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Thinking about planting a tree but overwhelmed by the choices? Join us at one of the UK's largest tree nurseries to discover how to select the perfect tree for your garden—no matter how big or small your space may be.
In this comprehensive guide, we explore the essential considerations for choosing trees that will thrive in your garden and provide year-round beauty. From understanding your space and soil conditions to selecting trees with multi-season interest, you'll learn everything you need to make a confident decision.
What You'll Discover:
🌳 How to assess your garden space and choose appropriately sized trees
🌳 Why even small gardens and balconies can accommodate beautiful trees
🌳 The importance of multi-season interest—spring flowers, summer foliage, autumn color, and winter bark
🌳 Expert tips on selecting trees for containers and patio gardens
🌳 How to evaluate tree health when purchasing from a nursery
🌳 The best tree varieties for small, medium, and large gardens
🌳 Why trees like crabapples, silver birches, and ornamental specimens are perfect for most gardens
Featured Trees Include:

Crabapples for spring blooms and autumn fruit
Silver birch for stunning winter bark
Euonymus Red Cascade for multi-season drama
Wild cherry and oak trees for larger spaces
Dwarf varieties perfect for container growing

Expert Insight: Nick Dunn from one of Britain's premier tree nurseries shares professional advice on matching trees to your specific garden conditions, ensuring you select a specimen that will flourish for decades to come.
Whether you're creating a woodland-inspired garden, looking for a spectacular focal point, or simply want to add structure and seasonal beauty to your outdoor space, this video will give you the knowledge and confidence to choose wisely.
Remember: Every garden deserves at least one tree, and there truly is a tree for every space. This is more than a purchase—it's planting a legacy that will reward you and future generations for years to come.
🌿 Time to plant your garden's greatest gift!
Transcript
00:00this area is the cops it used to just be grass and it's just beginning to come into life the
00:12primroses are coming through to their best so really what I'm trying to do in the garden is
00:16mimic a little piece of woodland which you can do on any scale I bought a job load of trees at
00:23a tree sale by accident really I fell into it spent much more money than I planned and ended
00:28up with a whole batch of trees to plant and that was great because it gave me a structure but of
00:32course all these trees were small enough to carry in one hand and fit in the boot of a car and even
00:39things like this cherry this is the wild cherry or jean as it's known I was started out really small
00:45and it's great to see them grow to be in a garden long enough to see them develop into full-sized
00:51trees although I would say that the wild cherry is not perhaps the ideal tree if you've got a small
00:57garden because they do have a habit of sucking up all the moisture and all the goodness from the
01:03ground you can see there are hardly any primroses so I'd look for a better tree for smaller gardens
01:09but you will find it there are lots and lots of trees and even an oak tree be gentle be gentle with
01:15that can work this is an oak Quercus robo and it's a complete mistake to think that you can't plant an
01:23enormous oak or beach because you won't live to see it grow every stage of its growth from a tiny
01:30little sapling to a monstrous hundred or 300 year old tree is fascinating there is a tree out there for
01:38your garden however big or small it might be and Joe has been to a tree nursery to have a look at the
01:45selection I believe that every garden should have at least one tree but the range and variety of these
01:53marvelous plants is dazzling so how do you know which one to pick this tree nursery in Worcester is one
02:03of the largest in the country and Nick Dunn is on hand to guide me through the choices hello Nick
02:09good to see you hi nice to meet you thank you wow what a fantastic nursery you've got some amazing trees
02:14here let's say you know you want some trees in your garden what are the first considerations to think
02:20about well overall space how where can you allocate a tree to most trees that we grow for gardens
02:28specifically are small they're not that vigorous they can be pruned they're the tree for every
02:34garden there's a tree for every garden and every space can I help do we get a little a little thing
02:38going here lovely thank you Joe but what about what about soil conditions most of our trees that we
02:44grow specifically for gardens can tolerate a very wide range of soil conditions and from somewhat acid to
02:52quite alkaline now the average size garden is about 14 meters by 14 meters so not enormous but you can get
03:08a few trees in there but in a way they've got to work really really hard to earn their space so what
03:15would you be looking for if you can get two or three seasons performance within that tree flower fruit
03:22autumn color on the leaf perhaps even bark you'd be doing well wouldn't you and there are some trees
03:29that will function like that so what sort of a choice this crab apples well if you look at these crab
03:35apples I mean just the crab apple itself comes in various sizes colors persistency some will mature early
03:43for making crab apple jelly others will feed birds late into the winter and this is just one tree and
03:49the flowers in spring are beautiful as well fabulous from flowers to foliage trees have so much to offer
03:57perhaps one of their best attributes is spectacular leaf color that can change with the seasons and it's
04:05mid-september now and the autumn hues are starting to come through on a nice fabulous colors that we
04:12expect this is a nice and what's that you want to miss it it is it's your anonymous red cascade it's
04:18got good fruit color and a very interesting corky bark as well so it's a multi-featured tree
04:30what about silver birches they're very popular aren't they they are these jackamonte iutilis forms turn white
04:37very quickly yeah and then i mean all winter that that bark in the garden i mean incredibly sculptural
04:43there's a tree really beautiful and a nice delicate light canopy over the top it's a great feature tree
04:48it's very dynamic um winston is cheering up and it will always give you that fresh look outside the window
04:55and if your garden is truly tiny there's still a tree for you we've got here a patio range of trees
05:07of all sorts of ornamentals and this is a great example of what you can do in pots in 20 years time
05:13it may get up to about a meter yeah but it just shows you the variety of of shapes and sizes and
05:19growth rates that we've got provided you look after them okay so because in a container every plant
05:26needs to be watered and fed as well more than in the ground exactly and people will often ask well
05:34do i pot them on when do i put them into a bigger pot yeah and our suggestion would be every two years
05:40if it's growing and extending growth it's happy if it's stopped growing and it still may flower and
05:46leaf up and so on but it won't be truly happy so you've got you've got to encourage a bit of extension
05:52growth every year there's a huge variety of trees to choose from out there do a little research
06:01make your choice get excited about it and i'm sure your tree will reward you for many years to come
06:10we'll be right here
06:13so
06:13finally
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