{"id":12342,"date":"2018-12-04T02:34:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T02:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12342"},"modified":"2018-12-04T08:16:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T08:16:56","slug":"best-british-tree-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/tree-root-and-branch\/best-british-tree-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Best British Trees Reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12350\" title=\"london trees\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-trees-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-trees-.jpg 514w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-trees--200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-trees--300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><br \/>\nOur <strong>series of tree reviews<\/strong> covers exotics and UK trees with a few specials thrown in. Each separate post covers;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Latin names<\/strong> and other common names<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height, <\/strong> uses and normal distribution. &#8211;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type of tree<\/strong> &#8211; Evergreen\/ Deciduous &#8211; dictoyledons, monocotyledon, Conifer etc<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description <\/strong>of Leaves, Flowers, Fruit and bark &#8211;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family <\/strong>links, varieties and near relatives &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below are links to a dozen British natives with short descriptions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/english-oak-tree-root-and-branch-review\/\">English Oak<\/a><br \/>\nTop of most lists for great British Trees. Our list of tree reviews is no different, Oak is the tops!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12253\">Rowan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mountain Ash<\/a><br \/>\nThe trees can be quite singular in appearance when shaped by wind on high moors and mountains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/beech-tree-root-and-branch-review\/\">Beech <\/a><br \/>\nFrom the copper coloured leaf to solid green hedges the Beech deserves a place in most gardens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/silver-birch-root-and-branch-review\/\">Silver Birch<\/a><br \/>\nSeem to be growing everywhere you look with some very distinctive varieties like Jacquemontii.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/horse-chestnut-root-and-branch-review\/\">Horse Chestnut<\/a><br \/>\nBrought to England by William the Conqueror (no not really the conkers were there first).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/norway-spruce-root-and-branch-review\/\">Norway Spruce<\/a><br \/>\nDespite containing a foreign country name this Spruce grows freely on Forestry Commission land in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/hawthorn-root-and-branch-review\/\">Hawthorn<\/a><br \/>\nIdeal for hedgerows and feeding birds. May blossom in May maybe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/linden-tree-common-lime-root-and-branch\/\"> Lime or Linden<\/a><br \/>\na useful ornamental for parks and large gardens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tree-root-and-branch\/hornbeam-root-and-branch-review\/\">Hornbeam<\/a><br \/>\nGrows well in my garden and trains easily into a shapely tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tree-root-and-branch\/sycamore-root-and-branch-review\/\">Sycamore<\/a><br \/>\nRelated to the other Acers but I would let someone else grow Sycamore on their land. (not my favourite)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tree-root-and-branch\/common-larch-root-and-branch-review\/\">Larch<\/a><br \/>\nA fast growing deciduous conifer good in forests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tree-root-and-branch\/yew-root-and-branch-review\/\">Yew<\/a><br \/>\nLongest lived and slowest growing British tree synonymous with church yards and pagan worship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tree-root-and-branch\/ash-root-and-branch-review\/\">Ash<\/a><br \/>\nAlong with the Oak and the bonny Rowan tree the Ash is justly popular.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12349\" title=\"Birch\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Birch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Birch.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Birch-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Birch-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This completes our bakers dozen of British trees. If you want to learn more click on each link.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to look for a different tree, type in the common or Latin name in our Google search box.<\/li>\n<li>Please feel free to leave a comment or make a request on tree or garden related matters.<\/li>\n<li>For more information of tree leaf shape design and function <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tree-root-and-branch\/tree-leaf-design-shape-and-function\/\">read this section.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tree Organisations and Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/\">Woodland Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trees.org.uk\/faqs\/Overview_6\">The Arboricultural Association <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isa-arboriculture.org\/\">International Society of Arboriculture UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bakers dozen of great British trees with links to individual reviews for more data, pictures and information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-12342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tree-root-and-branch","tag-photo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19630,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12342\/revisions\/19630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}