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Best Overall: Sweet Gum
Unrivaled Autumn displays of colour
- Excellent shade tree
- Unrivalled in Autumn displays of colour
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Fully hardy and low-maintenance
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Best Bark: Paperbark Maple
For Small Gardens | Peeling Coppery Bark | Autumn Colour
Chinese acer with papery, cinammon bark
- Richly coloured, peeling bark
- Veined green leaves turn red in autumn
- Attractive landscape tree
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
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Best Flowers: Sargent's Cherry
Probably the best autumn colour
- Compact, spreading tree
- Ideal for small spaces, growing to 5x4m
- Clusters of pink and deep pink single flowers
- Blossoms in April
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Best Foliage: Stag's Horn Sumac
A large shrub with year-round interest
- Clusters of yellow-green flowers in summer
- Long, fanned leaves
- Forked, velvety branches
- Rich autumn colours
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Best For Wildlife: Scarlet Rowan
Colour throughout the seasons
- A beautiful, small, upright Mountain Ash
- Purple, red and orange foliage lights up autumn
- Clusters of creamy white flowers blossom in spring
- Attracts birds to your garden
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Best Multi Season Interest: Variegated Dogwood
Compact tree packed with interest
- White bracts in spring
- Bright coloured stems and variegated foliage
- Perfect for small gardens
- Glossy crimson fruits in autumn