Alphabetic index to woody plants (trees, shrubs, sub-shrubs) in the Waddington arboretum at 2002-09-20. Where there are links, these lead to a "field guide" description of the species, along with some details of the specimens here. More of these will be appearing over time, as the documentation is converted from its existing DTP format. You may find that some of these pages include images which fail to load - please bear with us whilst the pages are being built - we prefer to add the links and make the pages available as soon as possible, and sometimes this means that you can read them before they are complete. A lot of the time, if you save the images from the page to your favourite graphics viewer (or your hard disc) you will be able to view them at twice the resolution with which they appear in the page. There is something of a download bandwidth penalty for this, but it saves us valuable web space by not having every image stored at two resolutions.

Locations of each of our trees is given using a rather esoteric grid system of six-foot squares (everything else is metric, but the grid is based on base lines along fences, and the posts are at six foot intervals), in a series of zones. I'll be putting a map up as soon as I get it up to date and find a way of translating it from its current vector-graphic format into a more portable bit map form.

1. Abelia × grandiflora (one in garden)
2. Abies alba (one planted)
3. Abies amabilis (one planted, one potted)
4. Abies balsamea (one planted, one potted)
5. Abies concolor (2 planted)
6. Abies densa EMAK (1 planted)
7. Abies grandis (2 planted)
8. Abies koreana (1 planted)
9. Abies procera (several planted, some heeled in - free to good homes)
10. Abies spectabilis EMAK 1079 (1 planted)
11. Acer campestre (4 planted)
12. Acer circinatum (3 planted and surviving, several small potted)
13. Acer davidii (2 planted) seed source was 'George Forrest' cultivar, and these trees are very similar. We also have a nursery-grown 'George Forrest' specimen
14. Acer glabrum douglasii (1 planted, 1 potted)
15. Acer griseum (1 planted)
16. Acer japonicum/palmatum etc. (several potted/planted in garden - awaiting more detailed documentation)
17. Acer macrophyllum (2 planted)
18. Acer negundo (3 planted)
19. Acer pseudoplatanus (two mature - few small - a weed species, the ugliest one currently being felled)
20. Acer saccharinum (1 planted)
21. Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' (one in garden)
22. Aesculus californicum (1 potted)
23. Aesculus × carneum (1 planted)
24. Aesculus indica (1 planted)
25. Aesculus parviflora (1 planted)
26. Aesculus pavia (1 planted)
27. Alnus glutinosa (several planted)
28. Alnus rhombifolia (2 of 3 planted surviving)
29. Alnus rubra (3 planted)
30. Alnus sinuata (5 planted, several potted)
31. Alnus tenuifolia (3 planted)
32. Amelanchier alnifolia (1 planted)
33. Amelanchier canadensis (one in garden)
34. Amelanchier pumila (2 potted - may be a third somewhere...)
35. Araucaria araucana (1 potted)
36. Arbutus andrachnoides (one in garden)
37. Arbutus unedo (one in garden)
38. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (2 planted (1 in garden) - a cultivar)
39. Berberis vulgaris (several planted, one still potted)
40. Betula allagheniensis (2 planted, 3 potted (seed))
41. Betula costata (1 planted)
42. Betula ermannii (2 planted)
43. Betula fontinalis (1 planted (2 others died), 7 potted, latter provenance Lower Calf Creek, Utah (seed))
44. Betula nigra (2 planted, one potted)
45. Betula papyrifera (7 planted, two potted)
46. Betula pendula (many, both planted and volunteer seedlings)
47. Betula pendula 'Youngii' (3 planted)
48. Betula pubescens carpatica (several planted, few left in pots)
49. Betula × utahensis (two planted)
50. Betula utilis (several planted - seed, possibly hybrid with B. pendula)
51. Calocedrus decurrens (three planted)
52. Calycanthus occidentalis (two planted - one survives)
53. Carpinus betulus (four or five planted)
54. Castanea sativa (one planted)
55. Cedrus deodara (one planted)
56. Cedrus libani (one planted)
57. Cercidophyllum japonicum (one planted)
58. Chaenomeles japonica (one in garden)
59. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (one planted, one 'Ellwoodii' in garden)
    (for the species formerly known as Ch. nootkatensis see below)
60. Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana' (one in garden)
