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Suggestion for tree in a half barrel, full sun?

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    The Fatsia that I recommended @Fairygirl is unlike the Fatsia japonica which many people grow - it likes full sun!  Mine is perfectly happy in the conditions which the OP described😊.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Fair dos @Plantminded :)
    Not one I've come across though. Have you had it long?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited February 2022
    Since about March last year, I think @Fairygirl .  It gets sun in the morning and early afternoon, so it's in shade for the hottest part of the day in summer.  It sulked for a while but then suddenly started to make an impression!  The leaves are matt, unlike F. japonica, and thinner, so they move gently when there's a breeze.  Something to add to your list perhaps!

    Edited - just done some more research, it probably won't like a normal Scottish winter:

    Half hardy - unheated greenhouse / mild winter
    Hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK except in severe winters and a risk from sudden (early) frosts. May be hardy elsewhere with wall shelter or good micro-climate. Likely to be damaged or killed in cold winters. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -5°C (23°F)
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Nowhere to put it @Plantminded ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Rhus typhina or Rhus typhina 'Dissecta' seem to work well in that sort of container (seen lots like this on Instagram) - in the ground they tend to sucker, but that's not a problem in a container. They are extremely tough trees.

    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • I have three half ex whiskey oak barrels, one is a pond, one has Acer Bloodgood in it (from Lidl about 6 years ago) and the other has Laurus nobilis (Bay). All unlined as the oak would shrink otherwise and the rings would drop. 
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