Deciduous trees are usually planted in autumn, conifers in spring, because that’s when they grow best.
Deciduous trees (autumn planting)
Suitable: Sessile oak, hornbeam, linden, red beech, sycamore maple, red oak, hazel tree, sweet chestnut, tulip tree, service tree, black walnut and alder.
Conifers (spring planting)
Suitable: Silver fir, larch, pine, douglas fir, coastal fir, hemlock, sequoia, giant arborvitae and Lebanon cedar.