61. Cornus alternifolia 'variegata' (one in garden)
62. Cornus florida × nuttallii 'Eddie's White Wonder' and 'Ormonde' (one each in garden)
63. Cornus kousa (one planted)
64. Cornus nuttallii (one planted)
65. Cornus sanguinea (two planted, two heeled in (for nine years !))
66. Cornus stolonifera (one, cv 'flavarimea', planted)
67. Corylopsis sp. (one in garden)
68. Corylus avellana (several in hedges)
69. Cratægus coccinea (two planted)
70. Cratægus crus-galli (two planted)
71. Cratægus macranthera (two planted)
72. Cratægus monogyna (commonest element in our hedges)
73. Cratægus phænopyrum (a dozen planted as a hedge (seed))
74. Deutzia sp. (one in garden)
75. Deutzia × hybrida 'Pink Pompon' (one in garden)
76. Eucryphia × nymansensis 'Nymansay' (one in garden)
77. Fagus sylvatica (five planted)
78. Frangula alnus (two planted)
79. Fraxinus anomala (two potted - provenance Little Wild Horse Canyon, San Raphael Swell, Utah (seed), probably not hardy outside)
80. Fraxinus excelsior (eight or more large mature trees)
81. Fraxinus latifolia (two planted, one potted (seed))
82. Garrya fremontii (one potted)
83. Gaultheria shallon (two planted)
84. Ginkgo biloba (one unhealthy in garden)
85. Gleditsia triacanthos (several potted)
86. Hamamelis mollis 'Pallida' (one in garden)
87. Hippophaë rhamnoïdes (one planted - provenance Ainsdale sand dunes, W Lancashire (seed))
88. Holodiscus discolor (four planted, several in pots, many volunteer seedlings)
89. Hydrangea aspera 'macrophylla' (one in garden)
90. Ilex aquifolium (many in hedges)
91. Jasminum nudiflorum (one in garden)
92. Kalmia polifolia (two planted, one potted)
93. Larix decidua (a score of these as "nurse" trees, some will soon be felled)
94. Larix kaempferi (one planted)
95. Larix laricina (three planted (one maybe killed by rabbits), one potted)
96. Larix occidentalis (two potted)
97. Laurus nobilis (one in garden)
98. Ledum groenlandicum (one potted)
99. Leycesteria formosa (one in garden)
100. Liquidambar styraciflua (one in garden - barely hardy here)
101. Lonicera involucrata (two potted)
102. Magnolia × soulangiana (one planted)
103. Mahonia aquifolium (four planted, several seedlings)
104. Mahonia nervosa (one planted)
105. Mahonia repens (one planted, many seedlings, some provenance Zion Nat. Park, Utah (seed))
106. Malus fusca (several germinating seedlings)
107. Malus sylvestris (two planted, a couple of mature trees)
108. Metasequoia glyptostroboides (one planted, struggling)
109. Nothofagus antarctica (one planted)
110. Nothofagus obliqua (one planted)
111. Nothofagus procera (one planted)
112. Parthenocissus quinquefolia (several planted to cover walls - removed 2002 so walls could be rendered, but expected to grow back soon)
113. Parthenocissus tricuspidata (one planted, unclear if this survives, one potted, both 'Veitchii')
114. Penstemon fruticosus (one planted)
115. Penstemon fruticosus scouleri (two in alpine trough)
116. Penstemon serrulatus (one planted, several in pots)
117. Penstemon whippleanus (one planted in Alpine bed where it has become a thug)
118. Picea abies (one planted - lost leader to rabbits, but reformed OK)
119. Picea breweriana (one planted)
120. Picea engelmannii (two potted (seed))
121. Picea glauca (three planted)
122. Picea mariana (one planted quite big, not progressing, one planted much smaller and looking OK)
123. Picea omorika (two planted, one badly damaged)
124. Picea pungens (one planted - moved in 1999 and not doing well in 2002, will probably replace)
125. Picea sitchensis (one planted, two in pots)
126. Pinus attenuata (one planted)
127. Pinus banksiana (one potted)
128. Pinus cembra (two planted)
129. Pinus contorta (many planted)
130. Pinus coulteri (one potted)
131. Pinus densiflora (one sp. planted, one cultivar 'Umbraculifera' in garden died)
132. Pinus edulis (two planted - one mown to ground, RIP)
133. Pinus jeffreyi (three planted, one potted)
134. Pinus monticola (one planted)
