Acer palmatum 'Shaina' | Japanese maple - 110-160cm - Bushy - 15lt 5ft- 6ft | 1.7m - 1.8m Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ is adaptable

Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ is adaptable to a wide range of soils

or European Plum ‘Victoria’

landscapers

Weigela florida 'Variegata' is well-suited to the UK's climate

sandy loam soils

Acer palmatum 'Shaina' | Japanese maple - 110-160cm - Bushy - 15lt 5ft- 6ft | 1.7m - 1.8m Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ is adaptableAcer palmatum 'Shaina' is a slow growing, dense, compact, upright, slightly columnar, deciduous shrub or small tree with globe shaped habit and beautiful, narrowly lobed, deeply divided leaves, bright red in spring, ruby red in summer, crimson red in autumn. Small, inconspicuous flowers bloom in spring and are followed by winged seed pods. Acer palmatum 'Shaina' prefers fertile, humus rich, loamy or sandy, slightly acidic, moist, well drained soils.