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Old 12-04-2007, 10:15 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default tree recommendations please?


In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| Hawthorn (is that what you mean by whitethorn?) will get sculpted by the
| prevailing salt-laden winds in your location.

Yes, whitethorn is hawthorn. It isn't common in such conditions
in the wild, so I suspect that it doesn't love them. Blackthorn
(sloe) is almost happy with gale-driven salt spray, but isn't
really a tree, and isn't even a large shrub under those conditions!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.