That is quite a stunning tree @Amphibios - the national tree of India, the Banyan tree is impressive, of great character and not for your normal pocket sized English garden. I can understand why you would want to grow one in your garden. Would they cope with an English winter - I think perhaps not?
I’d like a Salix tree but it would grow too big in our small garden. We used to have one and it was beautiful in summer. My other plant would be a Maidenhair fern( outside).
Try Salix Boydii. It's a lovely little dwarf salix and will fit any garden. I've got one in an alpine trough and it's in no danger of outgrowing anything in a hurry.
I won't answer the thread question as there's too many plants that won't grow on a windy and wet Welsh mountain and the bleedin weevils would probably eat anything that was given magic powers to survive the weather. I'd love some big mature trees and a garden big enough to support them though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@Guernsey Donkey2 I looked them up once and apparently there is someone in Wembley who has some young saplings for sale on ebay . They are tropical trees so are not going to be happy in our climate. It’s odd what a big impression my few visits to Pakistan left on me. The eucalyptus tree in mum’s parents courtyard. The fig tree in my dad’s parents courtyard. The orchard growing mangoes (not fibrous!), huge juicy oranges, and pomegranates. The parrots I saw there. It’s the reason I wanted raised concrete border edging, it was common seeing it there.
My fantasy would be to grow the native Winged Spindle ... Euonymus alatus which would not be happy on our very chalky soil, and Aeonium Schwarzkopf which OH loves but which would not be happy in our East Anglian winters.
We could achieve our fantasy ... I could grow a small spindle in a container ... but we already have blueberries using up our supply of harvested rainwater ... and we could grow an aeonium in a container and bring it into the studio for the winter ... 🤔 or we could move to the southwest ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It’s odd what a big impression my few visits to Pakistan left on me.
The eucalyptus tree in mum’s parents courtyard. The fig tree in my dad’s parents courtyard.
The orchard growing mangoes (not fibrous!), huge juicy oranges, and pomegranates. The parrots I saw there.
It’s the reason I wanted raised concrete border edging, it was common seeing it there.
We could achieve our fantasy ... I could grow a small spindle in a container ... but we already have blueberries using up our supply of harvested rainwater ... and we could grow an aeonium in a container and bring it into the studio for the winter ... 🤔 or we could move to the southwest ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ive always been keen on achieving our fantasies 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.