135. Pinus mugo rostrata (two planted, others heeled in)
136. Pinus nigra ssp. nigra (two planted - one from seed here)
137. Pinus ponderosa (three planted, all grown from seed here. Bought bare-rooted transplants consistently failed)
138. Pinus radiata (one planted)
139. Pinus strobus (one planted, not doing well, two others died)
140. Pinus sylvestris (three planted, one might need to be felled owing to windthrow)
141. Pinus tabuliformis (one planted)
142. Pinus wallichiana (one planted)
143. Populus angustifolium (two planted, several potted - provenance Wasatch Mountains, Utah (cuttings))
144. Populus balsamifera (one planted)
145. Populus tremula (three planted)
146. Prunus avium (many planted)
147. Prunus padus (several planted)
148. Prunus serrula (one now quite mature)
149. Prunus spinosa (many in hedge, mostly getting aged)
150. Pseudotsuga menziesii (two planted)
151. Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula' (one in garden)
152. Quercus chrysolepsis (one planted)
153. Quercus coccinea (one planted)
154. Quercus gambelii (one surviving in g/h)
155. Quercus garryana (one planted)
156. Quercus kelloggii (two planted)
157. Quercus palustris (one planted)
158. Quercus petraea (one large mature, two planted (1993 and 2004), one self-set seedling, two potted (from Lake District acorns), and a dozen smaller seedlings)
159. Quercus robur (one planted)
160. Quercus rubra (one planted)
161. Rhamnus cathartica (two planted)
162. Rhododendron luteum (several seedlings potted - provenance Ness Gardens)
163. Rhododendron macrophyllum (one potted)
164. Rosa canina (many established and 25 planted)
165. Rosa glauca (half a dozen or so planted)
166. Rosa gymnocarpa (half a dozen or so planted)
167. Rosa woodsii (four planted, many more potted)
168. Rubus fruticosus (many about the place)
169. Rubus spectabilis (three planted, one potted)
170. Salix amygdaloïdes (three planted - provenance Wasatch Mountains, Utah)
171. Salix ?bebbiana? (one planted, several potted - provenance Wasatch Mountains, Utah (Brighton))
172. Salix ?bebbiana? (two potted - provenance east Sierra Nevada, California, probably not bebbiana)
173. Salix caprea (half a dozen recent plantings, one mature tree)
174. Salix exigua (six planted - these do not seem to be doing well, much to our surprise)
175. Salix fragilis (two planted - both already large)
176. Salix lapponum (one potted)
177. Salix pentandra (one large mature tree, one recent planting)
178. Salix repens (one potted)
179. Salix repens argentea (many potted - provenance Ainsdale sand dunes, W. Lancashire (seed))
180. Salix triandra (one mature tree)
181. Salix viminalis (six planted)
182. Sambucus nigra (common in hedges)
183. Sambucus racemosa (two planted - one bought, one from seed - provenance Grindelwald, Switzerland, latter looked great, then suddenly died in 2002)
184. Sciadopitys verticillata (one planted)
185. Sequoiadendron giganteum (one planted, several seedlings in pots)
186. Sorbus americana (three planted, two from seed of first)
187. Sorbus aria (one planted)
188. Sorbus aucuparia (one large, many smaller plantings)
189. Sorbus cashmeriana (one planted)
190. Sorbus chamaemespilus (one potted, from seed)
191. Sorbus commixta (two planted, others in pots (seed))
192. Sorbus decora (four planted (seed))
193. Sorbus intermedia (one planted)
194. Sorbus 'Joseph Rock' (one mature planting)
195. Sorbus prattii (two planted, one spare (seed))
196. Sorbus randaiensis BSWJ3203 (one planted)
197. Sorbus reducta (one spreading in garden)
198. Sorbus sargentiana (one planted)
199. Sorbus torminalis (two planted)
200. Sorbus vilmorinii (two planted (seed))
201. Stewartia pseudocamellia (one in garden)
202. Styrax japonica (one in garden)
203. Syringa vulgaris (several planted, including cultivars)
204. Taxus baccata (one large volunteer seedling from Hest Bank planted)
205. Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' (one in garden)
206. Thuja plicata (four planted)
