All birches have very attractive trunks and the best selection would include: B. albo-sinensis (L), B. ermanii (L), B. jacquemontii (M), B. papyrifera (L), B. pendula 'Dalecarlica' (L), B. pendula 'Tristis' (M), B. pendula 'Youngii' (S) and B. utilis (L). FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR 'JASP1DEA' (L). The golden ash, yellow wood. PRUNUS МААСКПЩ. Golden-brown. P.xschmittii (M). Shining brown. P. serrula (M). Shining mahogany. SALIX ALBA 'CHERMESINA' (L). Orange-scarlet. S. alba 'Vitelline' (L). Yellow. S. 'Chrysocoma' (L). The very popular weeping willow with golden-yellow branches. Also known by other names, including babylonica. S. daphnoides (S). The violet willow with purple-violet stems having a powdery white bloom. S. matsudana 'Tortuosa' (M). Spiralling, corkscrew-like stems. SORBUS AUCUPARIA 'BEISSNERF (M). Pinkish-red. Weeping Trees ALNUS INCANA 'PENDULA' (S). Grey-green leaves. BETULA PENDULA 'YOUNGII' (S). A spreading, dome-shaped head of weeping branches. CARAGANA ARBORESCENS 'PENDULA' (S). Ideal for very small gardens; yellow, pea-shaped flowers. COTONEASTER 'HYBRIDUS PENDULUS' (S). Has to be trained to form a small tree. Brilliant red fruits carried into the winter. FAGUS SYLVATICA 'PURPUREA PENDULA' (S). A small-growing purple beech. FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR 'PENDULA' (L). The weeping ash. ILEX AQUIFOLIUM f. PENDULA (S). A berry-bearing weeping holly. Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Pendula' (S). A lovely berry-bearing, weeping, silver-variegated holly. LABURNUM ANAGYROIDES 'PENDULUM' (S). The weeping laburnum. MALUS 'EXCELLENZ THIEL' (S). A weeping crab-apple with semi-double PRUNUS 'CHEAL'S WEEPING' (S). Long pendulous branches with double, pink flowers. P. subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea' (S). Umbrella-shaped, blush pink flowers in March and April. 'Pendula Rubra' (S) has deep rose-pink flowers. PYRUS SALICIFOLIA 'PENDULA' (S). See p. 48. SALIX CAPREA 'PENDULA' (S). A small-growing weeping willow with! pussy-willow catkins. S. 'Chrysocoma' (L). See p. 49. S. purpurea 'Pendula' (S). A small tree with long, slender, purple branches. I SOPHORA JAPONIC A 'PENDULA' (S). An unusual tree with stiff-growing drooping branches and attractive pinnate leaves. Deciduous, Fastigiate, Pyramidal, Columnar and Conical-Shaped Trees These are grouped together as the shapes cannot be separated with any \ precision. ACER x LOBELII (M). A compact pyramidal to columnar grower, with yellow autumn colouring. A. platanoides 'Columnare' (L). A columnar Norway maple. BETULA PENDULA 'FASTIGIATA' (L). An upright birch. CARPINUS BETULUS 'COLUMNARIS' (M) and 'Fastigiata' (M). Two very useful formal-shaped hornbeams. CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA 'STRICTA' (M). A narrow, upright-growing hawthorn. FAGUS SYLVATICA 'DAWYCK' (L). The tall, beech. 'Dawyck Purple' has purple leaves. GLEDITSIA TR1ACANTHOS 'ELEGANTISSIMA' (S). A small tree with j fern-like foliage. LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA 'FASTIGIATUM' (L). A tall, narrow-growing form of the tulip tree. MALUS TSCHONOSKII (M). See p. 48. PRUNUS 'AMANOGAWA' (S).