Picture gallery › Trees for front gardens

Hillmere is wanting to encourage residents to choose a tree in their front gardens if there is not one at present. Do have a look at the choice to see if one would be appropiate.

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  Flowering Cherry "Prunus amanogawa"

  Ideal for small gardens as it does not grow very large. It is a compact, often multi-stemmed tree, which has clusters of large, fragrant, semi-double pale pink blooms that smother the branches in late spring. This upright, columnar Japanese cherry is one of the best ornamental trees for a small garden. It will thrive in any soil but does need plenty of sunshine to flower well. It has a columnar habit, and in late April provides a wonderful show of pink scented flowers.

  Photo: Shigen-net, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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  Japanese Cherry "Prunus serrulata"

  It flowers in April. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil. Leaves have a wonderful reddish bronze colour when they first appear opening to bright green. Pale pink buds open to large white flowers.

  Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons.

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  Japanese Flowering Cherry "Prunus kanzan"

  This is one of the most popular double flowering cherry trees available. In spring the tree is laden with large double, deep pink flowers shortly before the bronze foliage appears. In autumn the dark green leaves turn bronzy orange before they fall. A great tree for avenue planting or as a specimen tree planted in grass.

  Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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  Black-leaved Plum "Prunus cerasifera Nigra"

  Rounded, deciduous tree with dark purple leaves, red when young, that are retained throughout the summer. Masses of bowl-shaped pink flowers are produced on its bare branches in early to mid-spring and are occasionally followed by plum-like red or yellow fruits. It is a superb small tree that will suit any garden.

  Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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  Mountain Ash "Sorbus Joseph Rock"

  A bright yellow-berried rowan tree very suitable for the small garden. It remains a great choice as a small tree for the small garden. First-class tree with small, bright green leaflets that turn orange, purple and red in autumn. Clusters of white flowers appear in spring and are followed in autumn by small yellow berries, which birds love. It is an outstanding small tree which can tolerate a wide range of soils and conditions. It also has terrific autumn colour when the foliage turns a vivid scarlet.

  Photo: Boris Hrasovec, Faculty of Forestry, Bugwood.org licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License.

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  Whitebeam "Sorbus aria Lutescens"

  Silvery young leaves with yellow down carried on purple shoots make a striking feature in spring. The foliage remains grey-green throughout the summer, with bunches of white flowers in late spring and dark red berries in autumn. An attractive tree for the garden as it maintains its compact size and shape.

  Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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  Japanese Crab Apple "Malus floribunda"

  Glorious, pale pink flowers in mid- and late spring, followed by small, pea-like, golden-yellow fruit often persisting into winter, and dark green leaves. This Japanese crab apple is an excellent ornamental tree for a sunny, urban site. Dense and spreading in habit, the long-lasting fruit provide a valuable source of winter food for wildlife.

  Photo: Adam Hauner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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  Paper Bark Maple "Acer griseum"

  This is a stunning, cinnamon-coloured peeling bark and deeply lobed, dark green leaves turning vivid shades of orange, red and scarlet in autumn. This slow-growing, spreading tree is an excellent specimen tree for a medium-sized garden. To make the most of the spectacular peeling bark it is often grown as a multi-stemmed tree.

  Photo: David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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  Japanese Maple, "Acer palmatum var. Dissectum Garnet"

  It has deeply cut, garnet-coloured leaves and tiny purple-red spring flowers. The finely cut leaves of this mound-forming Japanese maple turn a brilliant shade of red in autumn. An excellent specimen tree for a small garden, the foliage is best in a sunny site.

  Photo: Jeremy Reding from Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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  Midland Hawthorn "Crataegus laevigata Paul's Scarlet"

  This is a popular thorny tree with mid-green, three- to five-lobed leaves and a profusion of double, dark pink flowers in late spring. It is an ideal plant for all conditions, as it is tough enough to stand exposed sites, city pollution and even costal gardens, while also have ornamental value in the garden.

  Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.