On Apr 6, 7:23*am, Hrochnick
wrote:
Hello,

I’m hoping you can help me find the perfect plant to place on my patio,
I tried doing a bit of searching online but I'm getting a bit lost under
all the detail and I have some specific requirements:

I want it to sit in the corner of the patio so it’s a semi sheltered
position (not completely wind or rain free). The corner is bordered on
two sides by large patio doors/windows and is south facing so it gets
full sun. I would like something that is roughly 1m wide and about the
same tall, maybe a touch taller. I want to be able to leave it there
throughout the year, spring to winter, but I live in the Czech Republic
where summer temperatures can get up to 35 degrees c and winter
temperatures down to minus 15 or so…. Some flowering would be nice but
not completely necessary.

Any ideas? is there anything at all that would fit the bill? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

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Hrochnick

Here, they sell such things as "patio trees" - these are typically
hardy, often flowering shrubs that are trained as or grafted to a
standard or 'tree-form'. Lilacs, physocarpus (ninebark), hydrangeas,
flowering currants are examples and there are numerous others. Dwarf
flowering crabapples are often used in this manner as well. If it were
not a full sun location and with the potential for reflected heat from
the patio doors as well, a dwarf Japanese maple would work as well.

Wanting to reach your height specifications plus be hardy enough to
remain outdoors in winter (will this be planted in a container or in
the ground?) pretty much limits your choices to small trees or
shrubs. You need to look at something hardy to at least USDA zone 7,
ideally a zone or two lower.