Need a tree

[Scotlass]

I wondered if you kind people could recommend a small blossom type tree for the corner of my garden and an online site I can buy it from. I remember one beginning with A being recommended but forgot to write it down
TIA

Amelanchier?

That's the one, any idea of a decent online retailer to order from?

www.vanmeuwen.com/

How big do you want it to be when it arrives? My favourite on line supplier is Crocus who have one for about £75. I bought 2x 20 feet ones from Barcham Trees. At the other end of the scale , I bought 2 from Telegraph Garden Shop which were about 3 feet when they arrived. They were £12 I think.

I bought my Amelanchier x Grandoflora Ballerina from Edulis. Around £15 if I remember correctly. I've spent the first half of this summer watching the birds stealing the berries from it outside my dining room and work office windows. Fantastic tree. I have two others, one in the front and one down by the canal but the above one has the best berries.

Thank you, will check all those out. Am happy to start off smallish and let it establish in its corner. Slowly getting a nice border established in a new build property.

Medlars are lovely, pretty blossom in spring and interesting shape fruit later.

Anyone used mail order trees or primrose.co.uk? Both have 2yr old trees around £27.99

I am not very keen on Primrose, quite a lot of their feedback states poor handling, damaged packaging and products. I was going to buy from them but that put me off. I bought some metal pots from them, which were packed damaged. The denting and scratching was so obvious and could not have happened in transit. They wanted photos of the damage as they don't accept returns. They did refund, but it was a faff.

I bought a crab apple from Mail Order Trees, and had to ask for a refund for the delivery charge because all the little side branches and spurs were broken. It was just heaped in a van with others. But to be fair, they did refund immediately without question, and the tree was otherwise perfectly healthy.

The tree itself is not establishing very well, but it is early days and the weather has been particularly challenging this year.

I think I would buy from them again, but I am keeping a eye on the tree now.