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Japanese maple

Airy, delicate leaves make Japanese maples absolute showstoppers.

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Andrea Gómez Romero

Citrus

Attractive year round, plus you get fragrant flowers and delicious fruit.

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Saxon Holt

Crape myrtle

This is the signature plant for many hot-summer regions. It’s hard to beat the showy summer flowers, beautiful bark, and brilliant fall color.

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Vine maple

Nearly circular leaves are red-tinted when new, light green as they mature, and then orange, scarlet, or yellow in fall.

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Hop bush

This evergreen shrub, with fine, bronze foliage, can be trained into a tree.

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Susan

Ornamental crabapple

Plant one of these for a lavish pop of white, pink, or red flowers each spring.

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Derek Fell

Fringe tree

Named for the narrow, fringlelike white petals that are borne in a profusion of lacy flower clusters.

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Marion Brenner

Kousa dogwood

This makes a great multi-stemmed shrub or—with training—a small tree. The petal-like leaves are breathtaking in spring.

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Susan A. Roth

Saucer magnolia

Magnolias are magnificent flowering plants featuring blossoms in white, pink, red, purple, or a more recent development, rich yellow.

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Richard Shiell

Dwarf Hinoki false cypress

Mature foliage has tiny, scale like, overlapping leaves that make a stunning layered look.

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Top 10 trees for small spaces