Ideally what sort of height and width (spread) would you like your tree to be eventually? Many young trees look suitable when you view them in a garden centre but if you don’t consider their potential dimensions they can overwhelm a small garden and become problematic for you and your neighbours. If you have a small or courtyard type garden, a fastigiate form of tree might suit you, developed to be narrow and not too tall. An Amelanchier Obelisk or A. Rainbow Pillar might suit your space, still with the wildlife appeal of flowers and berries and perching potential! You’ll have to be patient though if buying any young tree. An alternative would be a shrub with tree like proportions that grows fast, but they don’t tend to have the natural grace of a tree!
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
This is my Amelanchier lamarckii this morning … the blue tits and great tits love it … in the summer the blackbirds will be eating the fruits, and in the autumn the beautiful flame-colored leaves will make my heart sing
It was about 6’ tall when we planted it seven years ago.
It’s multi stemmed so if it gets too tall we’ll just cut the tallest stem/s out and leave the rest to grow on.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.