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List of the best blossom trees

A selection of trees with beautiful spring blossom.

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Varieties list

Flowering cherry tree
Accolade
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
Crab-apple trees
Admiration
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
Aesculus hippocastanum
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
Alba Superba
A traditional Magnolia with large white scented tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia x soulangeana
Flowering cherry tree
Albertii
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
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
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
Amanogawa
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
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
Amelanchier
Amelanchier lamarckii
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
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
Apollo
Magnolia Apollo features dark violet scented flowers, appearing in early spring.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Aros®
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
Asano
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
Ascendens Rosea
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
Flowering cherry tree
Autumnalis
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
Autumnalis Rosea
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
Avondale
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
Ballerina
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
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
Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Crab-apple trees
Belmonte
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
Beni-chidori
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
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
Magnolia
Big Dude
As the name suggests, this Magnolia features huge flowers, with many shades of pink.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Magnolia
Black Beauty
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®
Black Tulip has deep ruby red flowers, the darkest of any Magnolia variety.
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
Cercis
Bodnant
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
Magnolia
Burgundy StarTM
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
Butterball
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
Candy Floss
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
Candymint
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
Cardinal
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
Cercis
Carolina SweetheartTM
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
Flowering cherry tree
Catherine
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
Flowering pear
Chanticleer
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
Charles Joly
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
Cherokee Daybreak
An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
Cherokee Princess
Cherokee Princess is an American flowering dogwood, noted for its large white flower clusters.
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
Cherokee Sunset
Sunset is a small ornamental American Dogwood, grown for its multi-coloured foliage.
Cornus florida
Albizia tree
Chocolate FountainTM
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
Chocolate Ice
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
Cinderella®
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
Collingwood Ingram
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
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
Columnaris
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
Rowan
Common 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.
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Crab-apple trees
Comtesse de Paris
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
Magnolia
Copeland Court
One of the smaller Magnolias, featuring large pink flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia sprengeri
Crab-apple trees
Coralburst®
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
Cornus florida
This is the American Flowering Dogwood, featuring bright white flowers and strong autumn colours.
Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood
Cornus kousa chinensis
This is the Chinese Dogwood, and features a mass of large white blossom, followed by attractive autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cornus kousa chinensis
Flowering dogwood
Cornus mas
An unusual tree, with small yellow flowers in mid-winter, red fruitlets in summer, and tinted autumn foliage.
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cornus mas
Hawthorn
Crataegus arnoldiana
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
Crataegus monogyna
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
Crataegus schraderiana
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
Crimson Cascade
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
Flowering cherry tree
Crimson PointeTM
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
Japanese flowering cherry
Daikoku
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
Magnolia
Daphne
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
Magnolia
Daybreak
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
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
Magnolia
Elisa Odenwald
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
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
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
Embley
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
Magnolia
Eskimo
The flowers of this Magnolia are a soft sheen of pure white, with a dark pink base.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Evereste
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
Evy's Pride
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
Fairy BlushTM
A small semi-evergreen Magnolia with fragrant lilac pink flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia laevifolia
Magnolia
Fairy CreamTM
Fairy Cream is a semi-evergreen Magnolia with creamy white cup-shaped flowers.
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Cream
Magnolia laevifolia
Magnolia
Fairy WhiteTM
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
Flowering cherry tree
Felix Jury
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 JuryTM
Felix Jury is notable for its huge crimson purple flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Fimbriata
Malus Fimbriata is notable for its double-flowered blossom, very unusual in a crab-apple.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus ioensis
Magnolia
Fireglow
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
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
Frilly FrockTM
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
Japanese flowering cherry
Fugenzo
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
Galaxy
A modern hybrid Magnolia with lightly fragrant purple-pink tulip-shaped flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Magnolia
Genie
Genie is a compact Magnolia, featuring large dark crimson flowers, with a subtle fragrance.
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Flowering month: May
Magnolia
Hawthorn
Glastonbury Thorn
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
Cercis
Golden Falls®
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
Crab-apple trees
Golden Gem
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
Golden Glory
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
Golden Glory
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
Golden Hornet
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
Gorgeous
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
Japanese flowering cherry
Gyoiko
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
HalloweenTM
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
Hally Jolivette
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
Hanagasa Pink Parasol
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
Harry Baker
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®
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
Japanese flowering cherry
Hokusai
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 TulipTM
Honey Tulip is named for its creamy honey-yellow tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flowering month: April
- Flower colour: Cream
Magnolia
Japanese flowering cherry
Horinji
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
Ichiyo
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
Indian Magic
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
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
Jacqueline
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
Jelly King®
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
Crab-apple trees
John Downie
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
Magnolia
Joli Pompom
The flowers of Magnolia Joli Pompom are the purest sheen of icing sugar white.
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Japanese flowering cherry
Kanzan
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
Kasanlak
An attractive form of the Cornelian Cherry producing pear-shaped fruits with an acidic fragrant flavour.
Cornus mas
Rowan
Kashmir 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
Katherine Havemeyer
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
Kiku-shidare-zakura
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
Kojo-no-mai
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
Kursar
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
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
Laura
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
Lavender Twist®
