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Are these trees going to be too big?
Edward.francis
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Hi everyone,
We are currently planning our garden which is a blank canvas. I've been discussing it here https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1048950/garden-design-meltdown/p1
where you can see the size of the plot - not very big!
We'd like to plant some trees and like everything with gardening what seems like a simple task is turning out to be a bit trickier than thought.
We went to the garden centre yesterday and saw a lovely Acer - Sango Kaku and a Hawthorne Paul's Scarlet which also has potential but I'm worried about the size. The info on the Acer says it grows to 4m high x 2m spread after 20 years, which actually sounds pretty good. The Hawthorne is a little bigger 4m high x 4m spread after 20 years but up to 8m after 50 years.
Can these trees be lopped successfully to stop them from growing too high?
In addition to an Acer what I'm ideally looking for is a tree in the corner of the garden, towards the back that grows to about twice the height of the fence 4-5m and a spread of about 3-4m. Maybe planted within the grass to give it some growing room.
Any help would be appreciated.
Ed
We are currently planning our garden which is a blank canvas. I've been discussing it here https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1048950/garden-design-meltdown/p1
where you can see the size of the plot - not very big!
We'd like to plant some trees and like everything with gardening what seems like a simple task is turning out to be a bit trickier than thought.
We went to the garden centre yesterday and saw a lovely Acer - Sango Kaku and a Hawthorne Paul's Scarlet which also has potential but I'm worried about the size. The info on the Acer says it grows to 4m high x 2m spread after 20 years, which actually sounds pretty good. The Hawthorne is a little bigger 4m high x 4m spread after 20 years but up to 8m after 50 years.
Can these trees be lopped successfully to stop them from growing too high?
In addition to an Acer what I'm ideally looking for is a tree in the corner of the garden, towards the back that grows to about twice the height of the fence 4-5m and a spread of about 3-4m. Maybe planted within the grass to give it some growing room.
Any help would be appreciated.
Ed
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The Hawthorn is good for wildlife, grows quicker, will lose its leaves in winter and has thorns. It is quite tough and can be pruned to size. Hope this helps. I'm sure other Posters will have their own suggestions.
Ahh yes you mentioned shade. I was going to say that the garden is facing south but the back fence is north facing. When the trees are small they will get some shade but when they clear the fence height it'll be full sun. Maybe the Acer wouldn't be best situated there then.