"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Clare writes
Kay Easton wrote in
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Am I the only person who likes trees in towns? It's OK for you
country
dwellers with your huge or isolated gardens, but however much any
of us
would like to live in the country, the majority of jobs are in
the
towns, and so most of us live in towns. And towns can so easily
be
walls, roofs, walls and more walls, with no greenery above eye
level.

You are quite right - and town trees should be grown and kept, even
if at
some inconvenience.

Whew! I was beginning to think I was the only one in step ;-)

But I do think evergreens are often particularly hated because
they cut
out the light so completely, and all year round.

Is it perhaps from their use of hedges where they become a rectangle
of
plain green - none of the shape and texture you expect from trees?
then
the rest follows - drastic pruning at one side to leave bare trunks,
use
as a weapon in neighbour wars, so eventually it's impossible to look
at
even a lone conifer with any favour?

I was thinking a nice ornamental crabapple instead might be just
the job ?

Variety is the spice of life. Have you ever looked at a 60's estate
with
what I recall being described on Gardener's Question Time as Prunus
bloody ****ardii in nearly every garden?

Would you say the same about roses?
Franz