This extremely choice shrub or smallish tree, is clad in pink flowers, which open from tiny winter buds which appear on last year's wood, sometimes on the trunk itself, the branches being totally covered with blossom before the heart-shaped leaves appear. The flowers are displayed over a very long period from spring into early summer. ... Learn More

This deciduous shrub or small tree has abundant, fragrant, densely-clustered, dark purple-pink flowers, which open in late spring before the leaves appear. When they finally unfurl, the large heart-shaped leaves are tinted red-purple. ... Learn More

This very rare, elegant and compact tree produces a glorious abundance of ivory-white flowers which appear in late April and into May, and which, astonishingly, are produced on the older growth, covering the stems, branches and sometimes even the trunk. Then follow the attractive, pale sea green heart-shaped leaves, which are much lighter then the normal dark green version. In Autumn the foliage turns dazzling yellow, but the unforgettable feature in this season are the clusters of pale-purple, flattened seed pods which hang from the branches. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Very few seeds. ... Learn More