Absolutely agree with Dove, a beech or poplar would be too big, and poplar roots can be a problem. A young beech tree scarcely taller than me in 1991 is now a forest giant, and still growing! Fortunately it's a long way from my house.
😳 Good think i asked about the poplar and beech, and ill look into the other one you have suggested.
I know the plum had a large hole/ gouge in the side when i moved in 5 yrs ago, and i thought (or rather hoped) it was dying.
I doubt the electricity company will help as they were here last March checking on trees (changing the posts etc) and i asked, very nicely with a cup of tea and biscuit, if they would be doing anything to the tree. Sadly they said as it wasn't a risk they wouldn't touch it. I'll try again though.
I just looked now and i have 2 more saplings that have self seeded and grown to my hight (5ft) just behind it. So im going to have a whale of a time
It was probably planted originally to hide the poles If you want to hide them [understandably!] planting a smaller tree[like the aforementioned Amelanchier] a bit further into the garden is a better way of doing it - perspective.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Im really learning a lot here, out of curiosity would a lilac tree work? Im only asking because my neighbours have one and they are so beautiful. Or would it be the same as the poplar and beech?
That corner would be a sun trap, once the plum has gone, and the sun will be there from morning till sunset. I would probably sit in the garden a lot more once its gone.
Lilacs are generally well behaved There are lots of better behaved trees - Sorbus, Mountains ash rather than Whitebeam, are excellent, although Whitebeams are also beautiful too. They get a bit large though.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
😃 Wow its really beautiful, i can see why you love it Dove. Will it grow in acid soil? Im on the coast and (guessing from what ive heard from neighbours) the soil is acidic. I know when ive been digging its very sandy.
Yes it’ll be fine … probably even better than on this chalk 😊 The soil here is a bit Sandy/gritty … just give it plenty of water for the first few summers 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I took down a damson on my Allotment a couple of years ago, just used loppers and a bow saw, the wood is much softer than apple. In this months the Garden (RHS magazine), they mention a Crataegus persimilis Prunifolia as a well behaved compact tree with several seasons of interest. Worth looking up, maybe.
They aren't fussy as to soil - great shrubs. I say shrub because technically they are, but you can also grow them as trees if you get a single stemmed one. We had a little group of three on a boundary fence at the last house. Much loved by the birds and insects
I planted one near the gate of a previous house which was lovely...until the new owner cut it down, presumably because they thought it was part of the adjacent hedge
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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A young beech tree scarcely taller than me in 1991 is now a forest giant, and still growing! Fortunately it's a long way from my house.
I know the plum had a large hole/ gouge in the side when i moved in 5 yrs ago, and i thought (or rather hoped) it was dying.
I doubt the electricity company will help as they were here last March checking on trees (changing the posts etc) and i asked, very nicely with a cup of tea and biscuit, if they would be doing anything to the tree.
Sadly they said as it wasn't a risk they wouldn't touch it. I'll try again though.
I just looked now and i have 2 more saplings that have self seeded and grown to my hight (5ft) just behind it. So im going to have a whale of a time
If you want to hide them [understandably!] planting a smaller tree[like the aforementioned Amelanchier] a bit further into the garden is a better way of doing it - perspective.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That corner would be a sun trap, once the plum has gone, and the sun will be there from morning till sunset. I would probably sit in the garden a lot more once its gone.
There are lots of better behaved trees - Sorbus, Mountains ash rather than Whitebeam, are excellent, although Whitebeams are also beautiful too. They get a bit large though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
our Amelanchier spring and autumn a few years ago … just to give you an idea. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know when ive been digging its very sandy.
The soil here is a bit Sandy/gritty … just give it plenty of water for the first few summers 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I say shrub because technically they are, but you can also grow them as trees if you get a single stemmed one. We had a little group of three on a boundary fence at the last house. Much loved by the birds and insects
I planted one near the gate of a previous house which was lovely...until the new owner cut it down, presumably because they thought it was part of the adjacent hedge
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...