Trees are critical backbones in a landscape painting and likely the biggest plant investment you ’ll ever make because they generally have large Leontyne Price tag . Also , trees do n’t transplant well once they ’re establish , so it ’s important to nibble the right - size of it tree for your think planting location . Small trees range in sizing from only a few feet tall and wide to 25 feet tall and all-encompassing — which is still considered small when you think how many trees top out at well over 40 feet . The following video , flash in the garden ofFine Gardening ’s editors , highlight a diverse selection of specimens that meet this criteria with a embarrassment of other excellent trait , in addition to being small in size .
Any one of these Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has the potential drop to be a arresting focal point in your landscape . And because they have a smaller footprint than , say , a stately oak or towering hemlock , you ’ll have some space left for other shrub and perennials .
Trees featured in this video
‘ Perry ’s Gold ’ Norway spruce(Picea abies‘Perry ’s Gold ’ )
‘ eventide Light ’ Nipponese snowbell(Styrax japonicus‘Evening Light ’ )
‘ Montrose Spire ’ white spruce(Picea glauca‘Montrose Spire’)—North American aborigine

‘ Milk River and Honey ’ Japanesestewartia(Stewartia pseudocamellia‘Milk and Honey ’ )
‘ Mini Twists ’ easterly white pine(Pinus strobus‘Mini Twists’)—North American native
Kousa dogwood(Cornus kousa )

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