Growing spaces: ground

The timber tree of the deccan, straight-boled and deep-rooted.

A deccan hardwood whose bark and heartwood have long traditional use.

A riverbank giant with pale bark — a campus or park tree, not a pot.

Host tree of the lac insect, with brilliant red leaf flush in spring.

The fastest usable material on earth; one clump supplies poles for years.

Tiered branches and huge leaves that turn red before falling — a coastal shade tree.

Fruit in March, silkworm leaves all summer, and shade in between.

Two crops a year in the west, and content in a large container.

Handsome, thorny and productive on poor dry soil; good in a big pot.

Evergreen, wind-firm and cropping twice a year on the coasts.