Talkback: Trees for small gardens - Talkback

Willowtree

24/11/2011 at 15:28

Only in the description of the Eucalyptus is the soil type mentioned. It is helpful to know if plants are lime tolerant, but this is so often omitted.

I have two different rowan trees, and they are beautiful small trees - elegant and airy, with flowers, fruit and good autumn colour. The birds think they are great too. And they keep the witches away!

Agilityamber

24/11/2011 at 15:28

30m is not a small tree. This is very misleading. I have a small garden and a tree this size would fill the garden

ingrid.v8x

24/11/2011 at 15:28

I agree with the comment from the person about the 30m tree - WOW, that's HUGE!! Another small tree that we planted a year ago in our North-West facing garden on top of a very windy hill is the Caragana arborescens or Siberian Pea Tree. The description says that it "can grow up to 6 metres tall but in practice seldom exceeds about 3 metres".

dolphingirl

24/11/2011 at 15:28

i would like a small tree in my very small garden so that i can hang a bird box on it but i have four cats would the birds be safe?

kaycurtis

24/11/2011 at 15:28

I have planted my BBC Rowan tree in my garden or should I say the tiny stick that I recieved from the garden centre, hope it grows but I have this awful feeling that eventually will be too big.

myself

24/11/2011 at 15:28

I have a rowan tree stick! can anyone tell me how long I have to wait to see it transform into a tree?As Im tempted just to chuck it out!

Anniemarshy

24/11/2011 at 15:29

In answer to the comment about the Rowan stick growing too big. We had one in our garden that was about 20ft tall which got damaged, so I pollarded it at 3ft and told it to live or die! It lived and sent out loads of new branches from the base so presumably it can be coppiced as well!

Vintage rose Marie

28/04/2013 at 20:47

My dhalia tubers have sprouted. Should I plant out now or June? What shall I do till then? Re pot?

Vintage rose Marie

28/04/2013 at 20:49

Eucalyptus grow huuuuuge. We don't all live at long meadow! Rather misleading. You can't go wrong with a flowering cherry.

blairs

28/04/2013 at 21:47

Rowans get big quite quickly. My whip (50cm) this time last year grew to 8ft by autumn last year. I expect it to branch out this year.

Eucatlyptus do grow too large too quickly - 5 years to 20-30ft. The problem is it does grow too quickly and the roots are shallow and in strong winds have a tendancy to fall over. Not good in a small garden as you pick up the damage of a heavy 20ft tree.

Paulowina is a good choice as they grow quickly but you cut them down and they regrow to 6ft every year with large leaves.

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