Flowering cherry tree
An impressive spreading ornamental cherry tree, with light pink double-flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Awards: RHS AM
Prunus sargentii x subhirtella
Japanese maple trees
A good example of the "dissectum" form of Acer palmatum, featuring deeply cut leaves.
- Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer palmatum var. dissectum
Maple
The Norway Maple is large fast-growing tree with attractive 5-lobed leaves that turn yellow in autumn.
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Acer platanoides
Maple
The well-known Canadian maple, fast growing and featuring beautiful autumn leaf colours.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer rubrum
Crab-apple trees
Malus Admiration is one of the best crab-apples for small gardens, with clouds of white blossom followed by persistent fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus halliana
Horse Chestnut trees
This is the Horse Chestnut tree, well-known as the source of conkers, but also one of the most impressive and largest of flowering trees.
Aesculus hippocastanum
Magnolia
A traditional Magnolia with large white scented tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia x soulangeana
Flowering cherry tree
Albertii is a compact flowering cherry, with prolific white blossom.
- Flower colour: White
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus padus
Magnolia
Alex is a small upright Magnolia featuring pink cup-shaped flowers, which gradually turn white.
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Cercis
Alley Cat is a Redbud featuring dark pink flowers and colourful pink / green / white leaves.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour: Pink-white-green variegated
Cercis canadensis
Japanese flowering cherry
A popular columnar flowering cherry, also known as the Flagpole Cherry.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Awards: RHS AM
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
Amber Beauty is a form of the Manchurian Cherry, notable for dense clusters of white blossom.
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus maackii
Rowan
A typical Mountain Ash or Rowan, with particularly persistent red berries.
Sorbus
Amelanchier
This small shrub-like tree has perhaps the strongest autumn display of any Amelanchier.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier lamarckii
Magnolia
Aphrodite is a vigorous Magnolia with intense magenta flowers which bloom over a long period.
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Flowering month: May
- Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
Magnolia
Magnolia Apollo features dark violet scented flowers, appearing in early spring.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
Fruiting ornamental
A small evergreen ornamental tree which produces edible fruitlets - commonly known as the Strawberry Tree.
Arbutus unedo
Crab-apple trees
A small slow-growing upright crab-apple, with bronze-green leaves, beautiful dark pink flowers with white centres, and maroon fruits in the autumn.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus toringo
Japanese flowering cherry
Prunus Asano is a compact Japanese flowering cherry, notable for its intense deep pink blossom, featuring up to 100 petals per flower.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: May
- Flower form: Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
This beautiful flowering cherry has a graceful upright habit and white/pink blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus pendula
Rowan
The Cut-leaf Rowan, an excellent form of the native Mountain Ash, orange-red berries, and highly feathered leaves.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Maple
As the name suggests, this is a form of the Cappodician Maple featuring golden-green leaves which take on multiple tints in the autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer cappadocicum
Maple
Spectacular, bright orange red leaves.A hybrid of Acer rubrum /saccharnum.Height after 10yr 6m/20ft
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer x Freemanii
Rowan
Autumn Spire (Flanrock) is a columnar rowan with yellow fruitlets and excellent autumn colour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus aucuparia
Flowering cherry tree
A Japanese flowering cherry with white blossom. Flowering may begin around Christmas and continue to spring in some seasons.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus x subhirtella
Flowering cherry tree
A Japanese flowering cherry with light pink blossom, can sometimes flower through the whole winter.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus x subhirtella
Cercis
A compact Chinese Redbud, featuring an intense display of purple blossom, followed by large green leaves. Ideal for small spaces.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Flower colour: Purple
Cercis chinensis
Amelanchier
A popular tree-like Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn leaf colours.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Lilac
Beauty of Moscow, also known as Krasavitsa Moskvy, features fragrant double-white blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Syringa vulgaris
Rowan
Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
Sorbus aucuparia
Crab-apple trees
An improved form of the traditional Japanese crab-apple species, with white blossom and superb autumn leaf colours.
- Fruit colour: Green / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus tschonoskii
Flowering apricot
This form of the flowering apricot has scented pink blossom which appears early in the spring.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: February
Prunus mume
Japanese flowering cherry
Beni-yutaka is a pink blossom tree, which also features attractive red autumnal leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Birch
The Himalayan White Birch, one of the most popular white birches with characteristic bright white bark.
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: White
Betula utilis jacquemontii
Magnolia
As the name suggests, this Magnolia features huge flowers, with many shades of pink.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Hawthorn
An attractive hawthorn, with large red fruits, and usually thornless.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus pinnatifida
Magnolia
Black Beauty features very dark purple tulip-shaped flowers with white centres, appearing on bare branches.
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Purple
Magnolia x brooklynensis
Magnolia
Black Tulip has deep ruby red flowers, the darkest of any Magnolia variety.
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
Ginkgo
A slow-growing attractive columnar Ginkgo with yellow autumnal leaves
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Ginkgo biloba
Cercis
Bodnant is a particularly attractive form of Cercis siliquastrum, featuring masses of pink purple flowers in late spring.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Flower colour: Purple
Cercis siliquastrum
Maple
Brandywine is one of the best red maples for the UK climate, with a reliable display of fiery-red autumn colours.
