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Planting trees in a lawn

NoviceAnnyNoviceAnny Posts: 22
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Have two medium sized squarish lawns and want to plant trees within them to add interest. What trees would would be best? And how do I decide where to put them? Is there an arrangement I can follow to make it look good?
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  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
    Ooh, I'm just about to plant some (cherry) trees in my lawn... be interesting to see any replies! 
    Lincolnshire
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You need to offer more info @NoviceAnny  :)
    Medium size- can you be a bit more specific? Whereabouts [roughly] are you?
    What else is around you  - buildings, planting etc? What type of soil? Aspect? 
    All these things help with suitable suggestions.  Photos are even better :)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    Cherry blossom trees, which flower in pink all autumn, through bleak winter, and right through spring, but bear no fruit.

    Cheery fruit trees that flower in white with pink tinges in late string and summer and bear fruit later in the summer.

    Apple trees which bloom in white.

    One of each?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    As others have said, probably best see what type of soil you have,  I bought three Silver Birch Jacquemontii ,  I couldn’t have any fruit trees here, wrong soil and too windy for blossoms,  so your aspect is very important before any suggestions can be made.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    My blossoms survive the wind.  Only those that are withering are not tethered to their socket and get blown away.
  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
    What ever you decide upon,  make sure you leave a circle of bare soil around the base of the trees.  Lawns are thirsty and will rob all the moisture and nutrients out of the soil and starve the young trees.
  • NoviceAnnyNoviceAnny Posts: 22
    I have two squarish lawns each approx 12m x 12m. North facing. In the Midlands. Sorry no clue about soil.
  • NoviceAnnyNoviceAnny Posts: 22
    And fences to the sides with narrow flower beds.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    We chose apple trees on dwarfing rootstock to plant in our lawns.  Pretty blossom in spring and apples to eat in autumn.  What's not to like?  As @WonkyWomble says though its important to have a circle of bare soil around the base (and prepare the soil really well before planting).  I recently put a metal circle around ours to keep a neat circle between the trees and the grass.  I say trees - it's only one now as I created a border next to the other one, so it is now on the edge of the lawn rather than in it!
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,541
    A metal barrier is an excellent idea @didyw and labour saving in the long run!
    If you have 2 Square lawns @NoviceAnny, it might look good to mirror the shape by having a square of soil beneath the trees instead of a circle, it gives it a more formal look. 😀 
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