Likes wet ground, Nitrogen fixing, coppices well. Young growth not usually eaten by deer. Very vigourous on wet ground. Good firewood, makes excellent charcoal.

Alkaline tolerant. Fine strong timber for turnery, furniture and firewood. Thrives on moist fertile ground with a vigourous root system.

The native yellow flowered broom, a small shrub giving good cover for young birds.

Suitable for wet sites, windfirm, frost hardy and exposure tolerant. Beautiful white bark in young trees. Not as pendulous habit as Silver Birch (Bet. Pendula). A true pioneer species.

Likes fertile soils, frost hardy small tree but not exposure tolerant. White sprigs of flowers in the spring, and small black cherries attract birds in July.

Native Dog Rose, pink flowers and red rosehips. Good addition to wild hedges.

Small tree likes fertile sheltered sites. Use white flowers and black fruits for wine.

Likes fertile soils, frost hardy but not high exposure tolerant. White flowers in the spring, edible red/black cherries in summer. Large tree with fine timber.

Very attractive small tree (not a rose!), for moist fertile soils. White flowers, red fruits.

Excellent hedging plant, attractive and hardy small tree. Haws much loved by resident and migrating birds.

Hardy shrub, coppices easily producing straight poles/handles with high conservation value. Good shelter for wildlife. Edible nuts in autumn.

Hardy evergreen with red winter berries. Tolerates shade. Fantastic firewood. In Cells.

Evergreen shrub with both upright and prostrate forms (please specify).

Both Oak species found in the West coast, also as hybrids. Coppices freely, very high conservation value, great wood for the fire or funiture. Slow to grow but very long lived.

A small attractive woodland edge tree with high conservation value. Bright red fruits attract migrant birds.

The native caledonian pine, this seed collected from the ancient trees of Blackmount, Tyndrum.

Sloe, or Blackthorn, is a small attractive thorny shrub, good for hedging with Hawthorn. Purple Sloes used for Sloe Gin.

Tolerate wet sites and some exposure. Very high conservation value, coppice well with fast regrowth. Goat Willow is a larger form, Grey being more shrubby. Great shelter/nurse tree.

Tolerates exposure & salt spray. Not severly effected by Dutch Elm in West.

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