On 13/12/2012 22:46, Emery Davis wrote:
On 12/13/2012 11:34 PM, Spider wrote:
As to *my* potential Amelanchier, I am hoping it will be more tree than
shrub, perhaps a multi-stemmed treeish growth. I can tolerate a teensy
bit of basal suckering, but I certainly don't want an over-sized bush
with a stampeding suckering tendency.

I think the total footprint of mine is about a square meter. Certainly
it doesn't stampede like a Berberis...

They really are lovely, I'd put more in around the hedges if I had the
time and money.


Ah, that's bit more hopeful then. I'm obviously going to have to spend
Christmas reading about trees. A. lamarckii is suddenly back on the list!

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay