Trees

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• m.gleeson Posts: 11

  March 2022

  I also thought of a Robinia - in standard form.  Any thoughts?  Negative or otherwise.

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• Liriodendron Posts: 8,328

  March 2022

  I don't think I'd plant it in the ground - it's on the "sometimes susceptible" list.  I don't have any experience of growing it in a pot, I'm afraid.

  Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  March 2022

  We planted last year 3 japanese maples in pots and today they are looking brilliant outside above our "bulb" area. We have protected the pots during the winter and today they all are "glowing".
  

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• m.gleeson Posts: 11

  March 2022

  Many thanks, Liriodendrum.   
  
  and to Bertrand-mabel:  how tall are your three Japanese maples?  Will you be leaving them in pots - or at some stage planting them out?
  
  
  

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• didyw Posts: 3,573

  March 2022

  I had pittosporum (I think Silver Queen) in a pot and it did really well.  I didn't prune out the lower branches until I planted it out, some years later, in the garden where it is now a multi-stemmed tree.  It has lovely soft evergreen foliage and tiny fragrant flowers in spring.

  Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.

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• m.gleeson Posts: 11

  March 2022

  Thank you, DidyW.  Pittisporum one of my favourites.  That's a really good suggestion.

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