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
Le Thoureil
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
Japanese flowering cherry
Little Pink Perfection
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
Louisa
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
Magnolia
Lv Xing
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
Madame Lemoine
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
Magnolia stellata
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
Magnolia wilsonii
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
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
Malus baccata
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
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
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
Malus hupehensis
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 transitoria
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
Malus tschonoskii
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
Cercis
Merlot
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
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
Flowering cherry tree
Myrtifolia
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
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
Nigra
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
Amelanchier
Obelisk®
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
Flowering cherry tree
Okame
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
Oklahoma
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
Albizia tree
Ombrella®
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
Flowering cherry tree
Oshidori Princesse
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
Palibin
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
Flowering cherry tree
Pandora
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
Flowering cherry tree
Pendula
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
Pendula
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
Pendula Plena Rosea
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
Pendula Rubra
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
Robinia
Pink Cascade
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
Crab-apple trees
Pink Glow
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
Crab-apple trees
Pink Perfection
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
Pink Perfection
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
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
Pink Pom Poms®
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
Pink Shell
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
Plena
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
Flowering cherry tree
Powder Puff
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
Praecox
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
Prairie Fire®
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
Premier Cru
An early-season Magnolia with dark crimson pink flowers opening to paler pinks.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: March
Magnolia
Lilac
Primrose
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
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
Princess Margaret
An English Magnolia featuring large beautiful pink flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Professor Sprenger
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
Profusion
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
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
Prunus avium
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
Prunus himalaica
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
Prunus litigiosa
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
Prunus lusitanica
The Portuguese Laurel is a dense small evergreen flowering cherry tree.
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Flower colour: White
Prunus lusitanica
Flowering cherry tree
Prunus rufa
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
Prunus sargentii
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
Prunus serrula
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
Crab-apple trees
Purpurea Evelyn
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
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
Rainbow Pillar®
An upright columnar Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn colours.
Amelanchier canadensis
Magnolia
Rebecca's Perfume
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
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
Crab-apple trees
Red Sentinel
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
Crab-apple trees
Roberts Crab
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
Robin Hill
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
Crab-apple trees
Rosehip
Malus Rosehip features white blossom and large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Rowan
Rosiness
A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus rosea
Crab-apple trees
Royal Beauty
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
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
Royal Flame®
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
Crab-apple trees
Royalty
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
Cercis
Ruby Falls
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
Rudolph
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
Magnolia
Sayonara
A vigorous Magnolia featuring large white goblet-shaped flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Crab-apple trees
Scarlet Brandywine®
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
Flowering cherry tree
Schmittii
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
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
Sheerwater Seedling
A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Albizia tree
Shidare
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
ShirazzTM
Magnolia Shirazz features large crimson tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: March
Magnolia
Japanese flowering cherry
Shirofugen
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
Shirotae
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
Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud
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
Shogetsu - Blushing Bride
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
Shosar
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
Flowering pear
Silver Sails
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
Flowering cherry tree
Snow Goose
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
Flowering cherry tree
Snow Showers
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
Snowcloud is named for its profusion of large white semi-double flowers.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Amelanchier
Snowflakes
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
Somei-Yoshino
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
Lilac
Souvenir de Louis Spaeth
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
Spectrum
This upright hybrid Magnolia features dark pink tulip-shaped flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Flowering cherry tree
Spire
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
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
Spring Snow
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
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
Flowering cherry tree
Stellata
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
Albizia tree
Summer Chocolate
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
Sun Rival
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
Japanese flowering cherry
Sunset Boulevard
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
Magnolia
Susan
A compact Magnolia with crimson / white scented flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Magnolia
Sweet Merlot
Sweet Merlot is a compact Mangolia, with rich dark red wine-coloured tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Magnolia
Sweet Valentine
A compact Magnolia with tulip-shaped crimson-pink flowers.
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Flowering month: April
Magnolia
Lilac
Sweetheart
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
Tai-haku
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
Cercis
Texas White
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
The Bride
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 SunTM
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
Flowering cherry tree
Tiltstone Hellfire
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
Tina
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
Tina Durio is a fast-growing Magnolia featuring bright white fragrant tulip-shaped flowers.
- Flower colour: White
Magnolia
Flowering cherry tree
Trailblazer
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
Japanese flowering cherry
Ukon
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®
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
Magnolia
Watermelon
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
Wedding Bouquet
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
Weeping Yoshino
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
Flowering dogwood
White Fountain
This flowering dogwood is characterised by its large white bracts, and attractive red autumn leaf colours.
Cornus kousa
Crab-apple trees
White Star
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
Magnolia
Wildcat
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
Magnolia
Woodsman
Woodsman features dusky pink flowers with shades of yellow, green and cream.
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Flowering month: May
Magnolia x brooklynensis
Flowering cherry tree
Yamadei
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
Yellow Bird
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