Few other trees offer such interesting winter features as the snake-bark maples, but the autumn foliage colours should not be overlooked either, as they can compete with those of an of the better known stars of autumn. These acers must be planted in the right soil if later problems are to be avoided.

It has an upright main stem;. some forms have pendulous branches. It is deciduous, dark green and oval, with shiny upper surfaces and light grey-green undersides, some finely indented; good yellow autumn foliage It has brown catkins, opening to yellow in spring, followed lo brown nuts in autumn and winter

It is used as individual specimen trees for winter stem effect or for group planting; interesting feature when grown on a trunk or as a low-branching shrub. It propagate by seed or by commercial layering or grafting. Its varieties includes A. capillipes bark purple-red to coral-red when young ageing- to purple with white veining; A. griseunt 7 not truly a snake-bark maple but has very attractive mahogany -brown winter stems; A. grosseri var. hersii (Hers’s maple); green to grey-green marbled bark; A. ponsylvanicum (moosewood, striped maple) bright green young shoots, ageing to grey-green with white-striped veining; A. rufinerve – white-striped winter bark The diversity and range of forms of chestnut are not always appreciated. The coloured flowers and the attractive summer and autumn foliage contribute to an interesting, if very. large tree. while in autumn the fruits of Aesculus hippocastaman are collected by children as conkers.

It can survived in any except extremely wet or dry. It has full sun to light shade. It has stout branches often form a goblet-shaped or round tree. It has deciduous, large. hand-shaped leaves, light to dark green in spring and summer, yellow-brown in autumn Flower Upright panicles of white, yellow, pink or red in spring or summer.

It is used as a specimen tree for large gardens; useful for avenue plantings at distances of 12m (39ft); A. paria as a small, compact, flowering tree or large shrub for medium to large gardens

Its varieties includes Grecian strawberry tree – dark red to cinnamon-coloured peeling bark; A. x andrachnoides; (Killarney strawberry tree) rinnamon-red branches; A. menziesii (madrona) smooth, peeling bark, revealing light red to terracotta underbark; A. unedo SP abundant white or pink flowers, followed by bright red, edible fruit; A. u. Vuercifolia’ dark green, dissected foliage with purple undershading to veins; A. a. f. rubra dark pink flowers.