With its lush green, toothed leaflets, turning various fiery hues in autumn, creamy flower sprays and vivid red berries, 'Cardinal Royal' is a rowan that should be on everybody's list for the garden. An upright, columnar form sees this tree fit perfectly into medium-sized gardens as a feature tree, around which you can focus and develop your entire planting scheme. It's that good? It's that good. Brilliant for urban and spaces and parkland, this rowan is pollution-tolerant and fully hardy, easily withstanding what the British winter can throw at it. Native to the UK, rowans were once used in Scottish and Irish tradition to help ward off evil. Did they work? Who knows, but they certainly looked nice doing so! Rowan trees are on the RHS's Plants for Pollinators list, showcasing their benefits to pollinating insects like bees and butterflies. Please note: this page includes selected AI-assisted imagery for illustrative purposes.