Ramon A wrote in message ...
We just cut a new bed (triangular with sides 20 ft, 12 ft and 15 ft)
where
once was lawn and would like to make the centrepiece a standard
decorative
tree or praps a large shrub. but with plenty of space below for
planting
out. summer bedding then over wintering annuals.

the ground is good quality sandy soil well drained to the point of
being dry
most of the time - mid bedfordshire and with plenty of horse poo
already
been added at the outset.

the feature specimin should be light in leaf and branch to give dappled
shade and top out at no more than 20 to 25 feet fully grown.

How far from the house? that is the first consideration you must have so
that your new tree does not affect the foundations.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk