Spring bloomers
✢ Crab apple The pink buds of Malus hupehensis AGM (HxS: 5x4m) open to clouds of pure white blossom.
✢ Golden chain tree Laburnum anagyroides* drips with pendulous bright yellow flowers in late spring. Grow as a specimen tree or train over an arch.
✢ Clematis Evergreen Clematis armandii puts on a standout spring show with star-shaped, almond-scented flowers. For pink-flushed blooms, look for the variety
‘Apple Blossom’.