In the front garden, small trees make a big impact as eye-catchers and structure providers. The most beautiful house trees are not limited to a low height, but boast breathtaking attributes. Spherical crown, columnar shape or lavish flowers characterize the dream tree for the front garden. This selection introduces you to some magnificent specimens.
Which tree is suitable for the front garden?
Small trees with special shapes and characteristics are suitable for the front garden, including spherical trees such as the spherical trumpet tree 'Nana', hanging crowns such as the hanging pussy willow 'Pendula' or columnar trees such as the columnar hornbeam 'Frans Fontaine'. These offer design options and fit into limited spaces.
Ball trees – contemporary classics with style
Small trees with spherical crowns are the most popular protagonists in the imaginative front garden. The following species and varieties not only impress with a shapely crown, but also remain at a growth height that is appropriate for the limited space available:
- Ball trumpet tree 'Nana' (Catalpa bignoides), height 200 to 300 cm
- Spherical maple 'Globossum' (Acer platanoides), height 300 to 450 cm
- Global locust 'Umbraculifera' (Robinia pseudoacacia), height 400 to 500 cm
Are you looking for a house tree that isn't found in every front yard? Then two small trees come into focus, which are still considered an insider tip. The globe steppe cherry 'Globosa' (Prunus fruticosa) is only 200 to 300 cm tall and blooms bright white in spring. The globular swamp oak 'Green Dwarf' (Quercus palustris) also stretches no higher towards the sky and enchants with its furious foliage coloring in autumn.
Picturesque hanging crowns in mini format
The romantic design of the front garden is beautifully accentuated with hanging shapes. The following small trees are characterized by small crowns whose branches dangle elegantly:
- Hanging catkinse willow 'Pendula' (Salix caprea), trunk height of the graft 60 to 100 cm and higher
- Red hanging beech 'Purple Fountain' (Fagus sylvatica, height 400 to 600 cm
- Willow-leaved hanging pear 'Pendula' (Pyrus salicifolia), height 400 to 600 cm
Refined standard trees, such as the hanging catkinseed willow, are very popular as small trees for small front gardens. Once the root height of the rootstock has been selected, it remains the same, while only the crown increases in size. Regular pruning (€14.00 at Amazon) keeps the expansion under control.
Elegant columnar growth requires little space
Columnar trees are a hit in imaginative front garden design. The slender growth habit sets decorative accents and creates more depth in the appearance. The following columnar trees are predestined to be house trees because they also prove to be extremely cut-tolerant:
- Columnar hornbeam 'Frans Fontaine' (Carpinus betulus), height 600 to 800 cm
- Columnar cherry 'Amanogawa' ((Prunus serrulata), height 350 to 500 cm
- Columnar rowan 'Fastigiata' (Sorbus aucuparia), height 500 to 800 cm
- Columnar hawthorn 'Stricta' (Crataegus monogyna), height 400 to 600 cm
Small trees with a column-like shape are not only suitable as solitary house trees for the front garden. When planted in rows, they gather to form an opaque hedge that protects privacy in your front yard.
Tip
Do you prefer creative garden design with shrubs? Then, with a little patience, you can train a flowering bush to become a standard tree. Ideal candidates for training to become a flowering small tree are roses, lilacs, wisteria and hydrangea.
