Trees for Small Gardens
Are you short on space in your garden but would like a tree or two?
Here is a list of trees suitable for a small garden or space. Smaller tress
tend to be ornamental with interestingly shaped leaves or branches,
coloured/textured bark and often have a beautiful blossom.
Acers or Maples
Acer campestre - 'Carnival'
Acer griseum - 'Paper Bark Maple'
Acer
negundo - 'Flamingo'
Acer palmatum - 'Japanese Maple'
Acer
pseudoplantanus - 'Brilliantissimum' & 'Prinze Handjery'
Amelanchier
Amelanchier - 'Snowy Mespilus'
Amelanchier - 'Ballerina'
Amelanchier - 'Canadensis'
Amelanchier - 'Robin Hill'
Amelanchier -
'Snowflakes'
Betula or Birch
Betula pendula youngii
Betula utilis - 'Moonbeam'
Cercis
Cercis canadensis - 'Forest Pansy'
Cercis siliquastrum - 'Judas Tree'
Cercis Siliquastrum - 'Avondale'
Cornus or Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia - 'Argentea'
Cornus controversa variegata - Wedding
Cake Tree
Cornus - 'Eddie's White Wonder'
Cornus - 'Snow Boy'
Cornus - 'Porlock'
Corylus or Hazel
Corylus avellana contorta - Corkscrew Hazel
Corylus maxima purpurea -
Purple Leaf Filbert
Cotinus cogg 'Royal Purple' - Smoke Tree
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster cornubia
Cotoneaster exburiensis
Cotoneaster hybridus
pendulus
Crataegus or Hawthorn
Crataegus laciniata
Crataegus laevigata - 'Crimson Cloud' & 'Paul's
Scarlet'
Crataegus lavallei - 'Carrierei'
Japanese Flowering Cherries
'Amanogawa'
'Kiku Shidare Sakura'
'Pink Perfection'
'Royal
Burgundy'
'Shirotae'
Laburnum
Laburnum alpinum pendulum
Laburnum wateri - 'Vossii'
Magnolia
Magnolia soulangeana
Magnolia stellata
Malus or Crab Apple
Malus - 'Butterball'
Malus - 'Charlotte'
Malus floribunda - Japanese
Crab
Malus - 'Golden Hornet'
Malus - 'Gorgeous'
Malus - 'John
Downie'
Malus - 'Laura'
Malus - 'Pink Glow'
Malus - 'Red Sentinel'
Malus - 'Sun Rival'
Malus tschonoskii
Prunus
Prunus amygdalo persica - 'Spring Glow'
Prunus blireana
Prunus
cerasifera - 'Hessei'
Prunus - 'Hally Jolivette'
Prunus kurliensis -
'Brilliant'
Prunus kursar
Prunus okame
Prunus - 'Snow Showers'
Prunus subhirtella autumnalis
Prunus autumnalis rosea
Pyrus
Pyrus elaegnifolia - 'Silver Sail'
Pyrus salicifolia pendula
Salix or Willow
Salix caprea pendula - Kilmarnock Willow
Salix erythroftexcuosa - 'Golden
Curls'
Sorbus or Rowan Mountain Ash
Sorbus cashmiriana - 'Rosiness'
Sorbus - 'Chinese Lace'
Sorbus
commixta
Sorbus huphensis - 'Pink Pagoda'
Sorbus - 'Joseph Rock'
Sorbus sargentiana
Sorbus vilmorinii
Syringa or Lilac
Syringa vulgaris - 'Charles Joy'
Syringa vulgaris - 'Katherine
Havermeyer'
Syringa vulgaris - 'Mme Lemoine'
Syringa vulgaris -
'Michel Buchner'
Syringa vulgaris - 'Sensation'
Syringa vulgaris -
'Souvenir de Louis Spath'
Taxus
Taxus baccata fastigiata - Irish Yew
Taxus baccata fastigiata 'Aurea' -
Golden Irish Yew
Taxus baccata fastigiata Standishii
Other Trees
Arbutus Unedo - Strawberry Tree
Caragana arborescens - 'Walker'
Catalpa bignonioides aurea - Golden Indian Bean Tree
Ceridiphyllum
japonicum - Katsura Tree
Cupressus glabra - 'Blue Ice'
Cytisus
battandieri - 'Pineapple Broom'
Euonymus europaeus - 'Red Cascade'
Gleditsia triacanthos - 'Sunburst'
Halesia carolina - Snowdrop Tree
Hoheria glabrata - 'Stardust'
Ilex - Holly
Koelreuteria paniculata -
Golden rain tree
Parrotia persica
Paulownia - Foxglove Tree
Picea
pungens hoopsii
Stuartia pseudocamellia
Tilia cordata - Lime
Acer Campestre or Field Maple
Aesculus Hippocastanum or Horse
Chestnut
Alnus Glutinosa or Common Alder
Arbutus Unedo or Strawberry
Tree
Betula Pendula or Silver Birch
Betula Pubescens or Downy Birch
Buxux Sempervinens or Box
Carpinus Betulus or Hornbeam
Castanea Sativa
or Sweet Chestnut
Corylus Avellana or Hazel
Crataegus Leavigata or
Midland Hawthorn
Fagus Sylvatica or Beech
Fraxinus Excelsior or Common
Ash
Ilex