The arboretum 1: small to medium-sized trees

Worthy of a botanic garden! A collection of beautiful trees, designed to bring colour, flowers and interesting form to a medium-sized to large garden, or to plant into an existing woodland. This collection could also be planted with larger trees, such as those in our large tree collection, and makes up a most interesting and tasteful collection of small to medium-sized trees. The year kicks off with the pink flowers of the Cercis 'Forest Pansy' and the large, nodding white flowers of Prunus 'Shirotae'. The Amelanchier 'Ballerina' also flowers early in the year, with a very cheery display of small white flowers, soon followed by the large pale pink 'cup and saucer' flowers of the Magnolia soulangeana. Later in the year it's up to foliage, from the very sunny, bright leaves of the Robinia to the wonderfully intricate leaves and mounded form of the Acer palmatum 'Dissectum'. We have also added in the classic, white-stemmed Himalayan birch (Betula 'Jacquemontii') and the unusual, very special Snakebark maple (Acer davidii), which has a most attractive, glossy, snake-like bark. Sorbus 'Pink Pagoda' has pretty, pale pink, almost metallic berries in autumn and on into the winter. The Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum) has a wonderful, subtle scent of burnt sugar in autumn. Many of these plants, such as the Amelanchier, Birch, Robinia and Sorbus can be planted very near to a house without causing damage to pipes or foundations, and will never grow to steal all the light - be brave, and plant them near the house. Sold as sturdy, half-standard sized plants in  7.5 L - 12 L containers.