Which evergreen tree for small garden

Height and spread 5m 16ft P. Height and spread m ft Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer' : white flower racemes, early to mid-spring, red-purple autumn colour. Spread 5m 16ft Sorbus pseudohupehensis AGM: Creamy-white flowers in spring; red- purple autumn colour.

Height and spread m ft A. Height and spread 6m 20ft A. Height 5m 16ft. Spread 3m 10ft A. Height 5m 16ft C. Height 3m 10ft. Height 2. Height 5m 15ft. Spread 7m 23ft A. Spread 6m 20ft. Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' AGM: red-purple fruits. Height and spread 5m 16ft A. Height and spread 3m 10ft E.

Height and spread 3m 10ft Malus toringo 'Scarlett' : purple fruits. Height 8m 24ft. Spread 5m 16ft S. Spread 7m 23ft S. Spread 6m 20ft Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer' : small brownish-green fruits. Spread 5m 16ft. Acer griseum AGM: flaking cinnamon-brown bark. Spread 5m 16ft Betula utilis var. Spread 3m 10ft Colourful stems and bark. Acer capillipes : green and white striated bark and red shoots. Height 10m 33ft. Spread 8m 26ft Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp.

Spread 5m 16ft Eucalyptus gregsoniana : grey and white flaking bark. Height and spread 4m 13ft Prunus himalaica : dark red-brown polished bark. Spread 6m 20ft P. Spread 6m 20ft Salix daphnoides : violet willow purple young shoots, white-bloomed in winter. Spread 6m 20ft Tilia cordata 'Winter Orange' : red buds and orange winter shoots. Spread m ft. Cultivar heights vary. Spread 1. Spread m ft I. Spread 3m 10ft P. Spread m ft P. Spread m ft S. Join the RHS today and get 12 months for the price of 9.

Take action Why take action? Support us Donate Careers Commercial opportunities Leave a legacy. Join the RHS today and support our charitable work Join now. Hot links Browse inspiration articles Buy plants online. Buy tickets. RHS members get reduced ticket prices Join now. Harlow Carr North Yorkshire. Eriobotrya deflexa is prized for its bronze-tinted leaves and scented flowers and will eventually reach 5m. Topiary shapes — t hey might not be conventional trees but topiary bay , box and yew make up for it with their versatility.

Choose ready-trained lollipop, spiral or pyramid shapes, or save cash and train your own, in given time. Bay and yew can become very large if left unchecked, so do keep them trimmed. Strawberry tree — this neat evergreen is a great choice for interest all year round, providing plump red fruits and white bell-shaped flowers in autumn. Arbutus unedo often grows into an attractive multi-stem specimen and thrives especially in coastal areas.

Can be crown lifted to improve its appearance. It can reach as high as 8m. Snow gum — the snow gum, Eucalpytus pauciflora subsp. Bears small, snow-white flowers in summer. It can grow to a height of 8m. Hardy palms are brilliantly architectural plants, suiting different garden styles, from gravel gardens to Mediterranean and tropical gardens.

Small and hardy palms to grow include the Mexican blue palm, Brahea armata and the Mediterranean fan palm, Chamaerops humilis. Browse the fantastic range of fully mature hardy perennials, shrubs, ferns, grasses and bulbs to create a spectacular garden to enjoy all year round. Use code: GW Kick start the festive season and get in touch with your creative side with our minute online class on creating Christmas wreaths with natural materials.

The perfect seasonal addition to your garden, these low-maintenance expertly trained evergreen trees can be enjoyed for years to come. Home Plants Best trees for small gardens. Japanese maple leaves in autumn. Apples on a patio tree. Rowan berries. Trees for small gardens — magnolias. Trees for small gardens — hardy palm. These shrubs rapidly grow into evergreen trees and have small shiny leaves, sometimes beautifully coloured. Their dark spring flowers are small, honey scented and almost hidden.

I recommend either tugging them off with a circular action around the trunk. Alternatively you could cut them off short and, when the base of the leaf has dried up, pull them off to reveal the smooth bark. This is a good choice for a coastal or even a city garden. But beware that a really hard frost will damage a Cordyline. Some of the small leaves are probably going to be shed in very cold winters but in spring the tree is covered with large golden bell shaped blooms.

Plant it in a warm and sunny place and it will produce lemon scented blooms with thick petals all summer long! This is a tree that I am increasingly seeing planted close to roads where its canopy remains fairly upright and neat. Although not evergreen birch trees are good garden trees. If you fancy making gardening or horticulture your chosen career then you might find what you are looking for here.

Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days. Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants — wildflowers at that time — would direct my career….

By Alan Down. In Gardening , Ornamental trees , Trees and Shrubs. Hoheria sexstylosa. Narrow leaf standard Bay Tree. Acacia pravissima. Top Worked Euonymus.

Torbay palm [Cordyline australis]. Sophora microphylla Sun King. Magnolia grandiflora Little Gem.