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Recommend a tree

daisling · 2011-02-14 21:03:47

I am starting from scratch on my back garden it is facing south east, but wet. Have drainage trenches but still very bad. I would like to grow trees in it but don't know what to choose. I live in an area that gets extremely hard frost lost an entire hedge of poplars last year. Looking for something that gives some interest…

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14-02-2011 10:03pm

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daisling

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I am starting from scratch on my back garden it is facing south east, but wet. Have drainage trenches but still very bad. I would like to grow trees in it but don't know what to choose. I live in an area that gets extremely hard frost lost an entire hedge of poplars last year. Looking for something that gives some interest but does not have to be evergreen, would like fruit but want something at least 10 feet when fully grown.

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#2 14-02-2011 11:21pm
Sonnenblumen

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Not sure about growing fruit trees in persistent damp sites, but other small trees you might consider are Sorbus Acuparia (Mountain Ash) Autumn Spire or one of the many willows/hazels.

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