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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2008 17:21:49 GMT
I have a shady, damp corner of my garden which at the moment is home to a scraggly, ugle 'flowering' cherry. That tree is a gonna! ;D Does anyone have an ideas for a replacement? I don't have a huge garden, so nothing too big, and if possible I'd like pretty blossom and attractive fruit/seeds. Oh, and bark  |
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Post by andy on Jan 10, 2008 17:35:10 GMT
Blimey...do you want jam on it too  ;D Small trees..... most malus species. deciduous, small and compact, flowers in may, fruits in autumn, lots of choice. Pyrus salicifolious pendula....weeping, deciduous and silver leaved. Small. Acers....japanes maples are nice but no flowers or fruit. Acer Griseum (paper bark maple) will give gorgeous coppery bark...but that's about it. Koelrutea paniculata...glorious autumn colour Rhus typhina (stags horn shumach)...beautiful autum colour, nice flowers/fruits, hairy bark....can spread a bit though. Strawberry tree (arbutus unedo), white flowers, red fruits, lovely bark and evergreen What about a small Betula if there is such a thing....B. Youngii is gorgeou Some of the Rowans are nice...the whitebeam (or cauliflower tree as my daughter calls it) is my fave. Another cherry....lots to choose from What about one of the spruces...picea 'Koster' is a gorgeous steely blue There's a few to get you thinking (and googling !!!) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2008 17:45:00 GMT
I have a shady, damp corner of my garden which at the moment is home to a scraggly, ugle 'flowering' cherry. That tree is a gonna! ;D Does anyone have an ideas for a replacement? I don't have a huge garden, so nothing too big, and if possible I'd like pretty blossom and attractive fruit/seeds. Oh, and bark How about a Mahonia rosemother - crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/mahonia-x-media-winter-sun/classid.4161/ |
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Post by isabella on Jan 10, 2008 18:55:09 GMT
Amelanchiers are lovely  |
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Post by andy on Jan 10, 2008 19:31:18 GMT
What about a Golden Catalpa (C. bignonoides aurea)...can be kept small and will produce huge golden leaves
Or a clerodendron or Paulownia....both can be treated as Catalpa
Handkercheif tree (Davidia involucrata)
Or one of the best...a Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
Gleditsia are nice as are some of the acacia.
Or you could plant a few fruit trees....apples, cherries, plums, damsons
One of the ornamental Alders would suit damp, shady areas or a nice hawthorn would make a gorgeous specimen.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2008 19:36:42 GMT
Could I grow a fruit tree in that position, Andy?  I'd love a fruit tree, but thought they needed alot of sunlight. I was looking for a 'thirsty' tree as well, so that it might improve the soggy soil  Yes, I do want jam on it, too!!! ;D |
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Post by nightowl on Jan 10, 2008 20:39:23 GMT
What about a Weeping Willow? Soo elegant I didn't know you could get Ornamental Alders Andy? They have nice bark don't they? And dinky little cones, and like the wet Those Shumacs, RM, are lovely, but at my last house I was forever getting suckers from a tree 2 gardens away!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2008 20:25:47 GMT
What about an apple tree? Would one grow in those conditions? I fancy a cox's orange pippin ;D
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Post by Barbara on Jan 12, 2008 15:04:21 GMT
plum trees seem to like it quite damp RM, and they have pretty blossom, and fruit ;D
but not pretty bark i'm afraid
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;D
I'd love a fruit tree, but thought they needed alot of sunlight. I was looking for a 'thirsty' tree as well, so that it might improve the soggy soil 
