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Planting trees through decking
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My garden is about 1 metre higher than my neighbours. I have some decking which covers the slope between the 2 gardens. I currently have evergreen shrubs and small trees in pots on the decking, to provide some screening, but I was wondering whether it would be feasible to cut suitably reinforced holes in the decking and grow some small trees through the decking. I would space the trees so that their roots would be unlikely to affect the footings of the fence or decking. I also realise that I would need to choose species that would not grow too quickly, or be un-neighbourly in other ways. The proposed trees are shown in blue on this diagram http://i53.tinypic.com/1zlx10h.png Is this feasible? Any suggestions for tree species that might tolerate this arrangement, and when they should be planted? Thanks |
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Planting trees through decking
On Oct 15, 3:00*pm, "BluntChisel" wrote:
Hello - My garden is about 1 metre higher than my neighbours. I have some decking which covers the slope between the 2 gardens. I currently have evergreen shrubs and small trees in pots on the decking, to provide some screening, but I was wondering whether it would be feasible to cut suitably reinforced holes in the decking and grow some small trees through the decking. I would space the trees so that their roots would be unlikely to affect the footings of the fence or decking. I also realise that I would need to choose species that would not grow too quickly, or be un-neighbourly in other ways. The proposed trees are shown in blue on this diagramhttp://i53.tinypic.com/1zlx10h.png Is this feasible? Any suggestions for tree species that might tolerate this arrangement, and when they should be planted? Thanks To plant as you show, only about 18 inches from the fence I don't think would be feasable, also it looks as if you would have to lift the decking to dig the planting hole. Why not get some pots around 2ft accross and plant Leylandii Caswellian Gold in them and stand them on the decking against the fence. Clip them 2 or 3 times a year and keep them well watered and fedthey should get to around 3 or 4 ft fairly quickly, then when they are gettint towards the height you want start cliping or pruning them frequently to get them to thicken up. If you forget them, they will get leggy and blow over, dry out and die, so no problem to anyone. Looked after well they could do the job you want for 10 or more years, after all you will in effect be growing very large bonsi Just don't plant them out when you have had enough of them |
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