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  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    My next thread will probably be, 'What is a cheap tree I can buy that will be the right size for my garden and will grow really quickly and look beautiful?'.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,109

    That forget -me -not type one might be one of the little speedwells that  appear in grass quite often. 

    I'd agree about the sycamores Jack - they're whoppers! Plenty of nice small trees you could put in. Amelanchier lamarkii (snowy mespilus) makes  a nice airy tree in small plots.

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



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    I will try and take a better picture of the 'forget me not/speedwell' When I google image those, it doesn't seem to look like them.

    Thanks Fairygirl, the Amelanchier do look nice.

  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    Now I know what to ask for, for my birthday, a tree.

  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    Ah, a site just mentioned Amelanchier likes neutral to acid soil, mines Alkaline.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    How about a fruit tree? You can get apples on various rootstocks, get the size you want



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,109

    Was just about to suggest that nut image

    I got a couple of apple trees last year for a tenner each in B&Q. They're in big pots just now. 

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



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Must be a good plan Fairyimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DaintinessDaintiness Posts: 988

    I'd have a Victoria plum...however you can get those fruit trees with more than one fruit grafted ont them two the price of one!

  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    That sounds good. I have always fancied an apple tree. The other reason I'm a bit sad about this, is that from a sitting point in the garden, this tree was what blocks out other houses and next door neighbour as it's right against the fence. I hope I can afford something of a good size. Would I have to get all the roots out too?

    It's now dawning on me that the giant tree just behind our gardens is probably a sycamore, which will keep casting it's seed down. Cheers for the advice!

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