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer rubrum
Flowering cherry tree
One of the best forms of Prunus serrula, grown for its beautiful peeling brown bark.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus serrula
Maple
A distinctive dwarf sycamore, named for the colour of its stunning pink spring leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer pseudoplatanus
Magnolia
Burgundy Star features large magenta flowers, which eventually open to a star shape.
- Flower colour: Red - dark
- Flowering month: March
- Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Japanese flowering cherry
A Japanese flowering cherry, notable for its large pink double flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
A pretty and graceful spreading tree with a mass of pink / white flowers, and small red fruits.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus sargentii
Crab-apple trees
Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus hupehensis
Maple
An attractive form of the Field Maple, featuring variegated leaves with white margins and light pink growing tips.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Acer campestre
Cercis
One of the most colourful of the Redbuds, Carolina Sweetheart features a mass of variegated white / pink / green heart-shaped leaves.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour: Pink-white-green variegated
Cercis canadensis
Hornbeam
The Common Hornbeam makes an excellent small tree, with attractive autumn leaf colours. It is also suitable for training and pleaching.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Carpinus betulus
Native trees
The Spanish Chestnut is a large fast-growing tree, best known for its edible nuts.
Castanea sativa
Flowering cherry tree
An unusual winter-flowering cherry, which also has superb autumn leaf colours.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Evergreen
The cedar of Lebanon grows slowly into a majestic large tree, suitable for parks and open landscapes.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cedrus libani
Flowering pear
Chanticleer is a form of the Callery Pear, with attractive spring blossom and autumn colours.
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: March
- Flowering month: April
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Pyrus calleryana
Lilac
A small lilac featuring strongly scented purple / red flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Purple
Syringa vulgaris
Flowering dogwood
An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
Cherokee Princess is an American flowering dogwood, noted for its large white flower clusters.
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
Sunset is a small ornamental American Dogwood, grown for its multi-coloured foliage.
Cornus florida
Birch
A slow-growing form of the Chinese red birch, featuring peeling copper-coloured bark and long catkins.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: Striated - brown
Betula albosinensis
Rowan
A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.
Sorbus
Albizia tree
A purple-leaved weeping form of the Silk Tree, with the characteristic candy-floss pink flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Flowering month: July
- Flowering month: August
Albizia julibrissin
Japanese flowering cherry
Named after the copper-brown colour of the young leaves which contrast with the large white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
- Fruit colour: Gold
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Flowering cherry tree
An outstanding small flowering cherry, with deep pink blossom and attractive autumn colour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Magnolia
Colossus is an unusual summer-flowering Magnolia, featuring large white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: May
- Flowering month: June
- Flowering month: July
Magnolia sieboldii
Japanese flowering cherry
A more erect form of Sargent's cherry, and with more dramatic autumn colours.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flowering month: March
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus sargentii
Beech
The Common Beech is a large attractive deciduous tree with good autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fagus sylvatica
Rowan
The Rowan or Mountain Ash, native to most parts of the UK. The leaves turn golden red in autumn, accompanied by clusters of red berries. One of the largest species of Sorbus.
Sorbus aucuparia
Crab-apple trees
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Hazel bushes
This is the most popular of the contorted hazels, with yellow catkins, and particularly attractive in winter.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Corylus avellana
Magnolia
One of the smaller Magnolias, featuring large pink flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia sprengeri
Rowan
Named for its attractive light copper-coloured fruitlets, Copper Kettle is easy to grow and takes up little space.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Crab-apple trees
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Bronze
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Flowering dogwood
This is the American Flowering Dogwood, featuring bright white flowers and strong autumn colours.
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
This is the Chinese Dogwood, and features a mass of large white blossom, followed by attractive autumn leaf colours.
Cornus kousa chinensis
Flowering dogwood
An unusual tree, with small yellow flowers in mid-winter, red fruitlets in summer, and tinted autumn foliage.
Cornus mas
Hawthorn
An attractive small hawthorn with masses of white blossom and large edible fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus arnoldiana
Hawthorn
A hardy native hawthorn species, with white blossom and red haws, and particularly attractive to bees.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn
This small hawthorn from south-eastern Europe features white flowers and large red edible fruits.
- Fruit colour: Crimson
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus schraderiana
Crab-apple trees
A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus x purpurea
Hawthorn
Crimson Cloud has dark red flowers with white centres.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Red - dark
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus laevigata
Maple
Crimson King is a tree fast-growing maple with purple leaves which turn red in the autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Acer platanoides
Flowering cherry tree
A purple-leaved flowering plum tree, which grows with an upright compact form.
- Flower colour: White
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x cerasifera
Rowan
Croft Coral is a small rowan tree but the fruits are an orange coral colour rather than the usual red,
Sorbus aucuparia
Japanese flowering cherry
Daikoku is one of the less well-known Japanese blossom trees, but features pretty pink - white blossom.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: May
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Birch
The Swedish birch, an attractive columnar silver birch with drooping branches.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: White
Betula pendula
Magnolia
One of the best yellow-flowered Magnolias, Daphne flowers over a long period.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Yellow
Magnolia acuminata
Birch
This birch features speckled dark bark and an upright habit.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: Striated - brown
Betula utilis
Magnolia
A good choice for your first magnolia. Large fragrant pink flowers and a neat upright habit.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia x brooklynensis
Crab-apple trees
Donald Wyman is a classic white-flowered crab-apple, with very small red fruits, which persist into mid-winter.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Maple
A popular form of the Norway Maple, characterised by its variegated leaves.
