tree suggestions

Last post 02-05-2009 7:04 PM by johncalla. 3 replies.

• 01/05/2009 02:02 PM

  mrs3boys Location: United Kingdom Joined on: 01 May 2009 Posts: 1

  Reply | Contact This is my first post. I need a couple of mature trees for my garden which was a bare site 8 years ago. Can any one make suggestions as to where I can buy the most mature trees possible and which type of tree?  The first site is in a bed 1m or so deep backed by a fence which is the boundary to my neighbour. This spot is the one I sit and view from my living room, so I would like a tree with good colour but nothing which will grow too big. I had thought about a robinia/gleditsia tricanthos but am not sure how big they will get. The soil is slightly clay. The spot is East facing.  The second site is west facing. The site is bigger, in a bed 2m x 4m.  Look forward to hearing from someone soon!

• 01/05/2009 02:13 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 4,553	Reply | Contact  I don't reccomend getting mature trees as they are very difficult to establish (plus expensive and tricky to plant) You're much more likely to get good results from a younger plant. http://patsysplot.blogspot.co.uk/

• 02/05/2009 03:40 PM

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  ErWe Location: Vienna, Austria Joined on: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 93

  Reply | Contact I read in a back issue of "The Garden" re the Great Storm of 1987(?) and its tree victims, that trees planted as saplings withstood the storm much better than those which have been transplanted as mature trees. They never develop such an extensive rootsystem.  And additionally, in a few years time youngsters catch up with the older specimens, which  tend to stay put for a couple of years after planting. regards, r.w.

• 02/05/2009 07:04 PM	In reply to
  johncalla Location: Joined on: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 18	Reply | Contact In my eyes every garden should have a fruit tree and save our english apples!!!!!