Native Trees

TJGer

Was wondering what are the fastest growing native Irish trees. I have a large garden and want to plant plenty of trees. I have already planted some 6ft high ash and mountain ash. Also want to plant a fairly quick growing native hedge. Was thinking of Whitethorn.

muckety

Whitethorn is good for hedging and grows fast. Of all the natives we planted the Alder is growing very fast, followed by birch. Mountain ash are growing well too. We also planted willow which is very fast growing (though not a native variety).

MacTheKnife1

You want a hedge of native Irish plants? Go to futureforests.net and look at their hedging mix. Some terriffic stuff. I bought form them last year and was well pleased with the product.

Try the permaculture mix if you like a variety of berries.

Sonnenblumen

Olearia macrodonta or O-hastii are very fast growing evergreen shrubs, ideal for boundaries and tolerate windy sites etc.

sorella

Try coillte..

pops

Is whitethorn the same as hawthorn?

sorella

Yes; mixes well with blackthorn and dog/guelder rose. We had a batch from Coillte who advised and selected for us.

pops wrote: »

Is whitethorn the same as hawthorn?