On Tue, 4 May 2004 07:31:15 +0100, "Rach" wrote:

Hi,
This is a bit of an odd question I suppose but I have a really small patio /
courtyard type garden, which gets a lot of sun. Recently my dog died. We
will get his ashes back later this week and I am going to plant them in a
massive post with a small tree - you know as a memorial.

Any advice as to which trees would work well?
I want something that will be hardy throughout summer and winter and will
not need to be moved inside in frosts. I am thinking of something that wont
really grow above a metre and a half in height.

I was thinking perhaps a rose tree or some sort of palm tree?

I know this is an odd question, but I know virtually nothing about gardening
and hoped that someone out there could help me?

Thanks

Rach


Hi Rach,

I'm sorry to hear about your dog. It's a very real bereavement, even if others say
it's just a pet. We lost a dear cat about 18 months ago and were planning to put her
ashes under a fruit tree. Being the hopeless people we are, the tree got planted and
the ashes are still in the wardrobe. Still, it was one of her favourite places, and
we can take her with us .... (no, no! we'll scatter her to the wind one day... when
DH is not at home!)

Sensibly, the dog rose idea sounds pretty. Things like bay and rosemary are easy to
look after. If you bury his ashes under the lawn and mark them with a cast of bulbs,
the next owners are all the less likely to dig him up...

hth

Liz