207. Tilia cordata (two potted)
208. Tsuga canadensis (one planted - third attempt after decimations by rabbits)
209. Tsuga heterophylla (several planted, three will need moving)
210. Tsuga mertensiana (one potted - provenance Tuolumne, California)
211. Ulmus glabra (three planted)
212. Vaccinium ovatum (two planted)
213. Viburnum carlesii 'Aurora' (one in garden)
214. Viburnum davidii (one in garden)
215. Viburnum lantana (two planted)
216. Viburnum opulus (one in garden)
217. Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii' and 'Nanum semperflorens' (both in garden)
218. Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' (one in garden)
219. Viburnum tinus (one in garden)
220. Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn' (one in garden)
221. Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (two planted)

A number of tree species have been tried and have succumbed either to our climate or to rather too unfavourable a site. Surprisingly few have been killed by rabbits, given the size of the local population, although we had a bad year when our one remaining dog was fifteen and rabbits had no fear. Dogs specifically trained to hunt rabbits have made quite a difference since... Some of the failed trees will be replaced when shelter belts have become more effective, and these are listed here, with links for those which were documented while still alive. Also listed here are a few species which are regarded as absolutely vital for our collection, but which we have not yet been able to obtain.

• Abies lasiocarpa (1 planted - has just died September 2004 aged 11 years):
• Abies magnifica (two planted, killed by sheep) expecting to replace these early winter 2004 from Weasdale.
• Acer pensylvanicum (one planted - looked very good for about a year then suddenly died right back late summer 2002)
• Acer rubrum (1 planted, no real progress for nine years - finally declared dead)
• Acer saccharum (one planted - died quite quickly)
• Acer spicatum (2 from seed planted - didn't do well and died second year)
• Alnus rugosa (not yet bought)
• Betula nana we've had three - they really aren't suited to here
• Ceanothus velutinus (no, all failed to overwinter, though problem probably vine weevil)
• Cephalanthus occidentalis (one potted - very late into leaf - mid-June 2001 and looking poorly by late August)
• Cowania mexicana (one potted - provenance Little Wild Horse Canyon, San Raphael Swell, Utah (seed)) seems to have succumbed to too much wet
• Crataegus douglasii (large batch of seed currently vernalising in fridge - more will be obtained from Thorp Perrow this autumn)
• Fremontodendron californicum (one outside in large tub against a south-facing wall (seed) overwintered twice, but then failed to thrive summer 2001)
• Lithocarpus densiflorus (two supplied insanely small - died)
• Pinus aristata (one planted - looking very unhappy 2002)
• Pinus lambertiana (not sourced)
• Populus fremontii wislizenii (two planted, neither doing well - provenance Santa Fe County, New Mexico (seed). This species did well whilst in pots, but made little or no progress in the open ground)
• Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca (one planted, but died summer 2004, due to a fungal infection)
• Quercus agrifolia (two planted - died)
• Quercus ilex (one planted now dead - did not survive brutal transplant)
• Rhododendron hirsutum (no survivors - last one died in alpine bed)
• Rhododendron occidentalis (two in pots - did not survive over-shaded holding location)
• Sorbus hupehensis (none planted out have overwintered, although potted ones survived outside)
• Sorbus scopulina (one, from our own Wasatch mountain seed, killed by vine weevil. More seed from AGS and SRGC seed list sown 2001)
• Sorbus sitchensis (wild-collected seed from SRGC list sown 2001)
• Umbellularia californica (one potted killed by scale insect, one much bigger collapsed in 2001 for reasons undiagnosed, but vine weevil seems likely)