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Which tree?

Discussion in 'Trees' started by Phil A, Dec 30, 2018.

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  1. Marley Farley

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    Love the berries on the Spindle tree but they are usually a bit weedy looking I think @pete I used to have one but it had to come out when we built the wall..
     
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      Beech is an excellent choice for chalk but is slow growing. What about Rowan? I think it will tolerate chalk and would be an excellent choice for attracting wildlife and is attractive. Spindle I think is best in a hedge and maybe not such a good choice as a 'specimen' tree which seems to be what this space is asking for.
       
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        My favourite trees are Rowan (Sorbus) i wasn't too sure if they would be ok on chalk but presuming Redwing is correct then go for my all time favourite Sorbus Sargentiana. Great tree which doesn't on 1st glance look like a Sorbus. Has big red sticky buds in Spring, huge bunches of orange berries that birds love and autumn colour to die for and it's habit is for the branches to curve upwards rather than outwards so you wouldn't need to chop it back from interfering with the gate.The photo is of 1 I planted. Photo was taken about 3 years on from when I got it and just about past the hellish lollipop stage. It is quite a bit bigger/thicker girthed now some 8 or so years since planting.
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              Ta for the suggestions everyone :)

              Tetters made a phonecall and tracked down a couple of varigated Liriodendron for £12 each so we went and picked them up :)

              Both about 6 feet tall so will use one of them there and bonsai the other one :snorky:
               
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                Hi @Zigs - where do you get variegated tulip trees at 6 feet tall for that price???:love30:
                 
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                Hi Caroline :)

                Just up the road from us...

                Meadow Grange Nursery
                 
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                  6ft tall Bonsai?
                   
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                    To go with my dwarf metasequoia :)
                     
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                      There is a not quite mature variegated Liriodendron in Upton Country Park near here, it is about 70ft high!:smile:
                       
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                        Best keep em bonsaied then :yikes:
                         
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                          Liriodendron are quite slow growing. As a child, my parents planted one outside the bedroom window of my sister and me, thinking it would shade the bedroom from the evening sun......needless to say, we grew up before the shaded bedroom occurred!
                           
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                            Aah, the old "move out before the tree gets you kids" ploy :snorky:
                             
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                            Liriodendrons are lovely, I have one in my garden and it has flowered the last two years but it is not a slow growing tree by any means... Mine is 27 years old and I have the arb son in with his chaps to reduce it every 5 years or by now it would be about 40- 60 odd ft tall. Wonderful trees but they do grow very big... Flower after 25 yrs... I will find some pics of mine, not variegated but assume growth rate about the same.. Very brittle wood so don’t stand up to high winds when in leaf...
                             
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