To think that cherry blossom is not offensive?

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We're moving soon and the house has a blank garden- just grass.

In addition to several other things, I'm planning on putting in two, dwarf cherry trees. They will be at the bottom, well away from other houses and won't grow big enough for their roots to be a problem for any buildings or block light to any windows.

I mentioned this to a friend and she thinks that falling cherry blossom will antagonise the neighbours.

Do people really get offended by a few flower petals on their lawns? Really?

It's beautiful , we have a cherry tree, and when we first moved in, I said to the neighbour it affects that I'd send DH round with a rake, at blossom time. She laughed and said not to be silly she loves it and someone else who'd viewed the house talked about ripping it out and she was glad they didn't get the house!

We had a cherry tree in our last house. Our neighbour never complained about the blossom, but when we cut it down he said 'Oh good. At least I won't have your leaves in the autumn'. Ironic really, as every time I raked the leaves off our grass I raked them off his too. Obviously he did still get some leaves, but not as many as if I hadn't bothered.

why dont you try and get some trees that are good for bees?

Here's a thought: after you have moved in and discovered what the neighbours are like, you could ask them if they mind the idea of a cherry tree or two at the bottom of the garden? Then either you'll know they will love them, or you'll be warned they'll be grumpy about them for weeks at a time. If it's the latter you can decide whether the blossom is worth the bother.

We planted dwarf Cherry Blossom trees in our front garden. If you choose the correct dwarf variety they won't grow very tall. When they are in bloom they are so beautiful. People stop to admire and often take photos in front of our Cherry Blossoms. For a few days a year our neighbours do get some blossom petals in front of their house.

Likewise their fig tree covers part of our back garden. They are Greek and obviously adore their fig tree. I wouldn't dream of objecting even though it does shade part my lawn. We both ask and chop back branches when they become too overgrown.

Shady tall Leylandii I could understand neighbours objecting to but not a couple of dwarf Cherry Blossom.
For enviromental reasons we need more trees not less.

Cherry Blossom are not the same as Cherry trees and do not produce cherries so we don't have any fruit dropping just blossoms for a very short time.
My DH is Japanese and I was lucky enough to visit Japan during the Cherry Blossom season. People come out and celebrate when the trees blossom and have picnics under the flowering trees. They even show on the news when the Cherry Blossom is about to bloom across Japan during the Cherry Blossom season.

I want a dwarf cherry tree now

Our neighbour hates all living things, us, the people on the other side, the rest of the street, the hedge, the trees, the grass. She is the eternal victim fantasising that everyone dislikes her. They do, but to a much larger radius than she could ever imagine. She talks excessively loud all the time about nothing and screams things like fuck of you fucking arsehole whilst rapidly jumping up and down.

Nothing would surprise me about neighbours any more.

They are to be avoided at all costs.

Good luck.

I would love to have cherry blossom falling into my garden.

Blardy nature wantonly tossing its gaudy petals all over the neatly manicured suburbs. I'm sure someone here will suggest a plastic tree and plastic grass to go with it soon.

The blossom wouldn't bother me (I love it), but the pollen from flowering cherries is the one I'm most allergic to. Weeks of streaming eyes and snotty nose would piss me off a bit!

@RuffleCrow I have never been happier than when next door got a rabbit and had to rip up their artificial grass!

I love cherry blossoms 🌸 We have a few large trees on our road and yes the blossom gets everywhere but it’s sooo pretty, plus the lawnmower eats the fallen blossom so no raking needed!
I’d love to visit Japan during cherry blossom season.

My friend does not object to the blossom (she has requested an invite to drink Sakura gin and tonics under them) but thinks the plastic grass neighbours might...

Apologies for the drip feed.

Anyway, have decided I'm getting three- two in the back and one in the front.

I've got a cherry on patio rootstock. It's about 6 foot tall. I LOVE the blossom.

They look lovely, from.a distance in an open area.

But we have one outside our house and I hate it.

The blossom gets all smudged and it ends up in the house and the car making a mess, and where it falls on the path its slippery.

Just plant something else.

I would totally ignore any negative views from plastic grass neighbours.

I LOVE Cherry Blossom. My friend moved to Japan years ago, still lives there today and when she can she takes hundreds of photos of Cherry Blossom trees and sends them to me.

If you want to plant those trees, then you plant those trees. It's YOUR Garden - No one else's

I love cherry blossom (and I’m not at all offensive )

It looks pretty but it's a main trigger for my hay fever. I'd rather you didn't plant it near me.

I have a lovely cherry tree on Highways land just outside my garden, yes I get petals in the garden, but it’s lovely when it’s out, really lifts you, and petals soon rot away, so good for the garden! Your friends wrong

Our former MP was visited at his 'surgery' by a constituent who wanted him to stop the neighbour's blossom blowing into her garden. He was unable to help, lost a voter and went on to lose the election.

It depends how big the garden is to be honest. My neighbours planted one and its has completely taken over their garden meaning mine feels smaller and dark too. It's pretty wild and never trimmed or anything. The petals don't bother me though.

Our cherry tree is huge- they grow very fast! The neighbours on both sides also have one each, both right next to our boundary fence so the garden is completely overshadowed from all sides and cherry tree suckers grow constantly amongst all the other plants. On top of that the silly cow neighbour to the left has planted another even closer to the house and again right next to the boundary- it's only about 3 years old but already it has grown about a third bigger than when she planted it- I'll be damned if its going to have any overhang over my borders though- I'm discreetly chopping it in a straight line with the boundary every time so much as a leaf enters my airspace! 1 cherry tree is annoying- 4 is ridiculous! (these are definitely NOT dwarf ones)