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Old 28-03-2019, 11:00 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Tree sizes and growth rates

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Andy Burns wrote:

I'm trying to figure out what size of trees would need to be planted now
such that they reached approx 3.5m in three years time ... and how much
cheaper that might be than buying them at that size.


It's a rare temperate tree that will put on more than 40 cm of height
a year, and 20-30 cm is more common. That doesn't include ones that
are coppiced or pollarded, where they can shoot up to 2m in a year.
A few grow either slower or faster when young, but the latter usually
have only a single shoot that does, making them very spindly.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.