In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
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I'm probably looking for a maximum of 4 trees and I'd like them to be
decorative, preferably not fruit trees, and, as I said, trees that I can
keep small.

I thought of a winter flowering cherry as that will brighten the garden in
winter.

I'd go for a winter viburnum for one: it is deciduous but has persistent
pink and very fragrant flowers right through the winter, and it doesn't
get very big.

But it's a bush rather than a tree. If tree shape is important, an
alternative is the winter flowering cherry. Not very big or showy
flowers, but they are there all through the winter - not fragrant,
though.

I think it's hard to beat amelanchier - lovely bronze new leaves, masses
of white flowers, orange berries, autumn colour.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"