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer platanoides
Rowan
Features feathered leaves, and pink-red fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
Birch
Edinburgh is an upright form of the silver birch, discovered in the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Bark: White
Betula utilis x Betula albosinensis
Magnolia
Elisa Odenwald is an upright Magnolia which flowers later in the spring, featuring bright creamy white flowers.
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Cream
Magnolia
Magnolia
Elizabeth is a small late-flowering Magnolia which displays yellow spring flowers on bare branches.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Yellow
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Elk River features large fragrant pink single flowers followed by small bright green crab-apples.
- Fruit colour: Green
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus coronaria
Rowan
This rowan has bluish-green leaves which turn orange-red in the autumn.The fruitlets are red, and persist well into winter.
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Embley is a form of the Japanese Rowan, featuring red berries and scarlet autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus commixta
Whitebeam
Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus folgneri
Maple
A small slow-growing sycamore maple featuring exotic pink green and white variegated leaves.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Acer pseudoplatanus
Magnolia
The flowers of this Magnolia are a soft sheen of pure white, with a dark pink base.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Cercis
Cercis Eternal Flame is named for its large red / orange leaves.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour: Yellow
Cercis canadensis
Crab-apple trees
Malus Evereste is a popular traditional crab-apple with masses of white blossom, then red-yellow fruits.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Albizia tree
A form of the Persian silk tree with large pink flowers and fern-like leaves which turn brick red in the autumn.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Dark purple
- Flowering month: July
- Flowering month: August
Albizia julibrissin
Magnolia
A small semi-evergreen Magnolia with fragrant lilac pink flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia laevifolia
Magnolia
Fairy Cream is a semi-evergreen Magnolia with creamy white cup-shaped flowers.
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Cream
Magnolia laevifolia
Magnolia
Fairy White is a small semi-evergreen Magnolia with long-lasting pure white cup-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: June
- Flowering month: July
Magnolia laevifolia
Birch
Fascination features coppery-orange papery bark and very long catkins, and grows with an upright habit.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: Brown - light
Betula albosinensis
Birch
A unique silver birch with a compact upright columnar form and pendulous branches.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Bark: White
Betula pendula
Flowering cherry tree
Felix Jury is a form of the Formosan cherry, featuring crimson pink blossom in early spring.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus campanulata
Magnolia
Felix Jury is notable for its huge crimson purple flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Birch
A slow-growing small birch with bright white papery peeling bark.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: White
Betula
Maple
The Field Maple makes a good specimen tree with attractive autumn colours, and is easy to grow.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer campestre
Crab-apple trees
Malus Fimbriata is notable for its double-flowered blossom, very unusual in a crab-apple.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus ioensis
Rowan
A particularly upright form of the Mountain Ash, and one of the most disease-resistant.
Sorbus aucuparia
Magnolia
Magnolia Fireglow features white tulip-shaped flowers with a candy-pink flush from the base.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: March
Magnolia
Cercis
Forest Pansy is a deservedly popular small multi-stemmed tree, with purple flowers borne on bare branches followed by multi-coloured leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Flower colour: Purple
- Growth habit: Multi-stem
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
A small weeping ornamental cherry tree, ideal for small gardens.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Robinia
Frisia is a fast-growing Robinia or false acacia tree, featuring attractive golden-green leaves over the summer, and scented flowers which are much-loved by bees.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Robinia pseudoacacia
Japanese flowering cherry
A traditional double-flowered Japanese flowering cherry, also known as Kofugen.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Magnolia
A modern hybrid Magnolia with lightly fragrant purple-pink tulip-shaped flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Japanese maple trees
One of the "dissectum" group of Japanese acers, with feathery purple leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer palmatum
Magnolia
Genie is a compact Magnolia, featuring large dark crimson flowers, with a subtle fragrance.
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Flowering month: May
Magnolia
Maple
A popular snake-bark maple, very attractive striated bark, and golden yellow autumn colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer davidii
Rowan
Gibbsii grows with a neat spreading columnar form, sprinkled with clusters of bright red fruits in the autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus hybrida
Ginkgo
Also known as the Maidenhair tree, upright habit, attractive leaves and good autumn colour.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Ginkgo biloba
Hawthorn
The Glastonbury Thorn, Crataegus Biflora, is a form of the common hawthorn found in the area around Glastonbury, reputed to have been planted by Joseph of Arimathea.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: January
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Cream
- Flowering month: December
Crataegus monogyna
Evergreen
A superb small tree with sweeping branches and glaucous leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cedrus atlantica
Rowan
A small compact rowan with an upright form, notable for its bright pink fruitlets and feathered leaves.
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Glendoick White Baby is a superb tree for autumn colour, with large bright white berries and bright red leaves.
Sorbus
Birch
A gold-leaved silver birch, with an excellent upright form, white bark, and attractive autumn leaf colours.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: White
Betula pendula
Cercis
A superb small columnar weeping Cercis, with small pink flowers and golden yellow / green leaves.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Leaf colour: Yellow-green
Cercis canadensis
Birch
A nice example of the Golden Birch, with green-yellow leaves in the summer, turning golden yellow in the autumn.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: White
Betula pendula
Crab-apple trees
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Crab-apple trees
A new British late-flowering crab-apple, with white blossom, russeted fruits, and strong autumn colours.
