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 Plant list: Deciduous plants
Deciduous plants grow a new set of leaves each spring which they then lose in the autumn, often producing spectacular colours before the fall.
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| Latin name: | | Cotinus coggygria |
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| Common name: | | Smokebush |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Pink |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green or dark purple |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m to 4.5m x 3m to 4.5m (10ft to 15ft x 10ft to 15ft) |
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A deciduous, bushy shrub with oval leaves that turn a wonderful red-yellow in autumn. The plumes of flowers envelop the branches and look like smoke. Prefers full sun, will tolerate partial shade.
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| Latin name: | | Hamamelis |
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| Common name: | | Witch hazel |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Yellow, orange and red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green |
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| Height and spread: | | 4m x 4m (13ft x 13ft) |
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Has hazel-like leaves that provide a spectacular display of autumn foliage colour that precedes the fragrant spidery flowers, which appear on the bare stems in winter. Prefers slightly acid soil, but will live on neutral.
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| Latin name: | | Liquidambar |
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| Common name: | | Sweet gum |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy to frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | N/A |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green |
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| Height and spread: | | 6m to 25m x 4m to 12m (20ft to 82ft x 13ft to 39ft) |
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Grown for the attractively-shaped leaves, which look a bit like a maple, and turn spectacular colours in the autumn – red, yellow, purple. Prefers sun or partial shade, and grows poorly on chalky soils.
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| Latin name: | | Rhus |
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| Common name: | | Sumach |
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| Type of plant: | | Trees and shrubs |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy to frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Whitish |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1m to 15m x 1.5m to 10m (3ft to 49ft x 5ft to 33ft) |
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Grown for the dark green leaves, which look a bit like ash, and turn vivid oranges and reds in the autumn. Some have new shoots that have a velvety covering. Note: all parts of R. verniciflua are highly toxic.
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| Latin name: | | Acer palmatum |
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| Common name: | | Japanese maple |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | N/A |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green or red |
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| Height and spread: | | 6m x 6m (20ft x 20ft) |
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Japanese maples prefer slightly acid soil, and need a sheltered spot out of the wind. They are grown for their very attractive leaves, which, depending on cultivar, turn spectacular colours in the autumn – red, yellow or orange.
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