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Ornamental Trees
Our premium trees start life on a farm in the South Downs National Park, where one family of growers has been raising them in natural conditions for over a century. They’re grown outdoors at their own pace to establish quickly for a long and happy life in your garden. We’re proud to bring you the best collection of garden trees in the UK, especially curated for us by the experts and professionally pruned before being sent to you.
The perfect tree is one that is the right size and type for your garden. But most importantly, it’s the tree you love the most! We’ll help you find it with this easy guide.
Looking for a flowering tree?
Flowering trees are not just ornamental (although they definitely tick that box). They’re vital for wildlife, too, providing pollen and nectar for the insects that help your garden grow. Most put on their floral display in spring, including the ethereal cherry blossom and bold magnolia, followed in summer by Tulip Tree, golden Laburnum and Catalpa. Some trees even flower through the autumn and winter months, like Pink Winter Flowering Cherry and Golden Mimosa. To add a wow factor to your garden at any time of year, check out some of our best and brightest flowering trees.
Only have room for a small tree?
Even if your outdoor space is a bit on the small side, there are lots of outstanding trees you can grow. With more and more dwarf or naturally compact varieties becoming available, there’s a tree to suit even the tightest of spaces, and many that grow happily in containers, including flowering crabapples, graceful dwarf willows, tall, slender flagpole cherry blossoms and colourful, compact acers. We think these are seven of the best.
Want to welcome more wildlife?
Native tree species have evolved alongside our wildlife for centuries (did you know an English Oak supports 284 different insect species?) and have adapted perfectly to our interesting climate. For those of us who want to give a helping hand to visiting birds, mammals and insects, planting a native tree is a strong statement. Of course it helps that they’re some of the hardiest and most beautiful trees you can get, and easy to care for too. We’re talking compact crabapples, berry-covered rowans, elegant birch trees and blossoming hawthorns.
Caring for your tree
Most trees prefer to be planted in a sunny or partially shaded spot out of the way of any cold or drying winds, and in well draining soil. You’ll need to water them regularly until their root systems are established (this takes about a year) but after that, they’ll get most of their needs met by the rain. To keep your tree healthy, tidy and at a manageable size, you’ll probably need to do some pruning once or twice a year - and of course trees love a bit of mulch! Check our individual tree pages to find out how to care for yours, or find out more with our growers’ guides.
The Purple One
- Rich purple leaves turning brilliant red in autumn
- Makes the ideal focal point to your garden all year round
- Grows to max 7.5 x 6m
- Easy to grow and care for
A magnet for wildlife
- Classic native English tree
- Colour changing blossom
- Glossy green foliage - can be used for hedging
- RHS Award winner
If you want to enter the jam-making business this tree is for you
- The Jelly King best for jelly making
- Fruit lasting all the way to December
- Harvest will increase as the tree ages
- Beautiful display of pale pink flowers
Perfect for Pollinators
- White blossom unfurling from deep pink buds
- Golden yellow leaves in autumn
- Red-orange fruits make outstanding jelly
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
Elegant flowering small tree
- White bracts in spring, turning rose pink
- Stunning autumn colour
- Perfect for small gardens
- Strawberry fruits in autumn
Eyecatching snake print bark
- Green and silvery-white striated bark
- Dark green leaves turn orange in autumn
- Yellow-green flowers in summer
- Compact size for smaller spaces
Colour throughout the seasons
- A beautiful, small, upright Mountain Ash
- Purple, red and orange foliage lights up autumn
- Clusters of creamy white flowers blossom in spring
- Attracts birds to your garden
Patio perfect award winning fiery red foliage
- A beautifully shaped feature tree with bright red leaves that mature to green
- Evergreen for colour all year round
- Plant in a pot, in a flower bed or as part of a border
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
New foliage emerges bronze
- Widely spreading shape over time
- Easily pruned to fit any garden
- Double white flowers, maturing to pale pink
- Blossoms in April-May
A Majestic Oak tree
- Provides year-round interest
- Dark green foliage in summer
- Spectacular bronze autumn colour
- Produces acorns which are popular with local wildlife
Spectacularly colourful pyramidal tree
- Perfect shade or screen tree
- Striking Autumn Colours
- Perfect focal point for larger gardens
- Produces beautiful yellow-green flowers
Slender, compact form of Ginkgo Biloba
- Beautifully distinct, fan-shaped leaves
- Grows to just 5 x 1m, making it ideal for smaller gardens
- Spectacular golden yellow autumn colour
- Super hardy, pest and disease resistant
Small ornamental tree with abundance of white blossom
- Abundance of pure white blossom and dark green foliage
- Distinct red foliage in autumn
- Fantastic specimen tree
- Ideal for small gardens
Masses of blossoms flushed with pink
- Scented white flowers with a pink blush
- Large pink crabapples ideal for cooking
- Golden yellow autumn foliage
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
Super versatile, lush evergreen
- Deep green foliage on red shoots, with scented summer flowers
- Autumn berries attract birds to your garden
- Ideal as a feature tree, topiary or as a hedge
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
An evergreen classic
- Can be pruned for formal hedges and topiary
- Dense, dark green foliage
- Native to the UK
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Graceful tree for smaller spaces
- Ivory white flowers in May and early June
- Clusters of fiery orange berries for the birds
- Distinctive fern-like pinnate leaves
- Neat form grows to 10 x 4m
A riot of colour
- Moss green and cream variegated leaves
- Foliage takes on warm orange and red hues in autumn
- Orange-red flowers in spring
- Grows to 12 x 10m
A British icon
- Small white spring flowers
- UK native and evergreen
- Slow growing and bushy
- Bright red berries support winter wildlife
Colour changing, compact Acer
- Yellow orange leaves with a pink margin, maturing to green
- Warm orange and yellow tones in autumn
- Grows to a neat and compact 3 x 3.5m
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
Chinese acer with papery, cinammon bark
- Richly coloured, peeling bark
- Veined green leaves turn red in autumn
- Attractive landscape tree
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Fiery orange autumn foliage
- Gently spreading with drooped branches
- Ideal for small spaces, growing to 3x4m
- Pretty shell pink, cup-shaped flowers
- Blossoms in early April
Evergreen tree with year-round interest
- Essential for your Mediterranean garden
- Flowers in spring and glossy black berries in autumn
- Use the leaves in cooking
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
An unbeatable display of white flowers
- Compact and hardy tree with glossy green foliage
- Masses of white flowers in spring
- Outstanding autumn colour and berries for the birds
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
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