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Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun break
for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a flowering plum.. |
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Wanda Too wrote:
Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun break for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a flowering plum.. I saw a gorgeous burgundy-flowered crepe myrtle the other day. Maybe something along those lines? Or were you especially interested in a native??? -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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"Trish Brown" wrote in message ... Wanda Too wrote: Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun break for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a flowering plum.. I saw a gorgeous burgundy-flowered crepe myrtle the other day. Maybe something along those lines? Or were you especially interested in a native??? Not particularly, although something hardy that doesn't need a lot of water would be good. |
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"Wanda Too" wrote in message ... Thinking of planting a deciduous small tree or large shrub as a sun break for my pergola. The plant would ideally grow to a height of 2-3m with a similar spread. I'm heading towards a burgundy/green themed garden, so foliage containing these colours would be good. I was thinking maybe a flowering plum.. just something to bear in mind- in autumn all the leaves of a deciduous tree will be shed all over your pergola floor, you don't mention whether the pergola has a roof or not, so you'll have to be doing a lot of sweeping up of leaves, the upside is of course that in winter the tree/shrub will be bare & you'll have the max,.winter light & sun. |
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G'day Wanda,
You don't really give us a lot of info to go on, but how about a Jap Maple that is easy to shape and control. There are many choices available with varying shades of leaf colour. p.s. Do you eat fish? -- China Wingham NSW |
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"whiteMemphis" writes:
just something to bear in mind- in autumn all the leaves of a deciduous tree will be shed all over your pergola floor, you don't mention whether the pergola has a roof or not, so you'll have to be doing a lot of sweeping up of leaves, the upside is of course that in winter the tree/shrub will be bare & you'll have the max,.winter light & sun. I know that a flowering peach forms hundreds of small peaches that fall and rot, so I'm wondering whether a flowering plum will likewise rain lots of immature fruit as litter, too, in addition to the autumn leaf fall? -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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