Trees for front of lawn

King Mallie

Hi All,

can you guys recommend a type of tree to plant that would grow to about 9 - 10 feet no higher and not too wide ? I want to sow 4 - 5 trees around the front of my lawn to give garden some maturity. I have laurel hedging starting to grow around the site perimeter. Thanks

periodictable

Any of the Sorbus i.e. mountain ash/rowan
Check out this link-may give you some ideas

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=117

King Mallie

Thanks. What is a sorbus (sorry for asking thick question)

periodictable

It's the genus of a group of plants with common characteristics- so you have the genus Sorbus, then the species like aucuparia, Sorbus aucuparia which is the common rowan or mountain ash we have here in Ireland. THen you have vaireties on the species
For example, the common beech is Fagus sylvatica, and there are variations on that particular beech as in colour so you get Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea which is the copper beech, or F. sylvatica var. pendula, which is a weeping beech.

There's a huge variety in the mountain ashes, so the best thing is to go to an Irish Nursery website where they usuallt have photos of the different plants and you can choose baseed on shape, berry color or fall leaf color.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_aucuparia

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/6637232/How-to-grow-sorbus-or-mountain-ash.html

King Mallie

Thanks for explaining that to me. Much appreciated

macraignil

There are some varieties of magnolia, cherry, crab apple and hawthorne that I have seen grown into nice small trees.

Sonnenblumen

FYI Sorbus acuparia- Autumn Spire, is a beautiful compact tree, ideal for gardens and of Irish origin.

peadar76

I bought a crap apple tree in aldi for 5:99. I'm not sure how big it's going to grow, but I was delighted with the amount of blossoms that grew on it. If it keeps producing them like that it will be a fabulous looking tree when it gets to 3 or 4 metres tall, as it's only about 1.2m at the moment

periodictable

peadar76 wrote: »

I bought a crap apple tree in aldi for 5:99. I'm not sure how big it's going to grow, but I was delighted with the amount of blossoms that grew on it. If it keeps producing them like that it will be a fabulous looking tree when it gets to 3 or 4 metres tall, as it's only about 1.2m at the moment

The trick with the Aldi trees is to get to them before God and his mother have gone through them. Check the grafts at the base, the tree shape and form and the suppleness of the branches.
I bought cherries,pears and apples 7 or 8 years back and they're terrific. Also hybrid rhododendrons which are now 5-6 feet high with a similar spread plus a fantastic floral display each year.

King Mallie

Thanks for the suggetion guys