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Trees for small gardens 2

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 19/07/2010 15:12:21

The other day there was a tweet* from Gardeners' World regarding a post I wrote on this blog a couple of years ago, about my top five trees for small gardens.While I still stick with those five I thought I might try and add a further five just


Teeny tiny trees for small gardens

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 29/04/2008 12:14:02

A few weeks ago I wrote about trees for small gardens. Among the comments (well, to be honest, 33% of the comments) was a request from Daphne for very, very small trees - "very small being up to three metres".Tricky. Three metres is barely a shrub


Trees for small gardens

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 11/03/2008 10:30:00

garden is really too small then plant them in somebody else's (if necessary under cover of darkness).Update: read James's follow-up blog on trees for small gardens, Trees for small gardens 2.


Small trees as hedging plants

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 10/05/2010 16:36:01

Once upon a time, many years ago, there was a field hedge near my house. A hedge consisting of about 60% hawthorn, with other shrubs added to make up the difference. At one time it was laid, trimmed and maintained but today just two trees remain, entwined together: a hawthorn (Cr...


Carnivorous plants

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 27/09/2010 16:47:53

not for very long as I soon choked it to death with a fat bluebottle. To small boys the fact that the plant (Dionaea musicipula if you wish to be correct) cannot devour live chickens or younger sisters will always be a disappointment.Put simply there are four


Paradise found

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 31/07/2007 09:38:02

I have spent the last week on the small, but unbelievably beautiful, island of Colonsay off the west coast of Scotland. I apologise to those of you in the midlands who have been braving flash floods but the weather here has been stunning. Long sunny


Primulas

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 14/04/2009 17:51:39

I got a very lovely surprise in the post this week. Not chocolate (I'm pretty sure that we've all had quite enough of that for the moment), not riches beyond compare (they must have got lost in transit somewhere), but lots of small packets of seed


Elderflowers

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 24/06/2008 12:07:00

At this time of year hedgerows bristle with elderflowers. Elder (Sambucus nigra) is a native tree with white flowers in midsummer and bunches of small black berries in autumn. It is a bit of a weed but, like many weeds, it has both a purpose


Hedges and topiary

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 13/05/2008 12:38:00

I've had another thought about small trees. For a more formal look you should consider the classic topiary trees - a short list would include yews, box, beech, limes and holm oaks. All of them are terribly amenable and happy to be chopped and pruned


Cherry blossom

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 21/04/2009 10:18:51

. Like the lives of James Dean or Tupac Shakur, it's short and spectacular. Thereafter, the leaves can be a bit dull and cast a lot of dry shade, so be wary of planting cherries as the sole centrepiece in a small garden. Plant small trees instead


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