrub with narrow, oval leaves that turn stunning red in autumn. Also grown for the spectacular purplish-pink fruits that appear in autumn and split to reveal the orange seeds.
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| Latin name: | | Cotoneaster |
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| Common name: | | Cotoneaster |
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| Type of plant: | | Trees and shrubs |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White pink tinged |
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| Leaf colour: | | Deep green |
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| Height and spread: | | 30cm to 10m x 2m to 10m (1ft to 33ft x 6.6ft to 33ft) |
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A genus of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs – many deciduous ones have a show of autumn leaves, but cotoneasters are mainly grown for their clusters of small, spherical berries in reds and oranges.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa rugosa |
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| Common name: | | Hedgehog rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Purplish-red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1m to 2m x 1m to 2m (3.3ft to 6.6ft x 3.3ft to 6.6ft) |
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Dense, vigorous species rose with attractively wrinkled leaves. It bears a succession of flowers, 9cm (3.5in) in diameter. These are followed in late-autumn by large tomato-shapes and coloured hips. Also available in white.
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| Latin name: | | Pyracantha |
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| Common name: | | Firethorn |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy bright green |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m x 3m (9.8ft x 9.8ft) |
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An evergreen, arching, bushy and very prickly shrub that will train well against a wall. In the autumn it is covered with bunches of large, bright berries in whites, reds, oranges or yellows.
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