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Looking for tall but narrow tree for small garden.

GrowerofweedsGrowerofweeds Posts: 20
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My lovely local council has plonked a set of pedestrian lights outside my house and I need a tree to block out the lights when I open my bedroom curtains. As my front garden is only about 10 foot deep, I need it to be tall and slim. Thought possibly an Italian Cypress but, it has to survive sandy soil and a coastal location as well as live alongside my privet hedge. Any suggestions welcome please.
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Is your bedroom on the first floor?
  • GrowerofweedsGrowerofweeds Posts: 20
    Hi Fire, yes bedrooms on 1st floor only my view affected though. Not sure what the height would be.
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    In those conditions it might be worth trying Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’ or Cupressus arizonica ‘Fastigiata’.
  • GrowerofweedsGrowerofweeds Posts: 20
    Cambridgerose12 said:
    In those conditions it might be worth trying Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’ or Cupressus arizonica ‘Fastigiata’.
    Great suggestions thank you, I could get away with just one Fastigiata due to the width and I like the possibility of aromatic leaves. My dog - Rocket- wants the Skyrocket haha. Interesting colour and can cope with winds as well, so that's good. Well done for those choices :))

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    You said you need to block out the light when you open your bedroom curtains, confused by that. 
  • GrowerofweedsGrowerofweeds Posts: 20
    I can see the pedestrian lights as soon as I open my curtains or generally look out of the window. Mostly a green glow on walls, red glow or flashing amber. Same with downstairs windows but tall hedge stops a lot of that and I am not opening the curtains as wide as before.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It'll be a while before anything's tall enough to block that, unless you can afford a mature specimen, and have the time to look after it to get it established  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GrowerofweedsGrowerofweeds Posts: 20
    Fairygirl said:
    It'll be a while before anything's tall enough to block that, unless you can afford a mature specimen, and have the time to look after it to get it established  :)
    I know sadly, but I don't know what else I can do really, well not legslly haha. Think I'll go for the Fastigiata suggested by Cambridgerose12 I couldn't/wouldn't pay for a mature specimen as knowing my luck it would die but, maybe a 5 ft depending on price. It seems pretty tough and doesn't mind sandy soil.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I'm struggling too - I was going to suggest blackout curtains. Are you opening your curtains at night, in which case, why are you doing that? Are the lights so bright that they overwhelm daylight?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • GrowerofweedsGrowerofweeds Posts: 20
    The first thing I see each morning when I open my curtains is the pedestrian lights. Red, green or flashing amber, and again when I close them at night. They are directly outside my window. In fact they reflect into practically every room in my home. But, I think a tree and a higher hedge should solve a lot of it. They were not there when I bought the house some years ago either so it's a new problem.

    Loxley said:
    I'm struggling too - I was going to suggest blackout curtains. Are you opening your curtains at night, in which case, why are you doing that? Are the lights so bright that they overwhelm daylight?

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