Originally Posted by Fugly Jowls

Hi there I'm new to the forum and a keen amateur gardener with little technical knowledge!

We landscaped our garden a couple of years ago and planted three trees at the time - a silver birch and two different sorbus varieties. Unfortunately one of the sorbus died so we had to remove it. Having lived with the garden for a bit now we want to plant something in its place but ideally we would like something that is evergreen because it would then block out the view of our neighbour's ugly garages all year round.

My question then is can anyone recommend a tree which is evergreen, grows to around 15-20 feet tall and will survive in the UK? The position is fairly sheltered and in full sun virtually all day. We are in Gloucestershire if that's relevant?

Also - when looking at various websites to buy trees from they all seem to classify size by the size of the pot eg 3 litre, 5 litre but I'm not sure how big a tree that would be - any advice on that welcome too.

Thanks