The following list gives some examples of trees that can provide the garden with winter interest, either with colourful stems, attractive flowers or decorative leaves:

Bark

• Acer capillipes (Snake bark maple)
• Acer davidii (Snake bark maple)
• Acer griseum (Paperbark maple)
• Acer grosseri var. hersii (Snake bark maple)
• Acer palmatum 'Sango-Kaku' (Coral bark maple)
• Acer pensylvanicum (Striped maple)
• Acer x conspicuum 'Silver Vein' (Striped maple)
• Arbutus x andrachnoides (Cyprus strawberry tree)
• Arbutus menziesii (Madrona)
• Betula alto-sinensis var. septentrionalis (Northern China red-barked birch)
• Betula pendula (Silver birch)
• Betula utilis var. jacquemontii (White barked Himalayan birch)
• Eucalyptus dalrympleana (Mountain gum)
• Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. niphophila (Snow gum)
• Luma apiculata (Chilean myrtle)
• Pinus bungeana (Lacebark pine)
• Prunus maackii (Manchurian cherry)
• Prunus serrula (Tibetan cherry)
• Salix acutifolia 'Blue Streak' (Siberian violet-willow)
• Salix alba subsp. vitellina 'Britzensis' (Red-stemmed willow)
• Salix daphnoides (Violet willow)
• Salix 'Erythroflexuosa' (Golden curls willow)
• Stewartia pseudocamellia (Deciduous camellia)

Flowers

• Acacia dealbata (Mimosa)
• Magnolia campbellii (Pink tulip tree)
• Prunus mume (Japanese apricot)
• Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' (Autumn cherry)

Foliage

Golden

• Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Winston Churchill' (Lawson cypress)
• x Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Castlewellan Gold' (Leyland cypress)
• Cupressus macrocarpa 'Goldcrest' (Golden Monterey cypress)
• Juniperus chinensis 'Aurea' (Young's golden juniper)
• Pinus sylvestris Aurea Group (Golden Scots pine)
• Thuja plicata 'Zebrina' (Western red cedar)

Grey / Silver / Blue

• Cedrus atlantica Glauca Group (Atlantic cedar)
• Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pembury Blue' (Lawson cypress)
• Cupressus arizonica var. glabra 'Pyramidalis' (Smooth cypress)
• Eucalyptus coccifera (Tasmania snow gum)
• Eucalyptus pauciflora (Snow gum)