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If you could choose a street tree....

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  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    It has always puzzled me why councils plant trees then pave or tarmac right up to them - where are they going to get water from?
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It breaks my hearts to see the way they are treated in London.
  • rosaprimularosaprimula Posts: 17
    sophora japonicum, aka styphnolobium japonicum or scholar tree - a beautiful, late flowering legume.
  • Arthur1Arthur1 Posts: 542
    Ginkgo biloba, fantastic autumn colour. Used as a street tree in Cambridge.  Avoid female forms which fruit.
    If I was more concerned about attracting wildlife it would have to be one of the rowans, spring flowers, autumn fruits and autumn colour. What's not to like?
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2022
    Ginkgo biloba, fantastic autumn colour. Used as a street tree in Cambridge.  Avoid female forms which fruit.

    The fruit has one of the most revolving smells known the man. In north London (Stoke Newington) there is a wide street lined with huge, mature, fruiting trees and it smells like a sewer has overflowed.



  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    A top tree for heavy and damp soils would be Alnus Glutinosa 'Imperialist', the cut leaf Alder. Remains quite compact and used a lot now in new planting schemes with restricted space. Gleditisia Triacanthos is also a very popular new choice street tree and one of my top choice for a tree to plant if you have the space. Finally, Koelreutaria Paniculata would be a good tree for a long season of interest, this tree has grown popular for smaller streets.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Which tree is that @Fire, the ginko or the rowan?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    @Lizzie27 sorry. I have edited to make clearer - I meant the female ginko.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Thanks @Fire, I did think you meant the ginko but having never been near enough to smell it, wasn't sure.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    You would know if you were under a ripe fruiting ginko.
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