What trees to choose?

Slow-worm · 11 March

Our landlord is going to have the two trees chopped down in the front garden (hoorayyy!!). I'm wondering what to replace them with.. one is a crab apple about 15' tall, the other is a honey locust about 30' tall. (I love the tree, but it's way too big for the space, and some of it is rotting on one side).
They will leave the stumps/roots, which is fine, I'll make more bird feeding tables or plant the big one up.
The garden is open, and exposed, with pretty average soil, on the alkaline side, dry in summer, no waterlogging. Part of it gets direct summer sun all day, and the rest has summer sun until midday, it faces NE.
I'm thinking maybe something dwarf and pretty in a tree, or a couple of large bushes would also do - the building is quite plain, so something with blossom, or soft leaves, evergreen if possible but not a cyprus etc.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

Dovefromabove · 12 March

What about a Prunus Kojo no Mai?
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=3466

I can see one from here and it looks gorgeous … and it’s a pretty shrub through the summer and then the autumn colour is spectacular. Even in the winter it’s interesting to look at because of the zig-zag way the branches grow.

Fairygirl · 12 March

I love the ornamental weeping pears - Pyrus salicifolia, but I don't have alkaline soil, so you'd have to check if it's ok with that. They don't mind drier conditions - I had one which was below two mature trees [a maple and a lime tree] as well as being near the hedge.
It was a birthday present from my daughters, and it's still there, many years on, because I occasionally pass the house.

Slow-worm · 12 March

Thanks!
@Dovefromabove that's a new one on me, very pretty, and sounds ideal!
@Fairygirl oh yes, I love weeping trees, beautiful! I looked idly at some a while back, but I was just window shopping then..

I can't wait to see the crab apple go, although I do feel sorry for it.

What trees to choose?

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