The following are some of our favourite white flowering trees:

Tree SpeciesFlowering TimeFragrancy
Amelanchier varietiesAprilNone
Bull bay / Magnolia grandifloraJuly – AugustStrong scent
Callery pear / Pyrus calleryana ChanticleerApril – MayPungent
Cherries / Prunus varietiesApril – MayLight scent
Crab apple / Malus varietiesMayStrong scent
English hawthorn / Crataegus monogynaMayStrong scent
False acacia / Robinia pseudoacacia varietiesMay – AugustStrong scent
Hankerchief tree / Davidia involucrata vilmorinianaNovemberNone
Honey locust / Gleditsia triacanthos varietiesJune – JulyLight scent
Horse chestnut / Aesculus hippocastanum varietiesMayNone
Indian bean tree / Catalpa bignoniodesJulyNone
Japanese pagoda tree / Sophora japonica varietiesJuly – AugustNone
Manna ash / Fraxinus ornus varietiesMay – JuneStrong scent
Mountain ash / Sorbus aucuparia varietiesMayPungent
Saucer Magnolia / Magnolia soulangeana varietiesApril – MayStrong scent
Service tree / Sorbus domesticaMay – JunePungent
Swedish whitebeam / Sorbus intermediaMay – JunePungent
Sweet chestnut / Castanea sativaJune – JulyPungent
Wild cherry / Prunus aviumApril – MayStrong scent
Wild pear / Pyrus communisAprilPungent
Wild service tree / Sorbus torminalisMay – JunePungent