Acer 'Butterfly' Size:9cm pot The Pixie apple was developed

The Pixie apple was developed at the National Fruit Trials farm in Kent

Any level of gardener can grow these with relative ease

The flowers are followed in autumn by plum like fruits which are not edible by humans

Hippophae rhamnoides will do fine in any type of soil

boulevards or public spaces

Acer 'Butterfly' Size:9cm pot The Pixie apple was developedAcer palmatum Butterfly is a fully hardy, low maintenance Japanese Maple cultivar with beautiful colouring. The leaves display a lovely green, interspersed with creamy variegation and often with pink tinted margins. Its eye catching deciduous foliage makes the tree an ideal feature plant, and it can be grown in soil or in a large container provided its well watered. Due to its fairly compact size, the Acer will suit any size garden or patio, and prove