I love trees, but not close to my house and in a small garden they are overbearing and really limit what you can grow. I'm with Verdun, plant shrubs instead.
I'm inclined to agree with Verdun. You could keep a rowan but then plan for a shade garden in a few years' time once it had become bigger. But in any case if putting even a small tree in a small garden, it would be better to position it on the boundary so you have more space in the centre to walk, sit and plant other things. Those are playing little useful role. For screening, you could put in something evergreen towards the back to hide the houses. I also have a tiny tiny garden and have planted two very narrowly columnar trees which only reach 3m in height at maturity. If you want a focal point, I'd try something like that, or else a lollipop standard in the very centre. One of the trees, nearest the house (can't tell what it is) looks very dangerously positioned for your drains too.
If you can get help lifting a few more slabs, you could have some fun putting in plants as well...
Unless you just want a simple courtyard garden with pots, I'd remove a fair bit of that paving to give yourself a chance of having something attractive to look out at in winter, and to sit out in during summer. A couple of decent sized beds to create a nice, all year round environment would be easy to achieve and give you a lot of pleasure.
Agree with Verd - get rid of the trees. They won't be happy as they are anyway without giving them some space at their ankles
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
that one at the front does look like laburnum Hostafan, and when you look at the base it's squeezed flat, I wouldn't expect that to do welli n the long term.
I've been wondering - why are those trees coming up between paving stones? Did you plant them? Did they just grow? I would keep a Rowan, I like them and trees give character and shade and somewhere for birds to sit, but I don't think they are in the right place. They look so in the middle. They should have earth around them to let rain in and to breathe and allow the trunks to grow, as obelixx has said.
Is there much more garden that we can't see in the photo? Where is the flower bed? Which bits get sun? You wouldn't want to block it all out.
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The tree in the foreground of photo 2 looks like laburnum to me, if you double click then use the little magnifier whatsit.
I'd have issues with the roots and the wall to the left which doesn't look in great shape.
I love trees, but not close to my house and in a small garden they are overbearing and really limit what you can grow. I'm with Verdun, plant shrubs instead.
I'm inclined to agree with Verdun. You could keep a rowan but then plan for a shade garden in a few years' time once it had become bigger. But in any case if putting even a small tree in a small garden, it would be better to position it on the boundary so you have more space in the centre to walk, sit and plant other things. Those are playing little useful role. For screening, you could put in something evergreen towards the back to hide the houses. I also have a tiny tiny garden and have planted two very narrowly columnar trees which only reach 3m in height at maturity. If you want a focal point, I'd try something like that, or else a lollipop standard in the very centre. One of the trees, nearest the house (can't tell what it is) looks very dangerously positioned for your drains too.
If you can get help lifting a few more slabs, you could have some fun putting in plants as well...
Still think there is room for 1 Rowan.
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Unless you just want a simple courtyard garden with pots, I'd remove a fair bit of that paving to give yourself a chance of having something attractive to look out at in winter, and to sit out in during summer. A couple of decent sized beds to create a nice, all year round environment would be easy to achieve and give you a lot of pleasure.
Agree with Verd - get rid of the trees. They won't be happy as they are anyway without giving them some space at their ankles
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
that one at the front does look like laburnum Hostafan, and when you look at the base it's squeezed flat, I wouldn't expect that to do welli n the long term.
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I've been wondering - why are those trees coming up between paving stones? Did you plant them? Did they just grow? I would keep a Rowan, I like them and trees give character and shade and somewhere for birds to sit, but I don't think they are in the right place. They look so in the middle. They should have earth around them to let rain in and to breathe and allow the trunks to grow, as obelixx has said.
Is there much more garden that we can't see in the photo? Where is the flower bed? Which bits get sun? You wouldn't want to block it all out.
Seeds go down between slabs and germinate there B-L. They love it but trees don't do well for long
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