Ornamental Trees

This Acer has a prostrate habit in its early years. It spreads its branches horizontally, making an irregular flat topped shape. In time it will mound itself up, making a dome some 2m (7ft) high, and rather broader in extent. It is beautiful in leaf, these being deeply dissected with long individual toothy edged leaflets. The foliage is a soft and yielding plum-purple, a colour that is generally retained throughout the summer. In autumn the leaves turn brilliant crimson before they fall. Click and collect only.

A vigorous weeping plant with dissected foliage and long individual lobes with deep cut toothy edges. The leaves are orange when they first appear and fade to a greenish yellow shade. There is red and orange colour in autumn before leaf fall. The leaves are held on bright red young stems. Click and collect only

This charming maple has finely dissected fresh green foliage and grows into an unusual mushroom shape. The soft green spring tones harden up a little for the summer, and then turn a bright yellow in autumn before leaf fall. There are many different cultivars of this subspecies and they should be carefully selected to make sure you get a specimen with deeply cut, frothy foliage. These maples have a tendency to revert. Remove any branch with slightly different leaves as soon as it is seen. This tree can ultimately reach around 5m (16ft) in height with an equivalent spread, but may remain smaller. Click and collect only.

This very handsome tree, has bronze crimson leaves which are elegantly lobed and it reaches up to 30ft (10m) in height. In spring, the fresh richness of the red-purple foliage is outstanding. The vibrant spring tones darken somewhat as summer progresses before turning a wonderful scarlet colour in autumn. The tree should be found a sheltered position with space enough to show off its natural beauty. Click and collect only

Acer x freemanii 'Autumn Blaze' is one of the best varieties for fiery autumn colour. The attractive yellow-green summer foliage turns into a spectacular display of red, orange and yellow autumn colours. In the winter, the bare branches boast silvery-grey bark adding all year round interest. A cross between Acer rubrum x Acer saccharinum. A vigorous hybrid with deeply cut leaves and a dense oval head. Height and Spread (after 10 years) : 6m x 4m

Known as the wedding-cake tree, because of its distinctive, horizontal, tiered habit, this tree makes a lovely focal point for a small to medium-sized garden. It has bright green leaves with bold, creamy-white margins, which turn red-purple in autumn and produces clusters of white flowers in June. Although it tolerates dappled shade, it performs best in fertile, moisture-retentive soil in full sun. Click and collect only.

This is a variegated flowering dogwood that produces a magnificent display. The tree or shrub starts in May with fulsome white 'flowers' as the leaves unfurl themselves. Then there is yellow and green foliage for the summer. The effect of a well grown specimen during summer is quite rich and elegant with spreading, near horizontal branches and large green leaves with a yellow margin, giving a lustrous dappled sunlight effect. Autumn colour is generally good in this cultivar with the yellow margin turning scarlet while the leaf centre is reddish purple. Eventual height and spread 6x8m Enjoys Full sun/partial shade inw well-drained soil.

This makes a handsome tree with red spring foliage. By the autumn it still retains sultry mahogany-red tints. The leaves are broad and somewhat rounded, picturesque. Left to its own devices it makes a handsome and characterful plant that can be grown as a tree on a single stem, or allowed to luxuriate and spread as a shrub. There are reddish catkins in spring and some fruits may be produced, but this primarily grown for its somewhat exotic foliage effect. Photo taken in October to show leaf colour.

'Scooter' is a beautiful compact variety with distinctive 'corkscrew' branches which bear long catkins in late winter and early spring. It's leaves turn from green to eye-catching yellow-orange in autumn. Deciduous and compact form of corkscrew hazel Enjoys a spot in sun and well-drained soil. Height 150cm Spread 60cm

Eventual height and spread 1.5x1m. Enjoys full sun/partial shade in well-drained soil.

A remarkable and lovely form. The delicate filigree leaves remain gold throughout the summer ending in an autumn display of orange and golden tints. It also has the same shaggy soft cinnamon bark as M. glyptostroboides. It is slower growing than the normal ‘Dawn Redwood’ and produces little shade due to its thin conical shape. Ideal for planting near water as it particularly enjoys moist conditions.

An unusual bonsai look-alike bush. It has erratic stems, pink flowers in spring and autumn colour. It is very beautiful in spring with masses of dainty white blooms coming from green and pink calyces. The contorted bare stems of the plant complement the simple beauty of the flowers. There are small green leaves for the summer and these turn into bronzed green and red shades in autumn. The shrub is very slow growing and unlikely to ever exceed 1.7 metres in height. Enjoys a spot in full sun/partial shade and well-drinaed soil. Photographed in February.

A Tree of graceful spreading habit. Large semidouble flowers, pink tinted in bud opening to pure white, hang all along the branches on long stalked clusters.

A small, slow growing shrub with attractive ‘zig-zag’ shoots and pendulous blush white flowers in April. Attractive red and copper coloured leaves in the autumn. An ideal patio plant.

A strong and fast growing narrow headed hybrid with glossy green foliage, very hardy and impressive.

This small tree has stiffly pendulous branches that form an umbrella-shape. It produces silvery catkins with golden anthers in late winter. In summer it is clad in oval leaves. It is often seen as a specimen in gardens and alongside ponds. It is a popular tree for confined spaces because it never exceeds its allocation. It benefits from pruning to reduce the numbers of pendulous branches and to give it some elegance. Enjoys full sun/partial shade in well-drained soil.

This recent introduction is a striking variety of the Dawyck beech. It has lovely foliage which starts the season as gold and then develops into a beautiful greenish-gold that glistens when it catches the sunlight. It is a slender tree and, although it may plump out a bit with maturity, retains its elegance. Eventual height and spread 18x7m Enjoys full sun/partial shade in moisture retentive but well-drained soil.

This can be grown as a shrub or small tree. If grown as a tree it makes a superb, bell-shaped specimen. The young spring foliage is reddish-green and matures to bronze-green tints. It flowers profusely, producing small clusters of rich, rose-red flowers. The flowers lose some of their purity of tone before they fade, taking on purplish tints. In autumn there are masses of small, deep-red fruits which last for a long time.