Attractive small trees with wildlife value
Height (cm) | Spread (cm) | Sun or shade | Soil | Flower time | Flower colour | Value | |
Amelanchier laevis | 450 | 350 | ![]() ![]() |
4 | white | IF | |
Silver birch Betula pendula 'Tristis' | 750 | 250 | ![]() ![]() |
light | - | IF | |
Betula pendula 'Purpurea' | 450 | 250 | ![]() ![]() |
light | - | IF | |
Hazel Corylus avellana 'Contorta' | 450 | 250 | ![]() ![]() |
2-3 | catkins | IF | |
Corylus avellana 'Pendula' | 450 | 450 | ![]() ![]() |
2-3 | catkins | IF | |
Cotoneaster x 'Cornubia' | 600 | 350 | ![]() ![]() |
4-5 | pinkish | IF | |
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna 'Tortuosa' | 450 | 250 | ![]() ![]() |
5 | pink/ white | IF | |
Midland hawthorn Crataegus oxyacantha 'Paul's Scarlet' | 600 | 350 | ![]() ![]() |
5-6 | scarlet | IFN | |
Spindle Euonymus europaeus | 450 | 300 | ![]() ![]() |
4 | white | IF | |
Crab Malus 'Golden Hornet' | 450 | 350 | ![]() ![]() |
4-5 | white | IF | |
Malus 'John Downie' | 450 | 350 | ![]() |
4 | white | IF | |
Malus 'Profusion' | 350 | 350 | ![]() |
3 | red | I | |
Bird cherry Prunus padus | 600 | 450 | ![]() ![]() |
5 | white | IF | |
Wild pear Pyrus communis | 450 | 200 | ![]() ![]() |
4 | white | F | |
Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula' | 450 | 300 | ![]() |
5 | white | IF | |
Whitebeam Sorbus aria 'Lutescens' | 600 | 350 | ![]() ![]() |
6 | white | IF | |
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia 'Beissneri' | 450 | 300 | ![]() ![]() |
6 | white | IF | |
Sorbus aucuparia 'Fastigiata' | 600 | 250 | ![]() ![]() |
6 | white | IF | |
Sorbus aucuparia 'Pendula' | 600 | 450 | ![]() ![]() |
6 | white | IF | |
Sorbus hupehensis | 600 | 300 | ![]() ![]() |
5 | whitish | F | |
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Holly Ilex aquifolium 'J C van Tol' | 600 | 300 | ![]() ![]() |
4 | greenish | FN | |
Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis' | 550 | 300 | ![]() ![]() |
4 | greenish | FN | |
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris 'Fastigiata' | 600 | 180 | ![]() |
- | F | ||
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Value: I = food for insects; F = fruit or berries; N = nest site |