- Fruit colour: Russet
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus yunnanensis
Flowering dogwood
This form of the Cornelian Cherry features small yellow flowers in mid-winter, and small red fruitlets in autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cornus mas
Crab-apple trees
Malus Golden Hornet has pink / white blossom then small yellow crab apples which hang on late in the year.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus x zumi
Crab-apple trees
Malus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Crab-apple trees
A very upright columnar species of crab-apple, with white flowers and small green fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Green
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus trilobata
Liquidambar
A small tree with maple like leaves, and stunning autumn colours.
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Japanese flowering cherry
Gyoiko is a pleasing Japanese flowering cherry tree, featuring unusual cream-coloured blossom.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: May
- Flower colour: Cream
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: White
Malus
Flowering cherry tree
This graceful flowering cherry is notable for its long-lived white blossom.
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus subhirtella
Japanese flowering cherry
A modern Japanese flowering cherry, also known as Pink Parasol, which features large double-flower pink blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
Malus Harry Baker is a popular crab-apple with deep pink flowers and dark red fruits which are very good for crab-apple jelly.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Cercis
Hearts of Gold is a tree-like Cercis, covered in purple-red flowers in spring followed by yellow-green leaves.
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Leaf colour: Yellow-green
- Flower colour: Purple
- Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Melliferous trees
Heptacodium miconioides is a small tree with glossy green leaves, clusters of scented flowers, and interesting peeling bark.
Heptacodium miconioides
Birch
Hergest is a form of the Chinese red birch, and features copper-coloured bark.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: Brown - light
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Betula albosinensis
Japanese flowering cherry
Hokusai is a traditional Japanese pink blossom cherry tree.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Magnolia
Honey Tulip is named for its creamy honey-yellow tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Cream
Magnolia
Japanese flowering cherry
A small upright flowering cherry tree with large pink-tinted white blossom.
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Japanese flowering cherry
An attractive medium-sized Japanese cherry blossom tree, with classic double shell pink flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
An excellent all-round crab apple, with attractive bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and small persistent red fruits.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus
Magnolia
Iolanthe is one of the most popular pink-flowered Magnolias.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Magnolia
Flowering cherry tree
Prunus Jacqueline is a new flowering cherry, featuring stunning pink blossom and superb autumn colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus x sargentii
Crab-apple trees
White blossom followed by large orange-red fruits which are ideal for making crab-apple jelly.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Birch
Jermyns is a variety of the Himalayan birch, notable for its bright white bark and large catkins.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Betula utilis jacquemontii
Whitebeam
An unusual species of Sorbus, the leaves are particularly attractive for their white undersides.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus hemsleyi
Crab-apple trees
John Downie is a traditional crab-apple, with white blossom and orange-red fruits, ideal for making crab apple jelly.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus
Whitebeam
John Mitchell is a popular whitebeam, notable for its large white-green leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus x aria
Magnolia
The flowers of Magnolia Joli Pompom are the purest sheen of icing sugar white.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Rowan
A small rowan, with distinctive pale yellow fruitlets. Also one of the best for autumn colour.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS 1st class
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Sorbus
Hawthorn
Jubilee features dense white flowers in spring and red berries in the autumn.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Crataegus succulenta
Japanese flowering cherry
Kanzan (or Kwanzan) is one of the most popular Japanese flowering cherries, well-suited to the UK climate.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Awards: RHS AM
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Flowering dogwood
An attractive form of the Cornelian Cherry producing pear-shaped fruits with an acidic fragrant flavour.
Cornus mas
Rowan
An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus cashmiriana
Lilac
A vigorous lilac featuring clusters of purple fragrant double flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Mauve
Syringa vulgaris
Japanese flowering cherry
This is the classic Japanese weeping pink cherry blossom tree (sometimes known as Cheal's Weeping Cherry).
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flowering month: April
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
An excellent small compact blossom tree, featuring a mass of small white flowers, and good autumn colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Flowering cherry tree
A small ornamental early-flowing cherry tree, with profuse blossom.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus
Amelanchier
La Paloma has exuberant white blossom, and coppery young leaves which turn orange and red in autumn,
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier
Crab-apple trees
Malus Laura is a very upright dwarf crab-apple, with bronze leaves, crimson blossom and maroon fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus
Cercis
Also known as Covey, this impressive weeping Cercis features pale purple blossom followed by dense lavender green leaves.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
- Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
A good example of the Bird Cherry, with semi-double flowers, ideal for smaller gardens.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus padus
Whitebeam
Lemon Drop is a small whitebeam tree, with the characteristic white undersides to its leaves. As the name suggests, the fruitlets are bright yellow.
Sorbus folgneri
Rowan
A good all-round small rowan tree, with good autumn colours and cascades of pink fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
Liquidambar
An attractive sweet gum tree with excellent autumnal foliage colours.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Japanese flowering cherry
Little Pink Perfection is a dwarf form of Pink Perfection, ideal for patio containers and small spaces.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: Up to 1.5m / 5ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: May
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
Malus Louisa is a pretty weeping crab apple with light pink blossom and small yellow fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Elm
Ulmus LUTECE Nanguen is one of the best of the elm varieties which have some resistance to Dutch Elm Disease.
