nice tree or shrub?

[dombanks]

bad news when we got in lastnight from a billiant day out at the royal institution in london to find our cat dead.      

anyway the missus wants us to bury her in the garden and plant a "nice tree or bush or shrub"

her words were, "... some thing that does not grow too big as the garden is tiney and something that has pretty flowers on next year"

neither of us know what to get so anyone got any ideas?

i saw something on a website that said it flowered autumn/spring also a different thing that had nice coloured leaves in the autumn but have no idea on the size or what they are?

[SimonT]

Some options:

Japanese Maple - lovely coloured leaves (variagated green/while to deep red) and not too big

Hawthorn: Lovely floweres in the spring, small dark leaves during the summer and finishes off with bright red berries. Can grow quite large and bushy so will need to be trimmed in the autumn

Spindle tree - lovely autumn flowers containing a berry. Grows to about 6m so not too big, can trim it.

Cherry or almond trees: Great spring flowers and good leaf cover throughout the year. Control size by trimming.

My favorite is the Hawthorn though.

Have a Google on images to see what I mean.

Si.

[perksy]

Japanese Maple or

Choisa Tenata   (Bushy Green Plant with White Flowers)

Sorry to hear about your Cat    

[scruffythefirst]

Cianotis.  No idea on the spelling.  Blue flowers

[pistonbroke]

Catkin or nunney Willow  

[stephenh]

Vibernum. All sorts, but we have one which in early summer has lovely young purple leaves, which then turn redish green, and then at the onset of autumn (now) starts to have pink flowers, which then continue right through the winter, until the new leaves start in the spring. In the middle of winter it is covered in pink flowers, but no leaves. Very slow growing. Have a look at it when you bring my silencer back!!!

[mikeyd]

Sorry to hear your sad news.

AMELANCHIER-  Ideal tree/shrub for small garden, deciduous, white flowers in spring, red berries late summer, great autumn colour.

[ChrisF]

Cianotis.  No idea on the spelling.  Blue flowers

I think Hugh means Ceanothus (Californian Lilac) very nice evergreen shrub with blue flower in April.  

Tell me what type of soil you have, what way your garden faces (N,S,E or W) and were are you located    and I'll tell you what to plant and were to get it.

Sorry to hear about your cat  

[Norman Verona]

Dom, Can't help woth bushes but just wanted to say We're sorry to hear about the cat.

[dombanks]

thanks for the support guys, ive printed all the differntones off so she can have a look at them.

[Blatman]

bad news when we got in lastnight from a billiant day out at the royal institution in london to find our cat dead.      

anyway the missus wants us to bury her in the garden and plant a "nice tree or bush or shrub"

her words were, "... some thing that does not grow too big as the garden is tiney and something that has pretty flowers on next year"

neither of us know what to get so anyone got any ideas?

i saw something on a website that said it flowered autumn/spring also a different thing that had nice coloured leaves in the autumn but have no idea on the size or what they are?

Of all the questions you've asked, this one is the easiest...

Go to a blimmin' garden centre

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