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List of the best blossom trees
A selection of trees with beautiful spring blossom.
237 varieties
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Albizia (Silk) trees
5
Amelanchier trees
8
Cercis (Redbud) trees
15
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
9
Crab-apple trees
50
Evergreen trees
1
Flowering apricots
1
Flowering cherry trees
54
Japanese flowering cherries
25
Flowering pears
3
Fruiting ornamental trees
4
Hawthorn trees
5
Melliferous trees
4
Horse Chestnut trees
1
Magnolia trees
43
Native trees
3
Robinia trees
1
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
7
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
2
Syringa (Lilac) trees
11
Our recommendations
16
Stock availability
All
237
In stock
149
Not in stock
88
Available form
1-year
57
2-year
116
3-year
20
Top-worked
13
Spindlebush
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Bare-root
63
12L pot
135
11.5L pot
18
7L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
169
Average
42
Experienced
2
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
84
RHS AGM (former)
18
RHS AM
11
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
237
Attractive fruit
89
Attractive tree / plant
101
Attractive bark
52
Attractive foliage
84
Autumn foliage colour
179
Variegated foliage
24
Scented flowers
89
Scented foliage
3
Seed heads / pods
1
Winter colour
8
Spring foliage colour
2
Summer foliage colour
19
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
13
Upright
45
Upright-spreading / Vase
83
Pyramidal
2
Spreading / Flat-topped
58
Weeping
17
Multi-stem
2
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
5
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
25
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
82
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
106
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
6
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
118
Some shade
22
Tolerates shade
25
Pruning
Do not prune
22
No need to prune
14
Light prune
88
Prune after flowering
46
Prune hard
6
Growth rate
?
Fast
30
Average
114
Slow
30
Site conditions
Sheltered site
59
Windy site
7
Free-draining site
75
Occasional flooding
25
Occasional drought
25
Coastal site
15
Air pollution
6
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
65
RHS Plants for Pollinators
28
Melliferous
4
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
3
Identification
Flower colour
White
105
Cream
7
Pink - light
40
Pink
24
Pink - dark
33
Red - dark
3
Crimson
10
Magenta
5
Purple
8
Mauve
9
Yellow
7
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
112
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
25
Double flower (25-50 petals)
24
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
2
Flowering month
January
4
February
10
March
28
April
116
May
70
June
12
July
7
August
6
September
2
November
December
2
Leaf colour
Green
190
Bronze
17
Dark purple
7
Grey-green
5
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
2
Pink-white-green variegated
2
White-green variegated
1
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
48
Yellow
18
Yellow / Crimson
5
Orange / Gold
14
Orange / Red
43
Bronze / Purple
10
Multiple tints
26
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
22
Flowers appear first
59
Leaves and Flowers appear together
16
Fruit colour
Black
3
Blue - dark
3
Bronze
1
Brown
Crimson
1
Gold
1
Green
2
Green / Red
4
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
5
Orange / Red
11
Pink
3
Purple
4
Red
17
Red - dark
15
Red / Black
2
Russet
2
Yellow
6
Yellow / Orange
4
Yellow / Red
1
White
1
Fruit size
Very small
7
Small
28
Average
9
Large
7
Very large
2
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
5
Fruit drops when ripe
4
Ripens over a period
12
Persistent
33
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
15
Bark
White
Grey
2
Brown - light
2
Brown - chocolate
2
Brown / Red
1
Copper / Purple
1
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
1
Country of origin
Australia
1
Belgium
7
Canada
3
China
11
Denmark
1
France
4
Germany
2
Ireland
Italy
Japan
39
Kazakhstan
1
Korea
Netherlands
6
New Zealand
18
Portugal
1
Russia
3
South Korea
1
Spain
1
Sweden
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
31
United States
54
Annual cycle
Deciduous
223
Evergreen
5
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Varieties list
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
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
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
Alba Superba
A traditional Magnolia with large white scented tulip-shaped flowers.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Magnolia x soulangeana
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Apollo
Magnolia Apollo features dark violet scented flowers, appearing in early spring.
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Beissneri
Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
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
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
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
Big Dude
As the name suggests, this Magnolia features huge flowers, with many shades of pink.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
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
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
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
Burgundy Star
TM
Burgundy Star features large magenta flowers, which eventually open to a star shape.
Flower colour: Red - dark
Flowering month: March
Flower colour: Magenta
Magnolia
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
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
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
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
Carolina Sweetheart
TM
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
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
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
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
Cherokee Daybreak
An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cornus florida
Cherokee Princess
Cherokee Princess is an American flowering dogwood, noted for its large white flower clusters.