Ulmus
Whitebeam
An excellent garden tree, very hardy, easy to grow, and tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Grey-green leaves turn russet in autumn, with orange berries.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
Magnolia
A dwarf Magnolia with white cup-shaped flowers, with a distinctive red base to the tepals. Sometimes known as Magnolia Sunrise.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia cylindrica
Lilac
A large spreading lilac, featuring clusters of double white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Syringa vulgaris
Magnolia
Perhaps the best-known of all Magnolia species, Magnolia stellata features masses of star-shaped white or pale pink flowers.
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia stellata
Magnolia
This species of Magnolia has large bright white highly fragrant flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia wilsonii
Whitebeam
Majestica is a classic large Whitebeam, with silvery-grey leaves contrasting in autumn with clusters of orange-red berries.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
Crab-apple trees
The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus baccata
Crab-apple trees
Malus florentina is an unusual crab-apple with white blossom, tiny fruitlets, and serrated leaves which take on good autumn colours.
- Fruit colour: Green / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus florentina
Crab-apple trees
Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus floribunda
Crab-apple trees
A traditional garden crab-apple from China, with white blossom and small red-tinged fruitlets, a good choice as a specimen tree.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Green / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus hupehensis
Crab-apple trees
Malus sylvestris is the native wild crab apple, easy to grow and ideal for native planting schemes.
Malus sylvestris
Crab-apple trees
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, has a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus transitoria
Crab-apple trees
A traditional Japanese crab-apple species, with white blossom and superb autumn leaf colours.
- Fruit colour: Green / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus tschonoskii
Rowan
An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Birch
A slow-growing Himalayan birch with a bright white stem, a good choice for small gardens.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: White
Betula utilis
Cercis
Merlot is an upright spreading Cercis with purple blossom followed by wine-red leaves which turn green over the summer.
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Cercis canadensis x texensis
Flowering cherry tree
Mikinori is a classic early-flowering Fuji cherry tree, with red autumn leaf colours.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Birch
Moonbeam is an excellent form of the Himalayan birch, with the characteristic white trunk, but much smaller than other forms of this popular species.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: White
- Bark: Peeling
Betula utilis
Flowering cherry tree
The Portuguese Laurel forms a small spreading tree, easy to grow, and ideal for patios.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
Prunus lusitanica
Crab-apple trees
Niedzwetzkyana is a unique red-fleshed, red-skinned, red blossom crab-apple, originating from central Asia.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Red - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus domestica
Flowering cherry tree
A popular flowering cherry-plum tree, with dark purple leaves and pale pink blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus cerasifera
Crab-apple trees
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Amelanchier
Obelisk is an upright Amelanchier, with white spring blossom, and attractive autumn colours, ideal for small spaces.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: May
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Amelanchier alnifolia
Maple
A well-named form of the North American Red Maple - the leaves turn a spectacular red in the autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer rubrum
Flowering cherry tree
Okame is a small hardy blossom tree featuring shell-pink single flowers and attractive autumn colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus incisa x Prunus campanulata
Cercis
A large Cercis with dark pink lilac blossom followed by large rich green foliage, turning yellow in autumn.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
Rowan
Olympic Flame (or Dodong) is an attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus ulleungensis
Albizia tree
One of the best Albizias for cooler climates. Candy floss pink flowers in July and August, and bright green feathery leaves.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: July
- Flowering month: August
- Flowering month: September
Albizia julibrissin
Japanese maple trees
Orange-tinged young leaves turn yellow over the summer, then gold in autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer palmatum
Japanese maple trees
A classic Japanese maple, noted for its bright red autumn foliage.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer palmatum
Flowering cherry tree
A small ornamental cherry with double white flowers, and autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus incisa
Lilac
A slow-growing dwarfing Korean lilac, ideal for borders and smaller spaces.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Flower colour: Mauve
Syringa meyeri
Liquidambar
This form of Liquidambar features long narrow lobed leaves and strong long-lived autumnal foliage colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Flowering cherry tree
An excellent small flowering cherry, with pale pink blossom, and interesting leaf colour in both spring and autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Maple
The Paper-bark maple tree features characteristic peeling bark, and strong autumn colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer griseum
Hawthorn
A popular small hawthorn with distinctive dark pink blossom with white centres.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus laevigata
Rowan
A small spreading rowan tree, named for its clusters of pearl-white berries.
Sorbus bissetii
Flowering cherry tree
A small graceful weeping Fuji cherry, with small single white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Flowering pear
A very attractive flowering pear tree, notable for its distinctive weeping branches, and silver-green leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flowering month: April
Pyrus salcifolia
Flowering cherry tree
One of the most attractive and oldest of the traditional Japanese weeping cherries.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus pendula
Flowering cherry tree
An attractive early-flowering wide-spreading weeping Japanese pink cherry blossom tree.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus pendula
Maple
One of the best Maples for winter colour, featuring striated bright red bark.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer x conspicuum
Robinia
As the name suggests this Robinia features a profusion of scented pink pea-like flowers.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Robinia x margaretta
Rowan
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
Sorbus vilmorinii
Crab-apple trees
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus baccata
Rowan
A very upright rowan tree, with pretty pink fruitlets.
Sorbus
Rowan
Pink Pagoda features clusters of pale pink fruits in late summer, and good autumn foliage colours.
