Can anyone suggest trees that would be suitable for containers for a
south-east facing garden on the west coast of Scotland.

"kevinf" wrote in message
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Can anyone suggest trees that would be suitable for containers
for a
south-east facing garden on the west coast of Scotland.

Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) does quite well in pots.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

Just 2 comments...
1. Why not post this on uk.rec.gardening?
2. You are going to need very heavy containers to stop them being blown
over in the wind, unless you intend to have them somewhere very sheltered.
Tree type cotoneasters,
White berried Mountain ash,
Flowering crab apple on dwarf root stock,
Various slow growing conifers
and many more, depends if your site is sheltered, close to the sea or what.
--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Just 2 comments...
1. Why not post this on uk.rec.gardening?
2. You are going to need very heavy containers to stop them being blown
over in the wind, unless you intend to have them somewhere very sheltered.
Tree type cotoneasters,
White berried Mountain ash,
Flowering crab apple on dwarf root stock,
Various slow growing conifers
and many more, depends if your site is sheltered, close to the sea or what.
--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

If you are near enough to the sea, I think one of the dwarf Mediterranean
fan palms would survive in a pot - especially if you could move it indoors
for an overnight if it threatened to get into the teens (fahrenheit - I
think that would be about minus 6 C. ) They are grown that way in places
like Seattle in the US, I know.
"kevinf" wrote in message
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Can anyone suggest trees that would be suitable for containers for a
south-east facing garden on the west coast of Scotland.