Collection: Trees for Small Gardens

That’s a bit like asking a parent who their favourite child is! We can’t pick just one, but any of the following make excellent trees for small gardens:

• Japanese maple trees
• Dwarf and weeping cherry blossom trees
• Patio-trained trees (both fruiting and flowering)
• Magnolia trees
• Cornus (dogwood) trees
• Amelanchier (serviceberry) trees
• Many crabapple trees
• Fruit trees grown on dwarfing rootstocks (e.g. apples grafted onto an M27 rootstock)

Some of our favourite small flowering trees include ‘Kiku-shidare-zakura’ cherry blossom, ‘Susan’ magnolia and ‘Scarlett’ crabapple. There are so many to choose from, however, so it’s well worth taking a dive through our range!

If you’ve only got a small space, then there are a couple of ways you can add some verticality: plant a climber or plant a tree. For the latter, you want to be looking for something that grows to around the three metre mark; this is large enough to give that sense of height without threatening to loom over and shade out the rest of the space.

Yes, acers are absolutely good for small gardens! Most are both low- and slow-growing, with weeping or spreading habits that are well-suited to smaller spots. Many grow well in large containers, too.

There are a few good evergreen options for smaller gardens, including the holly, laurel, olive and strawberry tree – the latter of which produces amazing funky berries!