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A tree for a brick bed

iankellardiankellard Posts: 12
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Hi everyone—

First post! Am very happy to be here.

We have two new brick raised beds about 12ft x 2ft x 2ft, which meet at the ends to form one big L-shaped bed round two sides of our patio. The beds are open-bottomed to the soil below.

I want to plant a tree in the vertex for some privacy, but I'm worried the root system will burst the brick beds in a couple of years' time.

What – if anything – can I have in my new bed? My partner and I like a flowering cherry, or a crab apple (Malus evereste, particularly).

Any advice very gratefully received.

Ian x

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  • iankellardiankellard Posts: 12

    Thanks, pansy!

  • naneenanee Posts: 7

    I have red sentinel.

  • iankellardiankellard Posts: 12

    In the end we went for a prunus shirotae in the raised bed, and put a malus pink perfection elsewhere in the garden to satisfy our craven desire for a crab apple. 

  • iankellardiankellard Posts: 12

    Haha yes indeed. That's really nice. I'll tell my partner. 

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