All about Garden Shrubs

How about a red hawthorn tree? Beautiful in flower, beautiful hips in autumn, great for the native wildlife, doesn't grow tall, tough as anything. I was thinking of getting "Paul's Scarlet" myself, as it happens.

Two more I was thinking about: an Amelanchier tree, another nice small one with lots of seasonal interest.

Also the winter flowering cherry tree Prunus subhirtella autumnalis. I have planted this in other gardens, it has very welcome pale pink flowers on bare branches from late autumn through to spring, whenever there's a few mild days in a row. Plant it somewhere where you walk past it every day. Pretty boring in the summer, mind.

Second the amelanchier. We have one in a cramped back garden (in a pot at the moment) and it's a lovely tree with lots of interest that isn't imposing on the space.