Deciduous Trees lose their leaves in autumn and winter

Evergreen Trees keep their leaves all year round

 

Like humans, animals and plants trees belong to families

 

 

Almond - Almond trees come from Southwest Asia, they can grow up to 9 metres tall.

The flowers are pink or white these produce Almond nuts.

 

Apple - Apple trees come from China and Asia, they can grow up to 6 metres tall.

The flowers are white and the fruit is large and crunchy to eat when fresh.

To grow lots of big apples the tree needs to be about ten years old.

Apple trees only fruit if they are pollinated.

Apple trees lose their leaves in the winter.

 

Cherry - Cherry trees come from Europe and Western Asia, they can grow up to 7 metres tall

The flowers are red and the fruit is black or red with a stone in the middle.

Cherry trees only fruit if they are pollinated.

 

Hawthorne - Hawthorne trees come from Europe, Asia and The North of America, they can grow up to 10 metres tall.

The flowers are white and the fruit is small and red.

 

Peach - Peach trees come from China, they can grow up to 6 metres tall.

The flowers can be pink, yellow or white, the fruit is big, round and fuzzy with a stone in the middle

 

Pear - Pear trees come from Europe, Asia and North Africa, they can grow up to 7 metres tall.

The flowers are white and pink the fruit is large and green.

Pear trees lose their leaves in the winter.

 

Did you know there are 30 different species of pear trees?

 

Plum - Plum trees come from Asia and Europe, they can grow up to 5 metres tall.

The flowers are white but the medium sized fruit can be purple, green, red or yellow. 

Plums only fruit if they are pollinated.

 

Rowan - Rowan trees come from China and the Himalaya mountains, they can grow up to 10 metres tall.

The flowers are white and the small fruit is orange, pink or yellow.

Rowan trees lose their leaves in the winter.