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Sorbus hupehensis
Rowan
A small upright rowan tree with clusters of pink-flecked white fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus
Crab-apple trees
Malus Pink Perfection is a superb crab-apple with double pink scented flowers.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Japanese flowering cherry
The definitive pink blossom tree, offers a long-lasting display of pink double flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: May
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus
Lilac
Pink Perfume features clusters of pink / red flowers in May, with secondary flowering later in the summer.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Syringa vulgaris
Cercis
While most Cercis feature single flowers, Pink Pom Pom has true double flowers, for a more intense blossom display.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Flowering cherry tree
This perfectly named flowering cherry features clusters of pink blossom hanging like pink shells.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
A form of the native English wild cherry, featuring which has double white flowers rather than single flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus avium
Hawthorn
A compact hawthorn which features double white flowers.
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus laevigata
Flowering cherry tree
Powder Puff (also known as Kobuku-zakura) is an early-flowering white cherry blossom tree, with particularly luxuriant double-white flowers.
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
A small and hardy winter-flowering cherry, ideal for winter colour and small gardens.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus incisa
Crab-apple trees
Malus Prairie Fire is a medium-size upright crab-apple tree, notable for its dark pink flowers.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Magnolia
An early-season Magnolia with dark crimson pink flowers opening to paler pinks.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: March
Magnolia
Lilac
As the name suggests this lilac features clusters of pale primrose yellow flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Yellow
Syringa vulgaris
Lilac
Prince Wolkonsky lilac features large scented clusters of red / purple flowers.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Purple
Syringa vulgaris
Magnolia
An English Magnolia featuring large beautiful pink flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Maple
Princeton Gold is a versatile fast-growing form of the Norway Maple, named for its golden-green leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer platanoides
Crab-apple trees
A well-proportioned crab-apple with profuse white blossom, and golden-orange fruitlets in autumn.
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus x zumi
Crab-apple trees
Malus Profusion (also known as Directeur Moerlands) is a classic crab apple variety, with dense clusters of deep pink blossom followed by small crimson berry-like fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus x moerlandsii
Hawthorn
Prunifolia Splendens is one of the best hawthorns for autumn colour and persistent red fruits.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus persimilis
Flowering cherry tree
The native "Gean" or "Mazzard" cherry, makes an attractive woodland tree.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus avium
Flowering cherry tree
A flowering cherry, but grown primarily for the stunning copper striped bark.
- Flower colour: White
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus himalaica
Flowering cherry tree
A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.
- Flower colour: White
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus litigiosa
Flowering cherry tree
The Portuguese Laurel is a dense small evergreen flowering cherry tree.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
Prunus lusitanica
Flowering cherry tree
This is the Himalayan cherry, notable for its attractive exfoliating bark, and hairy young shoots.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus rufa
Japanese flowering cherry
Sargent's Cherry is an impressive ornamental cherry, scoring highly for blossom, autumn colour, and its attractive form.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus sargentii
Flowering cherry tree
A popular flowering cherry tree species, The Tibetan cherry or Birch Bark cherry is well-known for its attractive bark.
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus serrula
Beech
Purple Fountain is a popular form of the Weeping Beech featuring dark purple bronze leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fagus sylvatica
Beech
Purpurea is an impressive purple-leaved form of the Common Beech, sometimes known as the Purple Beech or Copper Beech.
Fagus sylvatica
Crab-apple trees
Malus Purpurea Evelyn is a purple-leaved form of the Prairie crab.
- Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Dark purple
Malus ioensis
Amelanchier
R J Hilton features large white flowers, copper-coloured young leaves, and attractive autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Amelanchier laevis
Amelanchier
An upright columnar Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn colours.
Amelanchier canadensis
Rowan
This rowan tree is named for the the black colour of its winter buds. It also features yellow autumn leaves and orange berries.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus
Magnolia
As the name suggests the light pink flowers of this Magnolia hybrid are attractively scented.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Rowan
Red Bird features bright white flowers, orange / red fruits and good autumn leaf colours. It has a wider climate range than other rowans.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus alnifolia
Maple
A small snake-bark maple featuring brilliant red stems and variegated pink, white, and green leaves.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer x conspicuum
Hazel bushes
A red-leaved form of the contorted or twisted hazel.
Corylus avellana
Crab-apple trees
Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Crab-apple trees
A deservedly popular crab-apple, Malus Red Sentinel has classic white apple blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Awards: RHS AM
Malus x robusta
Maple
One of the smaller maples, its main feature is the striated brown/red bark.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer capillipes
Crab-apple trees
An unusual red-fleshed crab-apple which has large purple fruits. The juice is a claret red colour.
- Fruit colour: Purple
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus domestica
Amelanchier
An upright Amelanchier with pink buds opening to snow white flowers, with good autumn colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Hornbeam
An excellent form of the common Hornbeam, notable for its fiery orange-red autumn foliage.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Carpinus betulus
Rowan
An unusual small rowan tree, featuring clusters of dark-pink red very persistent berries.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
Sorbus
Hawthorn
A popular ornamental hawthorn, featuring pink double flowers with cream centres.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus laevigata
Crab-apple trees
Malus Rosehip features white blossom and large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Rowan
A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.
Sorbus rosea
Crab-apple trees
Royal Beauty is a compact weeping crab apple with crimson blossom and small crimson berry-like fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Leaf colour: Green
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus
Flowering cherry tree
Royal Burgundy is a flowering cherry with striking red purple foliage combined with double pink flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
A flowering cherry with profuse white blossom in spring and outstanding fiery autumn colours.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Birch
An unusual silver birch with bronze-coloured leaves, and a white stem.
