Tree or Shrub

[Wanda Too]

Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun break
for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a
similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so
foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a
flowering plum..

[Trish Brown]

Wanda Too wrote:
>
> Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun break
> for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a
> similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so
> foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a
> flowering plum..

I saw a gorgeous burgundy-flowered crepe myrtle the other day. Maybe something
along those lines? Or were you especially interested in a native???

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Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

[Wanda Too]

"Trish Brown" > wrote in message
...
> Wanda Too wrote:
> >
> > Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun
break
> > for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a
> > similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so
> > foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a
> > flowering plum..
>
> I saw a gorgeous burgundy-flowered crepe myrtle the other day. Maybe
something
> along those lines? Or were you especially interested in a native???
Not particularly, although something hardy that doesn't need a lot of water
would be good.

[whiteMemphis]

"Wanda Too" > wrote in message
...
> Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun break
> for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a
> similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so
> foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a
> flowering plum..
>
just something to bear in mind- in autumn all the leaves of a
deciduous tree will be shed all over your pergola floor, you don't mention
whether the pergola has a roof or not, so you'll have to be doing a lot of
sweeping up of leaves, the upside is of course that in winter the tree/shrub
will be bare & you'll have the max,.winter light & sun.

[China]

G'day Wanda,
You don't really give us a lot of info to go on, but how about a Jap Maple
that is easy to shape and control. There are many choices available with
varying shades of leaf colour.

p.s. Do you eat fish?

--
China
Wingham
NSW

[John Savage]

"whiteMemphis" > writes:
> just something to bear in mind- in autumn all the leaves of a
>deciduous tree will be shed all over your pergola floor, you don't mention
>whether the pergola has a roof or not, so you'll have to be doing a lot of
>sweeping up of leaves, the upside is of course that in winter the tree/shrub
>will be bare & you'll have the max,.winter light & sun.

I know that a flowering peach forms hundreds of small peaches that fall
and rot, so I'm wondering whether a flowering plum will likewise rain
lots of immature fruit as litter, too, in addition to the autumn leaf
fall?
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John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)