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.
17 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…
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…
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…
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 'Pendula' 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…
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…
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…
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…
Heptacodium miconioides 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A large, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree from China that blooms when little else does: fragrant creamy-white flower clusters cover it in late summer…
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…
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,…
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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