Small ornamental trees for a smaller garden, a front garden or beside a terrace. The cards show the size after ten years, because that is what a garden should be planned around.
40 plants from our verified database, by name. A plant is only listed when the data this list relies on is not in doubt. How our data is made
Prunus serrulata 'Amanogawa' 4.5 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
A narrow, columnar flowering cherry with stiffly upright branches: it reaches 4 to 6 metres but stays barely 1 to 1.5 metres wide for many years, so…
Prunus padus 6 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
A native, fast-growing small tree or large shrub that is covered in drooping, strongly scented white flower racemes in April and May, just after the…
Prunus cerasifera 4.5 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
In gardens it is grown almost only in its purple-leaved forms: a small ornamental tree with a rounded crown that is covered in pale pink, scented…
Crataegus pinnatifida 3.5 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A hawthorn grown as a fruit tree: gardens get the large-fruited form (var. major) and its cultivars, whose glossy red, apple-flavoured fruits of 2…
Crataegus monogyna 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A thorny large shrub or small tree that is covered in scented white blossom in May and loaded with red haws in autumn, much loved by birds. It makes…
Malus Ornamental Group 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A group of ornamental trees small enough for modest gardens: in April and May they are covered in white, pink or purple-red blossom, and in autumn…
Malus 'Evereste' 5 m × 3 m after 10 years
'Evereste' is a small flowering tree with abundant spring blossom and colourful little apples that often remain on the branches into winter. Give it a…
Catalpa bignonioides 'Nana' 3.5 m × 3 m after 10 years
A catalpa grafted on a tall stem, with a dense, flattened ball crown and large, heart-shaped, fresh green leaves that give a garden a lush, southern…
Cercis canadensis 3.5 m × 3 m after 10 years
Eastern redbud is a small, often multi-stemmed ornamental tree: in spring, before the leaves, rosy pink to purple pea flowers cover the bare…
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' 6 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A dense hornbeam with upswept branches that is a slim column when young, which makes it a good vertical accent in a border and, planted in a row, a…
Acer campestre 4.5 m × 3 m after 10 years
A native, undemanding small to medium tree that copes with drought, lime and clay, city air and hard clipping, and turns a good yellow in autumn. Left…
Prunus fruticosa 'Globosa' 3 m × 2 m after 10 years
An ornamental tree grafted on a stem of about two metres, with a dense crown that grows into a regular ball on its own and small dark green leaves.…
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Umbraculifera' 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A locust grafted on a tall stem with a dense, regular ball crown; it does not flower or set seed and its branches are thornless. It copes well with…
Acer platanoides 'Globosum' 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A Norway maple grafted on a tall stem whose dense, dark green crown stays a regular ball without pruning and widens into a flattened globe with age.…
Platanus × hispanica 'Alphen's Globe' 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A plane tree grafted on a tall stem that forms a large, regular ball without clipping, so it gives shade even in a small garden or beside a terrace.…
Salix caprea 2 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Goat willow is a large shrub or small tree, but in gardens you nearly always get the weeping 'Pendula' ('Kilmarnock') grafted on a stem: its height is…
Koelreuteria paniculata 5 m × 4 m after 10 years
A heat and drought tolerant small tree that carries large yellow flower panicles in midsummer, when few other trees bloom, followed by papery…
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gum Ball' 3 m × 2 m after 10 years
A sweetgum grafted on a tall stem that forms a dense ball on its own, so it needs no clipping: the trunk stays the same height and only the crown…
Prunus × subhirtella 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A fine-twigged Japanese flowering cherry with small blossoms that is almost always sold as a cultivar. 'Autumnalis' and the pink 'Autumnalis Rosea'…
Cryptomeria japonica 3 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
An evergreen with soft, feathery foliage and reddish-brown peeling bark, at its best as a specimen or in a Japanese-style garden. Gardens grow its…
Prunus serrulata 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A small ornamental tree grown for its spring blossom: in April and May it is smothered for a week or two in pink or white flowers, single or double…
Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan' 5 m × 4 m after 10 years
The best known Japanese flowering cherry: in late April and early May it is covered in fully double, vivid pink blossom, on a crown that is…
Acer palmatum 2.5 m × 2 m after 10 years
A slow, graceful small tree or mounded shrub grown for its finely cut leaves and vivid autumn colour; it suits small gardens, entrances and large…
Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' 2.5 m × 1.8 m after 10 years
Its burgundy, palm-shaped leaves and bright red autumn colour make it a useful garden focal point, and it can also grow in a large container. Choose a…
Pinus parviflora 1.5 m × 1 m after 10 years
A slow, picturesque five-needle pine: short, twisted needles striped blue-white sit in tufts at the branch ends, and the small cones stay on the…
Cercis siliquastrum 6 m × 4 m after 10 years
Pink-purple flowers appear on bare branches and even the trunk in spring, followed by rounded, heart-shaped leaves that provide light summer shade.…
Cornus kousa 3 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
An elegant, slow small tree or large shrub that carries white, star-shaped bracts for weeks in late spring, then turns red in autumn and bears…
Crataegus laevigata 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
Midland hawthorn is sold almost only as the red-flowered 'Paul's Scarlet': a small ornamental tree with a rounded crown that is completely covered…
Parrotia persica 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A slow-growing, usually multi-stemmed small tree with a wide crown, planted for its foliage: the leaves open flushed with purple, turn glossy green in…
Albizia julibrissin 5 m × 4 m after 10 years
A small tree with a wide, flat, umbrella-like crown, finely divided fern-like foliage and pink, silky pompom flowers in midsummer that bees and…
Sorbus aucuparia 5 m × 3 m after 10 years
A slender small tree with an open crown that offers white flower clusters in spring, orange-red berry bunches from late summer and yellow to reddish…
Magnolia × soulangeana 4.5 m × 4 m after 10 years
A broad, multi-stemmed large shrub or small tree that covers itself in huge, lightly scented goblet flowers, pink or purplish outside and white…
Amelanchier lamarckii 6 m × 6 m after 10 years
This airy small tree or multi-stemmed shrub brings white spring blossom, edible summer fruit and bright autumn colour. It suits specimen planting,…
Magnolia stellata 2 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
A slow, compact small tree or large shrub that covers itself in white, star-shaped, scented flowers in early spring before the leaves appear. It…
Acer tataricum 3.5 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A tough native small tree or large multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded crown and unlobed, toothed leaves that fits into small gardens too.…
Cupressus sempervirens 'Totem' 3.5 m × 50 cm after 10 years
An extremely slim, dark green form of the Mediterranean cypress that needs hardly any ground yet instantly gives a garden a southern feel. It wants…
Prunus × eminens 'Umbraculifera' 3 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
A small-leaved ornamental cherry grafted on a tall stem whose compact ball crown stays regular without pruning and only gets 1.5 to 2 metres wide,…
Cornus controversa 3 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
Its horizontal branches arranged in tiers make it one of the most beautifully shaped small trees: in late May and June flat plates of white flowers…
Sorbus aria 5 m × 3 m after 10 years
A native small tree with a dense, rounded crown whose oval leaves are dark green above and white-felted beneath, so the whole crown flashes silver…
Betula pendula 'Youngii' 3.5 m × 3 m after 10 years
A top-grafted, umbrella-shaped weeping birch: the crown does not grow upwards but builds a wide dome from which thin twigs hang like a curtain down to…
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