Small Tree suggestions for narrow area
subersibo1973
6 years ago
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tall narrow trees/shrubs for really small space?
Comments (9)Sky Pencil Holly is really hard to find in the UK. I've tried. Degroots Spire also. I've not found any sources for it. Juniperus Sky Rocket will get much more than two feet in time and can end up 25 feet high. Is it your fence? If so I'd really consider getting that fixed first. Even a narrow plant will have roots going under the fence. And how will you maintain a ramshackle fence with something growing in front of it? You could try pleaching something i.e. having the trunks in front of the fence and the tops above it. Alternatively how about trellis and some sort of climber? Or I've seen a really successful fedge using ivy trained on wire netting. (And before we get a chorus of ivy hatred remember the OP is in the UK where ivy is native and not a problem.) I have a Cupressus sempervirens 'Totem' in a similar position but that is 90 cm from a well-built wall. Here is a link that might be useful: Totem...See MoreSuggestion of narrow trees for group planting.
Comments (9)There are some nice fastigate or relatively narrow oaks available. Forest Farm offers two--the Crimson Spire and the Regal Prince. They are both hybrids and should be tough enough for your area. There are lots of nice narrow trees, but be careful, many of these may not be well adapted to the harsh OK conditions--heat, drought, and winds. Oh, another choice might be the Shawnee Brave baldcypress. I am sure there are others, but these come to mone first. --Spruce...See MoreSuggestions for narrow tree to block neighbors.
Comments (15)'Smaragd' 12' tall and bay laurels 10' wide are a long way from full development. South Seattle Community College had 'Smaragd' 17' tall some years ago; I've seen much larger examples in older plantings that looked like they could be this same cultivar - which otherwise didn't become common here until the late 1980s. So probably many, if not most examples encountered here aren't going to be very old. In a nursery field near Portland both this and 'Fastigiata' were seen in intermixed rows - both cultivars were about the same height. Seattle has multiple 'Fastigiata' 31'-35' tall (ca 2005). The University of Washington has a bay laurel over 48' tall; most such larger, older examples here have numerous stems coming from near the base - perhaps this dates from the notorious November 1955 freeze. With a clump habit a tree this tall is even farther beyond 10' wide than it would be with a single trunk....See MoreNeed a Tall Narrow Evergreen Shrub or Small Tree-Suggestions?
Comments (6)"Tiny Towers" Italian Cypress are superb for tall and narrow. They don't get gigantic like the big ones do. Spearmint Juniper is also great. Beautiful green color and takes to shearing very easily. "Purple Pony" purple leaf plum is also excellent as a small tree. Only gets about 12' tall. Doesn't get huge like the big ones do... There are also some smaller Cassias that do well as small trees and have nice flowers as well and are only briefly deciduous....See Moresubersibo1973
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