"Cal Mac" wrote in message news:91c5c13247b76ec7a06d63f81a47434a.90780@mygate .mailgate.org...
Could anyone please recommend species of trees which could reach a
height of about 7 meters and which would grow fairly rapidly, in the
Islands of the west of Scotland.The main problem is obviously the wind
which can be strong for days on end in the winter.
Can anything survive this,(I mean trees grow in Siberia).

The one thing you see everwhere - even almost on the seashore is Sycamore, that's probably the best thing to try for a first line of
defence in a shelterbelt etc, possibly with some of the shrubs others have mentioned to shelter the young Sycamores.

Rod