Trees for garden

masterwriter

I want some trees for the garden, as tall as possible even if young. My question is can they be tall while young. I was looking at some in a park yesterday which in liked but do not know what they are. Don't know much about trees? Would they be expensive? Should I get evergreen?

Doctor_L

I would recommend that you visit a garden centre or buy a decent book on trees and shrubs. They would outline how high various trees grow etc.

There are a huge variety of evergreen trees some of them grow too vigorously however and require a serious amount of clipping e.g. leylandii http://www.gardenplansireland.com/articles/article21.html

They recommend you should plant trees when there is an "r" in the month i.e. September - April.

You can plant now if you want but you will have to water them regularly.

The best advice for trees and heights is a good garden centre. They will advise you about trees and heights. The birch tree family can be bought in pots at heights of 10 feet for 20-25 Euros in Tipperary. Mountain ash and Himalayan ash are nice trees also.

Poplar tends to grow way to fast and has a very high maximum height as well as a very large root spread.

I would recommend that you look at the max height values and imagine what height the tree will be in 10 yrs time. Garden centres will be able to advise.

Liam


Gardenplansireland.ie have some useful info on trees http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about69.html

masterwriter

Doctor_L wrote: »

I would recommend that you visit a garden centre or buy a decent book on trees and shrubs. They would outline how high various trees grow etc.

There are a huge variety of evergreen trees some of them grow too vigorously however and require a serious amount of clipping e.g. leylandii http://www.gardenplansireland.com/articles/article21.html

They recommend you should plant trees when there is an "r" in the month i.e. September - April.

You can plant now if you want but you will have to water them regularly.

The best advice for trees and heights is a good garden centre. They will advise you about trees and heights. The birch tree family can be bought in pots at heights of 10 feet for 20-25 Euros in Tipperary. Mountain ash and Himalayan ash are nice trees also.

Poplar tends to grow way to fast and has a very high maximum height as well as a very large root spread.

I would recommend that you look at the max height values and imagine what height the tree will be in 10 yrs time. Garden centres will be able to advise.

Liam


Gardenplansireland.ie have some useful info on trees http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about69.html

Thanks for the info Liam.;) Will follow your suggestions

masterwriter

masterwriter wrote: »

Thanks for the info Liam.;) Will follow your suggestions

Edit: Never knew there was a Tree Council of Ireland found through your link. See http://www.treecouncil.ie/

Katzi

Think carefully before chosing your trees. They will be there a long time and are very expensive to remove later on if you find they become too big.

Do you want tall trees to screen something or for windbreaks?

The usual quick fixes are leylandii or eucalyptus, but these do grow very quickly and can look completely out of place in some settings. As already mentioned, poplars should be avoided if they are anywhere near buildings or walls as their root system could do serious damage.

Really depends on where these trees are to be planted (in a garden, in a town or on a driveway up to a farm for example).

If you have a good local garden centre or nursery, I would suggest you talk to them. Different trees do well in different parts of the country or in different soils.

Sorry not to be able to just give a list of suitable tall trees, but much depends on the requirements as mentioned.

Katzi

PS You might get some more answers if this was posted in the 'Gardening' section!

tman76

Thanks for the info so far re the trees, but I'm also looking to buy some half barrels and sleepers too, anyone have any ideas? Im in Dublin...