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Tree Selection
I need some help with deciding what species of tree to plant. It's in a
Sydney garden, with mostly a clay soil. It's on the north side wall of a house, but the spot mostly gets sun in the afternoon. The garden area is about 1.8m deep, 3.5m wide (I guess two trees would be an option), and ideally the tree will grow to around 3.5m. I'd like an Australian native, and preferably deciduous. It will hopefully give some privacy with it's foliage. Can anyone help me out with suggestions? thanks, Wally |
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Wally wrote:
: ideally the tree will grow to around 3.5m. I'd like an Australian native, : and preferably deciduous. It will hopefully give some privacy with it's : foliage. -- ahow many deciduous natives are there? :)(: Taking the "paranoid" out of "delusion". icq #107970956 |
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Try http://www.floraforfauna.com.au/planner/
-- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Wally wrote in message u... I need some help with deciding what species of tree to plant. It's in a Sydney garden, with mostly a clay soil. It's on the north side wall of a house, but the spot mostly gets sun in the afternoon. The garden area is about 1.8m deep, 3.5m wide (I guess two trees would be an option), and ideally the tree will grow to around 3.5m. I'd like an Australian native, and preferably deciduous. It will hopefully give some privacy with it's foliage. Can anyone help me out with suggestions? thanks, Wally |
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Off the top of my head....
Peanut tree (Sterculia quadrifida) Flame tree (Brachychiton spp in general) Native Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia archeriana) White cedar (Melia azederach) I'm not saying these are the best ones for the application, but it is a common fallacy to believe there are no deciduous natives. It is also fairly common for a number of species to thin out considerably during the cooler dryer times of the year, tho not strictly deciduous. Jim "Chris Garvey" wrote in message ... Wally wrote: : ideally the tree will grow to around 3.5m. I'd like an Australian native, : and preferably deciduous. It will hopefully give some privacy with it's : foliage. -- ahow many deciduous natives are there? :)(: Taking the "paranoid" out of "delusion". icq #107970956 |
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"Wally" wrote: the spot mostly gets sun in the afternoon. The garden area is about 1.8m deep, 3.5m wide (I guess two trees would be an option), and ideally the tree will grow to around 3.5m. I'd like an Australian native, and preferably deciduous. It will hopefully give some privacy with it's foliage. Firstly, if privacy is more important, I would go for an evergreen -- a deciduous tree will leave you without privacy in winter. Secondly, if the site mainly gets sun in the afternoons, it's probably more west than north, which is another reason to prefer an evergreen, as it will shade your house. Thirdly, the deciduous natives (as far as I am aware) tend to be rainforest species, which may not cope with the westerly sun in this position. If you have your heart set on a deciduous tree in that spot, I suggest planting some small wattles as "nursemaids" -- they grow fast and will shade it while it is young and vulnerable. When your chosen tree is sturdier, you can remove the wattles. I can't think of a deciduous native that meets your requirements, unfortunately. For that height requirement, I would be looking at Banksia or Acacia species, or possibly some of the smaller bottle-brushes and tea-trees. Have fun -- tell us what you decide on! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) I don't regard myself as a fanatic. I just have handy milk dispensers. -- Lee, misc.kids |
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I still haven't decided what to plant, but I've found some trees that I'd like to find some more information on. Can anybody identify either of these two trees for me? http://c17488.rivrw3.nsw.optusnet.com.au:443/treeident/ If these aren't appropriate, I think I might go for a wattle. Any suggestions on what wattle to plant? I'd prefer a tree to a bush, but I'm limited by the space I have. Thanks, Wally Chookie wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-7A59A6.20171407112002@news... In article , "Wally" wrote: the spot mostly gets sun in the afternoon. The garden area is about 1.8m deep, 3.5m wide (I guess two trees would be an option), and ideally the tree will grow to around 3.5m. I'd like an Australian native, and preferably deciduous. It will hopefully give some privacy with it's foliage. Firstly, if privacy is more important, I would go for an evergreen -- a deciduous tree will leave you without privacy in winter. Secondly, if the site mainly gets sun in the afternoons, it's probably more west than north, which is another reason to prefer an evergreen, as it will shade your house. Thirdly, the deciduous natives (as far as I am aware) tend to be rainforest species, which may not cope with the westerly sun in this position. If you have your heart set on a deciduous tree in that spot, I suggest planting some small wattles as "nursemaids" -- they grow fast and will shade it while it is young and vulnerable. When your chosen tree is sturdier, you can remove the wattles. I can't think of a deciduous native that meets your requirements, unfortunately. For that height requirement, I would be looking at Banksia or Acacia species, or possibly some of the smaller bottle-brushes and tea-trees. Have fun -- tell us what you decide on! |
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