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Euonymus europeus
The European Spindle berry, so called because its hard wood was used to make spindles for spinning wheels and it apparently was also used for rolling pins as well, how useful! It is however for its hardiness and ornamental values that I plant and recommend this small tree. It is a deciduous plant to 4metres
Stephen Ryan
Aesculus indica
Looking for a largish spreading shade tree that not everyone has planted? Well this could be the tree you are looking for. It comes from the Himalaya region and will eventually become a tree to 30metres although you and I aren’t going to see that! Its large palmate leaves are coppery tinged in the spring
Stephen Ryan
Catalpa bignonioides ‘Aurea’
This quick growing medium tree to 15metres or so is a great shade tree or lawn specimen if you are looking for an in your face feature plant. It has huge yellow-green leaves that hold their colour well throughout the seasons from spring till autumn and in late spring and early summer it produces spikes
Stephen Ryan
Malus ‘Pioneer Rose’
There can’t be a more useful group of small deciduous trees than the Crabapples. They will happily grow in almost any soil (not water logged) in a very wide range of climates coping well with summer heat and drought as well as winter frosts and cold. Many can be grown as specimen trees or as
Stephen Ryan
Mespilus germanica
The Medlar is a favourite small deciduous tree which has heaps going for it. Its spring blossom is stunning and usually later to come than most fruit trees. The fruit stays on the tree for a good long time and always creates interest with those that don’t know it. If the fruit is allowed to
Stephen Ryan
Cydonia sinensis
This was until recently known as Pseudocydonia sinensis or the mock Chinese quince and it has to be the best small tree that one could have! It has attractive pink blossom in late spring that in summer become large egg shaped yellow -green fruit which can be used for jelly or as I found out
Stephen Ryan
Firmiana simplex
A rarely used deciduous tree comes from China and Japan and its huge leaves make a tropical statement without the tree its self being tropical. It will grow in anopen aspect and tolerate a range of different soils so there can only be one excuse for its lack of representation in Australian gardens, no one
Stephen Ryan
Styphnolobium japonicum ‘Pendulum’
This truly amazing specimen was captured by me in a chateau garden in Northern France and what a beauty it is! It hangs down from a 3metre standard to the ground and then down over a 4metre wall and this garden has 2 of them. If you want to do the same with or without
Stephen Ryan
Lindera angustifolia
I first raised this plant from one seed obtained from New Zealand many years ago. It is a small deciduous tree from China, and what an asset it has turned out to be. Its narrow grey green leaves turn brilliant red in autumn and in time it will make a shrubby upright tree to about
Stephen Ryan