Thank you - yes birch suggestion could be an idea. I'm also thinking of a bit of a border re-design so that I can make space for more trees if I did this.
TheVictorian - yes it definitely needs to be felled. A tree surgeon looked at this earlier today and gave us the bad news. If you see it close up you can see the angle that it's leaning (which seems more than shows up in the photo) and the fact that it has suddenly dropped down is worrying.
I'd echo birch as well. A multi stem specimen is nice, but many of them have really good bark which makes them a good winter feature. Canopies are light, so they don't become oppressive. It still won't instantly be sizeable though. It'll be several years depending on the conditions and your climate, plus it's care.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have a silver birch,but the fastest growing tree we have is a eucalyptus It's evergreen,very pretty bark,and FAST growing. We remove stems/ branches monthly through out the year,it's about 30 feet tall, happy to provide a picture
Thank you Greenbird. They are lovely trees. This one is a False Acacia (Black Locust) but there is also a similar tree called a Honey Locust that seems to be the same but with small spikes on the branches (i'm no gardening expert so someone may correct this!).
However, the False Acacia has the most amazing bright green translucent leaves in the summer - they turn a slight honey colour before falling in the winter.
Acer grosseri starts off fast growing but slows down in maturity, so might be useful from that point of view. About 4m in ten years, and ultimately 8-12m, so it might not be quite big enough though.
Cercidiphyllum is a lovely tree, and I think reasonably quick growing.
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TheVictorian - yes it definitely needs to be felled. A tree surgeon looked at this earlier today and gave us the bad news. If you see it close up you can see the angle that it's leaning (which seems more than shows up in the photo) and the fact that it has suddenly dropped down is worrying.
It still won't instantly be sizeable though. It'll be several years depending on the conditions and your climate, plus it's care.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's evergreen,very pretty bark,and FAST growing. We remove stems/ branches monthly through out the year,it's about 30 feet tall, happy to provide a picture
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Course,I could be wrong,haha
However, the False Acacia has the most amazing bright green translucent leaves in the summer - they turn a slight honey colour before falling in the winter.
Cercidiphyllum is a lovely tree, and I think reasonably quick growing.