I'd be grateful for suggestions for a suitable canopy tree to fulfill the
following criteria in my house in south of France:

1. It will be near a swimming pool, so should not drop too much detritus
(leaves not ok - a few flower petals or needles is ok). I'd like it to
provide attractive dappled shade.

2. It must be capable of living in south of France climate. Water will not
be an issue as I have irrigation - but it gets hot in summer. The mistral
winds can hit 40mph sometimes so needs to be fairly wind resistant.

3. I want to block out my neighbours view of my garden (no worries from
their point of view - very friendly about it!) and so the ideal canoby shape
will be about 8ft (2.5m) tall, 15ft (4.5m) wide, 3ft high. But if it gets
bigger, not too much of a problem.

Grateful for ideas.

Ric

Not asking much are you.
A canopy tree that has no dropping leaves, but that flowers.
Why not try palms, You can buy them at almost any size

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
Not asking much are you.
A canopy tree that has no dropping leaves, but that flowers.
Why not try palms, You can buy them at almost any size

Already got a palm. You might be right though, maybe another palm would be a
good idea. Flowering is not necessary by any means.

"Ric" wrote in message
...
I'd be grateful for suggestions for a suitable canopy tree to
fulfill the
following criteria in my house in south of France:

1. It will be near a swimming pool, so should not drop too much
detritus
(leaves not ok - a few flower petals or needles is ok). I'd like it
to
provide attractive dappled shade.

2. It must be capable of living in south of France climate. Water
will not
be an issue as I have irrigation - but it gets hot in summer. The
mistral
winds can hit 40mph sometimes so needs to be fairly wind resistant.

3. I want to block out my neighbours view of my garden (no worries
from
their point of view - very friendly about it!) and so the ideal
canoby shape
will be about 8ft (2.5m) tall, 15ft (4.5m) wide, 3ft high. But if it
gets
bigger, not too much of a problem.

Grateful for ideas.

Ric

You could perhaps better ask your question in one of the French ex-pat
chat groups. I'll look the address up for your later........

Jenny

"JennyC" wrote
"Ric" wrote
I'd be grateful for suggestions for a suitable canopy tree to
fulfill the following criteria in my house in south of France:
Grateful for ideas.
Ric

You could perhaps better ask your question in one of the French
ex-pat
chat groups. I'll look the address up for your later........
Jenny

Later .....
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Regi...e?show_groups=
1

There are loads of groups covering a multitude of subjects. There is
bound to be one for your area :~))

Jenny

In article ,
"Ric" writes:
| I'd be grateful for suggestions for a suitable canopy tree to fulfill the
| following criteria in my house in south of France:
|
| 1. It will be near a swimming pool, so should not drop too much detritus
| (leaves not ok - a few flower petals or needles is ok). I'd like it to
| provide attractive dappled shade.

Any tree that has leaves will drop some, but there are trees that
drop very few.

| 2. It must be capable of living in south of France climate. Water will not
| be an issue as I have irrigation - but it gets hot in summer. The mistral
| winds can hit 40mph sometimes so needs to be fairly wind resistant.

Not a problem, and there is no need to irrigate suitable trees when
established.

| 3. I want to block out my neighbours view of my garden (no worries from
| their point of view - very friendly about it!) and so the ideal canoby shape
| will be about 8ft (2.5m) tall, 15ft (4.5m) wide, 3ft high. But if it gets
| bigger, not too much of a problem.

That is partially incompatible with the lack of leaves. You might
want to plant more than one tree to get the width.

| Grateful for ideas.

The Sunset New Western Gardening Book has some lists at the front
that would help, but many of the trees from Australia, the African
savanna and so on will match the requirement. You should be able
to get some with spectacular flowers.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

in article , Ric at wrote
on 25/6/03 1:23 am:


"David Hill" wrote in message
...
Not asking much are you.
A canopy tree that has no dropping leaves, but that flowers.
Why not try palms, You can buy them at almost any size

Already got a palm. You might be right though, maybe another palm would be a
good idea. Flowering is not necessary by any means.

I'm going to say Jacaranda but you won't like that because it does drop
flowers and leaves, eventually. But it's one of the most stunning trees
going. I can't imagine being in that climate and not having one where I
could gaze at it fondly.


--

Sacha

Pay a garden designer (like me) to come and look!! ;-)
Neil


"Ric" wrote in message
...
I'd be grateful for suggestions for a suitable canopy tree to fulfill the
following criteria in my house in south of France:

1. It will be near a swimming pool, so should not drop too much detritus
(leaves not ok - a few flower petals or needles is ok). I'd like it to
provide attractive dappled shade.

2. It must be capable of living in south of France climate. Water will not
be an issue as I have irrigation - but it gets hot in summer. The mistral
winds can hit 40mph sometimes so needs to be fairly wind resistant.

3. I want to block out my neighbours view of my garden (no worries from
their point of view - very friendly about it!) and so the ideal canoby
shape
will be about 8ft (2.5m) tall, 15ft (4.5m) wide, 3ft high. But if it gets
bigger, not too much of a problem.

Grateful for ideas.

Ric