Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Feature trees - front garden

TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
in Plants
Hi everyone,

Someone has asked for suggestions of which tree species to put either side of their drive entrance. It's a large Victorian house on a street of the same. Previously, the two trees were large beech and we're removed because of some sort of safety issue. Stumps we're removed.

Could put beech there again, but do you have any other suggestions? Climate change seems to be bringing more extreme weather here on Mars, so preferably something fairly resilient to that...

Thanks 


«1

Posts

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    How big a space are we talking  between the house and the pavement?

  • TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
    Just a wall between the planting spaces and pavement. The planting spaces are about 10m from the house.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    What were the reasons for the safety issues? Any new tree could be in the same situation further down the line.
    I don't know what your weather/climate conditions are, so further info on that and the soil/general growing conditions would be useful for suggestions. The size of the actual space for trees, or anything else,  to be planted is also a factor. 
    A photo would help too  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    10 m from the house is not a lot.
    Struggling to visualise the wall, the pavement, the space.
    I think you need a small compact pair of tree .
    Need more info.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited June 2023
    It has to be a tree YOU like.

    Correction: THEY.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2023
    bédé said:
    It has to be a tree YOU like.

    Correction: THEY.
    However that’s not the only criterion … they need a type of tree that’s suitable for the site and for their intended purpose … that’s why the OP has asked for suggestions … when they have a selection the customer/friend can choose from the suitable options. 

    I wonder if the garden owner wants something that ‘announces’ that this is the entrance to their house … something that draws the eye and looks a bit impressive. The horticultural equivalent of a pair of brick column gateposts with a pineapple on the top maybe, a traditional symbol of hospitality. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited June 2023
    No idea where Mars is.
    Where this place is might help.

    Suggestions.
    1.  Evergreen.....Cupressus  sempervirens.

    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Cupressus+sempervirens&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNvKG_j-P_AhWWSkEAHVJYB1wQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5

    2. Deciduous..Ginkgo Biloba 'Fastigiata Blagon'

    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Ginkgo+Biloba+'Fastigiata+Blagon'&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipzeS2kOP_AhUTilwKHVfLAbYQ0pQJegQICBAB&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
    Don't have a photo yet, sorry.

    The garden owners don't know which trees they want, so they are asking for suggestions.

    The beds that each tree would be planted in are only about 3x3 and surrounded by hard surfaces. Most houses on the street have large trees in these positions - a lot of beech.

    The old trees were pushing a wall down. Trees were removed and a new wall built. I wasn't involved in those decisions.

    Location is south coast of England. About 1m from sea front.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    This is why the info is so important. A very different set of conditions from mine, for example. 
    I can't really make other suggestions because that type of site requires trees which will cope with being so near such a salty environment, which I have no experience of, and it would be better to see what else grows in the nearby area for the best ideas  :)

    If beech is happy, then I see no reason why they can't replace it with more though. They'll just need to ensure the areas are well prepped and the aftercare is good. The changing climate and conditions is making tree/shrub establishment much harder than it was even ten years ago.

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Sorry … 3x3 feet, yards, metres? 

    1m from sea front? … presumably 1mile rather than 1 metre in this case 😃 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





Sign In or Register to comment.