I only have a small garden (50ft x 25ft),but would like to plant some kind of ornamentle tree within the lawn boudaries.

I dont want anything over about 6/7ft tall,and would prefer it to have a spread of no more than about 5ft.

Hope some of you can come up with some suggestions.

Thanks.
Bas.

BTW. I live in South/East England.

Bas wrote:
I only have a small garden (50ft x 25ft),but would like to plant some
kind of ornamentle tree within the lawn boudaries.

I dont want anything over about 6/7ft tall,and would prefer it to have
a spread of no more than about 5ft.

Hope some of you can come up with some suggestions.

Thanks.
Bas.

BTW. I live in South/East England.




How would Japanese Maple do in your area?

"Bas" wrote in message
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I only have a small garden (50ft x 25ft),but would like to plant some
kind of ornamentle tree within the lawn boudaries.

I dont want anything over about 6/7ft tall,and would prefer it to have
a spread of no more than about 5ft.

Hope some of you can come up with some suggestions.

Thanks.
Bas.

BTW. I live in South/East England.



There are some trees that will remain that small, and others can advise
about those. However, I'll mention an idea pointed out by the late Henry
Mitchell, a garden writer who worked in a small space. He said that very
often, when you think you want a small tree, what you really want is a
shrub. The small tree may end up wanting to become the size of a one car
garage.

Just a thought...

On Nov 15, 6:17�am, Bas wrote:
I only have a small garden (50ft x 25ft),but would like to plant some
kind of ornamentle tree within the lawn boudaries.

I dont want anything over about 6/7ft tall,and would prefer it to have
a spread of no more than about 5ft.

Hope some of you can come up with some suggestions.

Forest Pansy Redbud

http://treegrowersdiary.com/forestpansyredbud.html

How about a Chaste tree?
Jackie


Bas wrote in message
...

I only have a small garden (50ft x 25ft),but would like to plant some
kind of ornamentle tree within the lawn boudaries.

I dont want anything over about 6/7ft tall,and would prefer it to have
a spread of no more than about 5ft.

Hope some of you can come up with some suggestions.

Thanks.
Bas.

BTW. I live in South/East England.




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Bas

Bas said:


I only have a small garden (50ft x 25ft),but would like to plant some
kind of ornamentle tree within the lawn boudaries.

I dont want anything over about 6/7ft tall,and would prefer it to have
a spread of no more than about 5ft.

Hope some of you can come up with some suggestions.

That's pretty small. But I would also suggest some variety of
Japanese maple. Perhaps a weeping form with finely cut leaves.
The leaves of mine have turned an absolutely brilliant scarlet this fall.

Japanese maples add tremendous character to any garden.


--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Thanks for all the ideas people.

It is much appreciated.

I have a http://weloveteaching.com/landscape/kousa/kousa.html
kousa. will peak out at 15 feet or so, but wonderful year round. Ingrid

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:17:18 +0000, Bas wrote:


I only have a small garden (50ft x 25ft),but would like to plant some
kind of ornamentle tree within the lawn boudaries.

I dont want anything over about 6/7ft tall,and would prefer it to have
a spread of no more than about 5ft.

Hope some of you can come up with some suggestions.

Thanks.
Bas.

BTW. I live in South/East England.

I like the look of that Dr Solo.

Thanks.

Bas wrote:
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I have ahttp://tinyurl.com/ys2omo
kousa. �will peak out at 15 feet or so, but wonderful year round..
Ingrid

I like the look of that Dr Solo.

A tree that close to a building... too close for any plant.