Choisya ternata

Latin plant name Choisya ternata Common plant name Mexican orange Plant type Aromatic evergreen shrub Size (meters) < 2 m Distinguishing features Choisya species are popular ornamental plants in areas with mild winters, grown primarily for their abundant and fragrant flowers. The foliage is also aromatic, smelling of rue when bruised or cut.

Photinia fraseri - Red robbin

Latin plant name Photinia fraseri Common plant name Red robbin Plant type Evergreen shrub Size (meters) < 2 m Distinguishing features Photinias typically grow from 3–15 m tall, with a usually irregular crown of angular branches; the branches are often (not always) thorny. The leaves are alternate, entire or finely toothed. The majority of species are evergreen but several are deciduous. The flowers are produced in early summer in dense terminal corymbs; each flower is 5–10 mm diameter, with five rounded white petals; they have a mild, hawthorn-like scent. The fruit is a small pome, 4–12 mm across, bright red and berry-like.

Prunus cerasifera nigra - Black cherry tree

Latin plant name Prunus cerasifera nigra Common plant name Black cherry tree Plant type Tree Size (meters) 6 - 15 m Distinguishing features It is grown for its flowers that can go from white to pinkish. It doesn't have a juicy fruit. The variety 'Nigra' with black foliage and pink flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Tilia cordata - Lime tree

Latin plant name Tila cordata Common plant name Lime tree Plant type Tree Size (meters) 20- 38 m Distinguishing features It is a deciduous tree growing to 20-38 m tall, with a trunk up to 1-2 m diameter. The leaves are alternately arranged, rounded to triangular-ovate, 3-8 cm long and broad, mostly hairless. The small yellow-green hermaphrodite flowers are produced in clusters of five to eleven in early summer and have a rich, heavy scent; the trees are much visited by bees. The fruit is a dry nut-like drupe 6–7 mm long and 4 mm broad, downy at first becoming smooth at maturity. It has a single seed. Buds are alternating boxing globes. A valuable monofloral honey is produced by bees using the trees. The young leaves can be eaten as a salad vegetable. The white, finely-grained wood is a classic choice for refined woodcarvings. It is native to France. They can be shapped.

Livistona australis - Australian Cabbage palm tree

Latin plant name Livistona australis Common plant name Australian Cabbage palm tree Plant type Tree Size (meters) < 25 m Distinguishing features The Cabbage-tree Palm grows best in moist, organically-rich soils, and thrives in both sheltered and well-lit situations. It is a tall, slender palm growing up to about 25 m in height and 0.35 m diameter. It is crowned with dark, glossy green leaves on petioles 2 m long. It has leaves plaited like a fan; the cabbage of these is small but sweet. In summer it bears flower spikes with sprigs of cream-white flowers. Reproduction is by fruit. At first the fruit is red and later turn black when it is ready to be peeled and planted.

Buxus sempervirens - Boxwood

Latin plant name Buxus sempervirens Common plant name Boxwood Plant type Woody evergreen shrub Size (meters) < 35 m Distinguishing features Arranged in opposite pairs along the stems, the leaves are green to yellow-green. Slow growth of box renders the wood ("boxwood") very hard (possibly the hardest in Europe) and heavy, and free of grain produced by growth rings, making it ideal for cabinet-making, the crafting of clarinets, engraving, marquetry, woodturning, tool handles, mallet heads and as a substitute for ivory. It was used for the propellers in I World War. The biggest boxwood trees (35m) are found in Ireland because they were not cut down during the war.

Lonicera periclymenun - Privet

Latin plant name Lonicera periclymenun Common plant name Privet Plant type Shrub Size (meters) < 2 m Distinguishing features Ideal for hedges.