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: White
Betula x populifolia
Crab-apple trees
Malus Royalty has bright purple-red blossom, dark green-bronze leaves, and dark red fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Red - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus domestica
Maple
One of the best forms of the Cappadocian Maple, featuring a range of leaf colours from spring to autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer cappadocicum
Cercis
Ruby Falls is a popular weeping Cercis with large bronze leaves, which emerge after the light purple spring blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
Cercis canadensis
Crab-apple trees
Malus Rudoph features very large single deep pink flowers, and small orange fruits.
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Japanese maple trees
Also known as the Coral Bark maple, Sango Kaku features coral red stems which make a strong winter feature.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Acer palmatum
Magnolia
A vigorous Magnolia featuring large white goblet-shaped flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Maple
An upright form of the popular red maple, with an attractive shape and reliable autumn colour.
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Acer rubrum
Crab-apple trees
A new crab-apple featuring stunning pink scented double-flowers and good autumn colour.
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus x purpurea x ioensis
Crab-apple trees
Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and dark red fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Purple
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus toringo
Flowering cherry tree
A flowering cherry which is useful for public spaces on account of its conical form and attractive bark.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus avium x Prunus canascens
Lilac
Sensation is an unusual lilac with large single purple / white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Mauve
Syringa vulgaris
Rowan
A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Albizia tree
A very attractive spreading weeping Albizia, with feathery green foliage and pink summer flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: July
- Flowering month: August
Albizia julibrissin
Magnolia
Magnolia Shirazz features large crimson tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: March
Magnolia
Japanese flowering cherry
Shirofugen is a traditional Japanese flowering cherry with large double-white flowers, also known as Fugenzo.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus serrulata
Japanese flowering cherry
Prunus Shirotae features large single or semi-double fragrant white flowers, and is perhaps the most beautiful of the white-flowered Japanese cherries.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Prunus
Japanese flowering cherry
A Japanese flowering cherry with large fragrant bright white blossom, and strong autumn colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Japanese flowering cherry
One of the loveliest of the white-blossom Japanese flowering cherries.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
An upright fastigate flowering cherry with pink blossom and good autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus campanulata x incisa x sargentii
Birch
The Common Silver Birch, native to Europe, popular for its peeling white bark and pendulous branches.
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: White
Betula alba pendula
Maple
A large stately tree featuring attractive cut leaves which turn yellow and gold in the autumn.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Acer saccharinum
Flowering pear
An attractive upright flowering pear tree with silvery green foliage, and small ornamental fruits.
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flowering month: March
Pyrus elaeagnifolia
Birch
Silver Shadow is one of the loveliest of the Himalayan birches, notable for its presence and pure white stem.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: White
Betula utilis jacquemontii
Maple
A popular slow-growing medium-sized sycamore tree with very attractive variegated leaves.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer pseudoplatanus
Liquidambar
Slender Silhouette is a particularly columnar form of Liquidambar, with vibrant yellow and red autumn foliage colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Flowering cherry tree
A small upright flowering cherry tree with particularly large single white flowers.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa x speciosa
Birch
An attractive tree, and one of the best forms of the Himalayan birch, with a bright white stem.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Bark: White
Betula utilis
Flowering cherry tree
Snow Showers is a compact slow-growing flowering cherry, with long weeping branches and a mass of white single flowers.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
Snowcloud is named for its profusion of large white semi-double flowers.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Amelanchier
A popular Amelanchier, featuring large single flowers, coppery foliage, and good autumn colours.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Amelanchier laevis
Flowering cherry tree
The Somei-Yoshino cherry with its graceful wide-spreading branches and large white flowers is the definitive Japanese flowering cherry.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis
Rowan
Sorbus discolor features yellow berries which take on pink hues as they mature.
Sorbus discolor
Whitebeam
A little-known whitebeam species, it features the classic downy grey-green leaves, and russeted fruitlets in autumn.
Sorbus hedlundii
Rowan
A species of rowan featuring pink/white fruitlets and good autumn colours.
Sorbus helenae
Rowan
A classic rowan tree with pink berries and good autumn leaf colours.
Sorbus hupehensis
Rowan
An upright rowan with large oval leaves and attractive autumn colours and large red fruitlets.
Sorbus japonica
Rowan
Similar characteristics to Sorbus vilmorinii, not quite as vigorous, but heavier fruiting.
