Trees for Small Gardens

The trees shown in the table below are particularly suitable for smaller gardens.

    Name Height Spread
    Acer griseum
    (Paperbark maple)
    6 m 3 m
    Acer palmatum 'Sango-Kaku'
    (Coral bark maple)
    7 m 5.50 m
    Acer x conspicuum 'Silver Vein'
    (Striped maple)
    9 m 5 m
    Acer palmatum
    (Japanese maple)
    5 m 5 m
    Amelanchier lamarckii
    (Juneberry)
    7.5 m 6 m
    Arbutus x andrachnoides
    (Cyprus strawberry tree)
    8 m 8 m
    Betula ermanii
    (Russian rock birch)
    12 m 5 m
    Betula pendula 'Purpurea'
    (Purple-leafed silver birch)
    10 m 4 m
    Betula utilis var. jacquemontii
    (White barked Himalayan)
    12 m 5 m
    Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea'
    (Indian bean tree)
    10 m 10 m
    Cercidiphyllum japonicum
    (Katsura tree)
    10 m 8 m
    Cercis siliquastrum
    (Judas tree)
    10 m 10 m
    Cornus kousa
    (Chinese dogwood)
    7 m 5 m
    Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet'
    (Midland hawthorn)
    6 m 5 m
    Crataegus x lavallei 'Carrierei'
    (Hybrid cockspur thorn)
    6 m 5 m
    Eucalyptus gregsoniana
    (Wolgan snow gum)
    5 m 5 m
    Eucryphia glutinosa
    (Nirrhe)
    8 m 4 m
    Fagus sylvatica 'Red Obelisk'
    (Copper beech)
    10 m 3 m
    Laburnum × watereri 'Vossii'
    (Golden rain)
    7 m 5 m
    Magnolia 'Elizabeth'
    (Magnolia - Acuminata Hybrid)
    9 m 5 m
    Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill'
    (Magnolia)
    9 m 8 m
    Magnolia salicifolia
    (Japanese willow-leaf magnolia)
    15 m 8 m
    Malus floribunda
    (Malus floribunda)
    8 m 6 m
    Malus × zumi var. calocarpa 'Professor Sprenger'
    (Orange fruited crab apple)
    4.5 m 3 m
    Malus tschonoskii
    (Pillar apple)
    12 m 5 m
    Prunus 'Pandora'
    (Prunus)
    8 m 5 m
    Prunus 'Spire'
    (Flowering cherry)
    9 m 4 m
    Prunus subhirtella
    (Spring cherry)
    8 m 8 m
    Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer'
    (Callery pear)
    6 m 4 m
    Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'
    (Weeping willow-leaved pear)
    5 m 4 m
    Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia'
    (Golden false acacia)
    12 m 6 m
    Sorbus aucuparia 'Hilling's Spire'
    (Mountain ash)
    10 m 5 m
    Sorbus cashmiriana
    (Kashmir mountain ash)
    6 m 5 m
    Sorbus commixta 'Embley'
    (Japanese rowan)
    10 m 5 m
    Sorbus vilmorinii
    (Vilmorin's rowan)
    5 m 5 m
    Stewartia pseudocamellia
    (Deciduous camellia)
    10 m 5 m
    Vitex agnus-castus
    (Abraham's balm)
    4 m 4 m