Small tree?

[brooksbeefarm]

We have a circle drive with a flower garden in the middle, i remember seeing a flower garden with a small tree that had a white bark and never got over 6ft. or 7ft. tall and would like one for the wives flower garden, but don't know what the name of it was? I think it was called some type of Rain tree? anyone have an idea what it was? Jack

[Jen]

Without a pic it's hard to imagine. You can google that description, say maybe "trees with white bark" or "rain tree" ~ then click on 'images' in the upper left corner and down the screen a couple of inches, and you will probably find your tree. This tree sounds interesting 

[riverbee]

jack...like jen said PICTURE!!!...........

don't know of any tree that grows to only 7 ft in your area,  maybe ornamental? dunno?  who planted in the circle? the city, county, etc? call them up and ask them?

[brooksbeefarm]

I don't remember where i seen it (been a few years) , but remember asking someone what kind of tree it was and remember them saying (some type of ) rain tree? I remember also it had limbs that hung down like a weeping willow tree, and the leaves was small. The person i was talking to said it didn't get much bigger than what it was.? Jack

[Jen]

Jack, do you remember if it had pods on it? or maybe blooms that hung in clusters?

[CpnObvious]

I'm not sure of the name, but i wonder if the tree you're describing was grafted.  There's a few decorative trees around here that have never gotten above 8 or so feet tall and their branches appear to hang like a willow... When in fact these trees were cut about 5-6 feet up, the top flipped upside down, and then grafted back into the v-shape cut that topped it.

I've also see these, different than what I described:

[brooksbeefarm]

No i didn't see any jen, but they could of come later? Cpn, the one i seen had a smaller around trunk and wasn't that bushy. Jack

[Jen]

Willow? Aspen? Birch?

[Jen]

Jack, this is a close as I can come. Golden Rain Tree, you can get them from the Arbor Day Foundation for free.

[brooksbeefarm]

Jen, it didn't look like that, but i will look into that one, it may work better. Thanks. From what i've seen so far the Weeping Himalayan Birch tree is the closes i've seen so far, don't know if it can take our climate or not? Jack

[LogicalBee]

There is a dwarf birch tree that grows to about 10 feet.  It’s got peeling white bark and grows well in Michigan.  I’ve got one growing here.  I want propagate it and grow more if I can keep the dang rabbits away long enough.  Botanical name is Betula nigra “Fox Valley”, or B n Little King.   They claim to have a number of them growing at the MO Botanical Gardens in Saint Louis. 



Another option you might want to consider is some cultivar of Japanese Maple.  They come in many shapes and colors and make nice accent plants too.

[Lburou]

Some of the dwarf Japanese maples might do what you want in drive drive Jack. 

[brooksbeefarm]

Thanks all, come spring i'll check those trees out. Right now i'm murdering trees to burn in my shop. Jack

[riverbee]

 

[Bakersdozen]

Golden Rain Trees are great, and my bees work them like crazy, but they grow to be pretty large trees.  An weeping cherry would be beautiful.  Service berry, Amelanchier, comes in a bunch of different varieties, some stay small, their native to your area, they bloom and have berries that the birds will eat.