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Prunus serrula or Styrax japonica
I am redoing by back garden and in the sunny corner at the far end of
the garden (garden is only 40 feet long) I will have a bench across the corner of the right-angle formed by two fences meeting. I would like to plant a tree there that will eventually overhang the bench and give dabbled shade, be interesting to look at, etc. Prunus serrula has great bark and I believe that if I buy a single trunked specimen I can then cut it back to about 1 foot of the graft, seal and it will shoot multiple trunks - is this correct (I would ideally like three or four like silver birches tend to have). However whilst reading up on the prunus I came across the Styrax. This seems to have equally interesting bark, scented flowers, etc. I don't want anything to get too large (in my time at the house) - so under 20 feet I would think. Also if it grows so that it is 16 feet of trunk and then 4 of foliage that is no good either. Any advice would be gratefully received. regards Ed |
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