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Rowan
A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus sargentiana
Rowan
One of the more spreading smaller Rowan species, with orange/red autumn leaf colours, and clusters of small orange fruilets.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus scalaris
Rowan
The main feature of this Rowan trees is the pink fruitlets, which turn white as autumn progresses. It is one of the smaller Sorbus species, but also one of the more spreading.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus vilmorinii
Whitebeam
A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus wardii
Lilac
Souvenir de Louis Spaeth is a highly scented lilac, with lilac-purple flowers.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Purple
Syringa vulgaris
Magnolia
This upright hybrid Magnolia features dark pink tulip-shaped flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Birch
Spider Alley is a silver birch with unusual contorted twisting branches, and a pure white stem.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Betula pendula
Flowering cherry tree
A compact upright blossom tree with pale pink flowers, and orange-red autumn foliage colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus
Flowering cherry tree
Spring Glow is a stunning sight in early spring, with its large deep pink single flowers, followed by dark purple foliage.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x persicoides
Flowering cherry tree
A Japanese flowering cherry with double-flowered white blossom borne on bare branches, followed by coppery-leaves.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Magnolia
Star Wars features very long-lasting dusky-pink flowers and an upright habit.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Liquidambar
Stared features small dainty 7-lobed leaves which are deeply incised and offer strong autumn colours.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Flowering cherry tree
A small flowering cherry tree, named after its star-shaped pink blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus pendula
Maple
The Sugar Maple is the primary maple species used for producing maple syrup.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer saccharum
Albizia tree
A popular form of the Silk Tree with burgundy foliage and scented cream powder puff blooms.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Flowering month: July
- Flowering month: August
Albizia julibrissin
Crab-apple trees
Malus Sun Rival is a popular weeping crab-apple, with pale pink blossom and small red berry-like fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Maple
A good example of the Red Maple, featuring fiery red autumn leaf colours.
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer rubrum
Japanese flowering cherry
A large flowering cherry tree with a distinctive columnar form, and large single white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Prunus
Rowan
A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Magnolia
A compact Magnolia with crimson / white scented flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Magnolia
Sweet Merlot is a compact Mangolia, with rich dark red wine-coloured tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Magnolia
A compact Magnolia with tulip-shaped crimson-pink flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Lilac
Sweetheart features large clusters of traditional lilac-coloured flowers.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Flower colour: Mauve
Syringa vulgaris
Japanese flowering cherry
A traditional Japanese flowering cherry, known as the "Great White Cherry" and notable for its very large single white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Awards: RHS AM
Prunus serrulata
Japanese maple trees
Tamukeyama is one of the best dissected-leaf Japanese maples, the leaves vary from red to purple over the season.
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Acer palmatum
Melliferous trees
A large deciduous tree producing plumes of small white flowers over a long period in mid-summer which are very attractive to bees.
Tetradium daniellii
Cercis
An unusual Cercis featuring large white flowers, followed by green leaves which turn yellow in autumn.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flower colour: Cream
- Growth habit: Multi-stem
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
Flowering cherry tree
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Cercis
The Rising Sun is an attractive Cercis featuring lilac-coloured blossom followed by young orange-tinted yellow foliage.
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Crab-apple trees
A form of the Cut-leaf crab-apple, with particularly dissected leaves.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus transitoria
Flowering cherry tree
Tilstone Hellfire is small flowering cherry tree with large single flowers, and spectacular autumn colours.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Crab-apple trees
Malus Tina is a small spreading crab-apple, useful as a patio tree.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus sargentii
Magnolia
Tina Durio is a fast-growing Magnolia featuring bright white fragrant tulip-shaped flowers.
Magnolia
Flowering cherry tree
An ornamental plum with white blossom and purple leaves, usually also produces dark red cherry-plums fruits, which can be eaten or cooked.
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus cerasifera
Birch
A small attractive birch tree with bright white bark from a young age.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Bark: White
Betula utilis jacquemontii
Birch
A graceful upright silver birch with pendulous shoots cascading from its branches.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: White
Betula pendula
Japanese maple trees
An upright tree-like Acer with deeply cut purple leaves which turn fiery red in the autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Acer palmatum
Japanese flowering cherry
A very attractive Japanese blossom tree, with unique cream-coloured flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: April
- Flowering month: May
- Flower colour: Cream
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus
Cercis
Vanilla Twist is an unusual compact weeping Cercis featuring snow-white blossom.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Flower colour: Mauve
Cercis canadensis
Birch
This lovely Himalayan Birch is named for its chocolate-coloured peeling striated bark.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
- Bark: Striated - brown
Betula utilis
Magnolia
Watermelon is an attractive Magnolia featuring very large dark red semi-double flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Malus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus brevipes
Flowering cherry tree
A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis pendula
Birch
A small fast-growing birch tree with bright white bark.
- Growth habit: Upright
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: White
- Growth habit: Pyramidal
Betula ermanii
Flowering dogwood
This flowering dogwood is characterised by its large white bracts, and attractive red autumn leaf colours.
Cornus kousa
Crab-apple trees
A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Russet
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Rowan
A large traditional Rowan tree, native to England.
Sorbus torminalis
Magnolia
Wildcat features bright white chrysanthemum-like double flowers with an attractive floral scent.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia x loebneri
Elm
A new Elm variety with very good resistance to Dutch Elm Disease and a good host for the White-letter Hairstreak butterfly.
Ulmus x Wingham
Rowan
A good-sized yellow-fruiting mountain ash, with a spreading form.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Magnolia
Woodsman features dusky pink flowers with shades of yellow, green and cream.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: May
Magnolia x brooklynensis
Liquidambar
An elegant upright conical tree with excellent orange and gold autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Liquidambar styraciflua
Elm
A compact elm tree which does not get too big, with green leaves which turn yellow in full sun.
Ulmus x hollandica
Flowering cherry tree
A small shrub-like ornamental cherry with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and orange autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus incisa
Magnolia
A medium-sized late-flowering Magnolia, one of the best yellow-flowered forms for the smaller garden.
- Flowering month: May
- Flower colour: Yellow
Magnolia x brooklynensis
Birch
A weeping silver birch, the branches trail to the ground.
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Bark: White
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Betula pendula
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