Cornus florida
Cherokee Sunset
Sunset is a small ornamental American Dogwood, grown for its multi-coloured foliage.
Cornus florida
Chocolate Fountain
TM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Copeland Court
One of the smaller Magnolias, featuring large pink flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Magnolia sprengeri
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
Cornus florida
This is the American Flowering Dogwood, featuring bright white flowers and strong autumn colours.
Cornus florida
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
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
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
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
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
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
Crimson Pointe
TM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Fairy Blush
TM
A small semi-evergreen Magnolia with fragrant lilac pink flowers.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Magnolia laevifolia
Fairy Cream
TM
Fairy Cream is a semi-evergreen Magnolia with creamy white cup-shaped flowers.
Flowering month: April
Flower colour: Cream
Magnolia laevifolia
Fairy White
TM
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
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
Felix Jury
TM
Felix Jury is notable for its huge crimson purple flowers.
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
Magnolia
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
Fireglow
Magnolia Fireglow features white tulip-shaped flowers with a candy-pink flush from the base.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: March
Magnolia
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
Frilly Frock
TM
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
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
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
Genie
Genie is a compact Magnolia, featuring large dark crimson flowers, with a subtle fragrance.
Flower colour: Crimson
Flowering month: May
Magnolia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Halloween
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Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Flower colour: White
Malus
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
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
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
Hearts of Gold
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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
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
Honey Tulip
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Honey Tulip is named for its creamy honey-yellow tulip-shaped flowers.
Flowering month: April
Flower colour: Cream
Magnolia
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
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
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
Iolanthe
Iolanthe is one of the most popular pink-flowered Magnolias.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Magnolia
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
Jelly King
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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
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
Joli Pompom
The flowers of Magnolia Joli Pompom are the purest sheen of icing sugar white.
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Magnolia
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
Kasanlak
An attractive form of the Cornelian Cherry producing pear-shaped fruits with an acidic fragrant flavour.
Cornus mas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lavender Twist
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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
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
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
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
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
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 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 wilsonii
This species of Magnolia has large bright white highly fragrant flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Magnolia wilsonii
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Obelisk
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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
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
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
Ombrella
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pink Pom Poms
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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
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
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
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
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
Prairie Fire
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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
Premier Cru
An early-season Magnolia with dark crimson pink flowers opening to paler pinks.
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: March
Magnolia
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
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
Princess Margaret
An English Magnolia featuring large beautiful pink flowers.
Flower colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Magnolia
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
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
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
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
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
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
Prunus lusitanica
The Portuguese Laurel is a dense small evergreen flowering cherry tree.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Prunus lusitanica
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
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
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
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
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
Rainbow Pillar
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An upright columnar Amelanchier with white blossom and good autumn colours.
Amelanchier canadensis
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
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
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
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
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
Rosehip
Malus Rosehip features white blossom and large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Rosiness
A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus rosea
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
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
Royal Flame
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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
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
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
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
Sayonara
A vigorous Magnolia featuring large white goblet-shaped flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: White
Flowering month: April
Magnolia
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
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
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
Sheerwater Seedling
A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
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
Shirazz
TM
Magnolia Shirazz features large crimson tulip-shaped flowers.
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: March
Magnolia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Snowcloud
Snowcloud is named for its profusion of large white semi-double flowers.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
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
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
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
Spectrum
This upright hybrid Magnolia features dark pink tulip-shaped flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
Magnolia
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
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
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
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
Starlight
A flowering cherry with star-shaped flowers. Winner of the Plant of the Year award at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
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
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
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
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
Susan
A compact Magnolia with crimson / white scented flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
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
Sweet Valentine
A compact Magnolia with tulip-shaped crimson-pink flowers.
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
Magnolia
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
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
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Awards: RHS AM
Prunus serrulata
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
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
The Rising Sun
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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
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
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
Tina Durio
Tina Durio is a fast-growing Magnolia featuring bright white fragrant tulip-shaped flowers.
Flower colour: White
Magnolia
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
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
Vanilla Twist
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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
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
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
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
White Fountain
This flowering dogwood is characterised by its large white bracts, and attractive red autumn leaf colours.
Cornus kousa
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
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
Woodsman
Woodsman features dusky pink flowers with shades of yellow, green and cream.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: May
Magnolia x brooklynensis
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
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