If you've got room any of those trees, ash, cherry, hornbeam, beech, all lovely and give you some summer shade. My wild cherries have very edible fruit as well.
I think they grow to about 100 feet. 4 of mine are about 30 feet fronm the house and although it's ok now I think in time that will be too close.
I wouldn't do it if I were you, there are so many attractive small and productive trees suitable for a garden that to introduce something so big and only maybe producing something edible seems like a waste of garden space. I'm lucky with some of my cherries but wild ones can be a bit sour (or so I'm told)
These trees are lovely if you want shade - but do your neighbors want the shade too - some trees as they get well rooted can bring a lot of problems with getting into the property . Where we used to live our nextdoor family got the roots of a tree coming through into the lounge . . outside the path had cracked , they thought nothing of it , thought it was just deteriating that was until a floor board split , inspected the damage found a sapling forcing its way through.
Wild cherries here are very sweet (when properly ripe), but not much flesh for a big stone. But I agree with Fairygirl - beech or hornbeam for the 2nd one.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hi Stu, Fruit trees on dwarf rootstock are always a good bet. You get blossom in spring, fruit in Autumn and they won't grow too large. These are the rootstocks to look for if you decide to buy any fruit trees:
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If you've got room any of those trees, ash, cherry, hornbeam, beech, all lovely and give you some summer shade. My wild cherries have very edible fruit as well.
In the sticks near Peterborough
How far away from the house would you recommend the Cherry?
I think they grow to about 100 feet. 4 of mine are about 30 feet fronm the house and although it's ok now I think in time that will be too close.
I wouldn't do it if I were you, there are so many attractive small and productive trees suitable for a garden that to introduce something so big and only maybe producing something edible seems like a waste of garden space. I'm lucky with some of my cherries but wild ones can be a bit sour (or so I'm told)
In the sticks near Peterborough
These trees are lovely if you want shade - but do your neighbors want the shade too - some trees as they get well rooted can bring a lot of problems with getting into the property . Where we used to live our nextdoor family got the roots of a tree coming through into the lounge . . outside the path had cracked , they thought nothing of it , thought it was just deteriating that was until a floor board split , inspected the damage found a sapling forcing its way through.
Wild cherries here are very sweet (when properly ripe), but not much flesh for a big stone. But I agree with Fairygirl - beech or hornbeam for the 2nd one.
What trees would you recommend for a smaller back garden (44ftx32ft) ?
Hi Stu, Fruit trees on dwarf rootstock are always a good bet. You get blossom in spring, fruit in Autumn and they won't grow too large. These are the rootstocks to look for if you decide to buy any fruit trees:
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Crab apples, amalanchier, one of the smaller flowering cherries.
Well the first tree looks like this now. Maybe someone knows what it is now?
Nutcutlet was absolutely correct - that is definitely an ash tree.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.