Ivydene Gardens Plants:
Pollution Barrier Garden Use List

Plants with large horizontal leaves are effective in filtering dust from the environment, with mature trees being capable of filtering up to 70 per cent of dust particles caused by traffic. Plants can also offset the pollution effects of traffic. 20 trees are needed to absorb the carbon dioxide produced by one car driven for 60 miles.

More Plants as Pollution Barriers are described following the Pollution Barrier table below.

Hedges are described in the Hedge Garden Use Page.

Thorny Hedges are described in the Thorny Hedge Garden Use Page.

Trees to provide a Windbreak are described in the Windbreak Garden Use Page.

Trees to put in Lawns are described in Trees for Lawns Garden Use Page.

Plants to put with trees in Woodland are described in the Woodland Garden Use Page.

11.5 x 2.5
10 x 3
13 x 3
 

Arundinaria japonica
Arundinaria murielae (Fargesia murieliae)
Arundinaria nitida (Syn. Fargesia nitida)
 

Bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo
 

20 x 20
23 x 20
 

Amelanchier laevis
Amelanchier lamarcki
 

Deciduous Tree
Deciduous Tree
 

5 x 5
5 x 4
3 x 10
5 x 4
2 x 4
 

Aucuba japonica
Aucuba japonica 'Crotonofolia'
Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'
Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'
Betula nana
 

Evergreen Shrub
Evergreen Shrub
Deciduous Shrub
Deciduous Shrub
Deciduous Shrub
 

11 x 14
20 x 20
23 x 20
60 x 20
60 x 20
60 x 20
25 x 30
40 x 20
 

Aesculus parviflora
Amelanchier laevis
Amelanchier lamarcki
Betula ermanii
Betula papyrifera
Betula pendula 'Tristis'
Betula pendula 'Youngii'
Betula utilis var jacquemontii
 

Deciduous Shrub
Deciduous Tree
Deciduous Tree
Deciduous Tree
Deciduous Tree
Deciduous Tree
Deciduous Tree
Deciduous Tree
 

Without plants there could be no life on earth.

Plants can provide shelter from winds; shade from ultra violet (UV) light, sound barriers and the following as dust-barriers and pollution mops:-

Tree

Comment

Aesculus

x carnea 'Briottii' is dome-headed and densely leafed. "Horse Chestnut" for large gardens (Height 20 feet)

Alnus

glutinosa 'Imperialis' is a slender tree with finely cut foliage (Height 20 feet).

Amelanchier

Very hardy small trees with twiggy, low-domed crowns.
Quite fast growing (Height 20 feet).

Betula

"Birches" have beautiful bark on their trunks.
albosinensis var. septentrionalis, ermanii, 'Purpurea', 'Youngii', utilis and jacquemontii are 25 feet in height.
Their foliage is not dense with very light shade under them.

Caragana

arborescens 'Pendula' and 'Walker' are 7 feet in height as small weeping trees. "Pea-Tree".
Succeeds in poor soils and exposed sites.

Carpinus

betulus ("Hornbeam") can be used as a hedge.
'Fastigiata' and 'Frans Fontaine' are 25 feet in height, dense, compact and with a flame-like shape.

Catalpa

Low well-spreading well branched domed crowns on 20 feet high plants.

Crataegus

The "Hawthorns" are one of the last of the spring flowering trees. Amongst the hardiest and toughest - these 17 to 24 feet in height - trees thrive where few others will survive:
x lavalleei, laevigata 'Crimson Cloud', laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet', laevigata 'Rosea Flore Pleno', monogyna and persimilis 'Prunifolia'.

Davidia involucrata

"Handkerchief Tree" is named from the 2 large white bracts forming a canopy over the real flowers, which may appear in May on trees over 10 years old.
Conical tree 50 feet high

Eucalyptus (Evergreen)

parvifolia tolerates chalk soil with 50 feet height. Use for greenery in flower arrangements to keep it below 8 feet.
perriniana has 12 -30feet height and requires acid soil.

Fagus

"Common Beech" is native to the UK.
sylvatica is used for hedging and the following varieties can be used as lawn specimens in large gardens:- 'Asplenifolia', 'Black Swan', 'Dawyck', 'Dawyck Gold', 'Purpurea' and 'Riversii'. Any acid or alkaline soil except clay or waterlogged. With its shallow roots and heavy shade, it is difficult to underplant - use spring and winter bulbs.

Fraxinus

The "Ash" are fast growing and suitable for chalk and wet ground near rivers.
excelsior 'Jaspidea' and ornus reach 17 feet in height.

Gleditsia

The thornless varieties 'Shademaster' and 'Sunburst' have graceful pinnate yellow foliage that appears very late on these trees above 20 feet in height.

Laburnum

All parts of this genus are poisonous.

Malus

x sargentii is a large shrub up to 10 feet in height, and slow growing.
'Red Jade' is a round-headed tree with pendulous branches - 13 to 16 feet high.
'Royal Beauty' is a small pendulous tree.

Prunus

serrulata 'Okame' is a small bushy tree with carmine-pink flowers in March/April - 13 to 16 feet high.

Pyrus

Quercus

Robinia

Salix

Sorbus

Tilia

Shrub

Comment

Aesculus parviflora

Amelanchier lamarckii

Small tree and slow growing, with white flowers in spring.
Bronze foliage turns dark green in summer and orange, then red in autumn.
Naturalized in Europe. Acid Soil.

Aralia elata

Arbutus unedo

Arundinaria

Berberis - Deciduous varieties

Berberis - Evergreen varieties

Buddleja

Buddleja alternifolia is a slow growing and small.

Buxus sempervirens

Camellia varieties

Ceratostigma willmottianum

Cistus varieties

Colutea arborescens

Cornus varieties

Corylus varieties

Cotinus varieties

Cotoneaster varieties

Cytisus varieties

Deutzia varieties

Elaeagnus varieties

Erica varieties

Escallonia

Eucalyptus

Euonymus evergreen varieties

Fatsia japonica

Forsythia

Genista

Hedera colchica

Hedera hibernica

Hibiscus syriacus

Hydrangea

Hypericum

Ilex

Kerria

Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud'

Leycestria formosa

Lonicera prostrate forms

Magnolia

Mahonia

Olearia x haastii

Osmanthus

Pernettya

Philadelphus

Physcocarpus opulifolius 'Dart's Gold'

Potentilla

Prunus laurocerasus

Pyracantha

Rhododendron Herdy Hybrids

Azalea

Rhus

Ribes

Rubus tricolor

Salix

Sambucus

Sarcococca humilis

Senecio 'Sunshine'

Skimmia

Spartium junceum

Spiraea

Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa'

Symphoricarpos

Syringa

Tamarix tetandra

Ulex

Viburnum tinus

Vinca

Vinca major

Weigela

Conifers

Comment

Ginkgo biloba

Juniperus media 'Pfitzeriana'

Juniperus media 'Aurea'

Juniperus squamata 'Blue Carpet'

Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'

Juniperus squamata 'Meyeri'

Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata'

Taxus baccata 'Aurea'