What is the tallest thing I can grow in a pot?

[deplorabelle]

I have two tall trees at the edge of my front drive which I love, but unfortunately they are probably going to have to be removed because they are being implicated in a neighbour's subsidence insurance claim (whole other story - we've looked for a way round but doubt one can be found)

What trees and other tall things can I grow in large pots to compensate for the loss of mature trees?

Bamboo grows well in pots

I have a eucalyptus growing in a pot, last year it was about 30 cms, it’s now about 2.5 m. It’s in quite a small pot, I intend to repot when it’s a bit bigger.
I’m growing it for the leaves to put in flower arrangements and to hide next door.

Oo both good ideas, thank you

You can grow Japanese maples in pots, such beautiful colours!

Eucalyptus grows in front of your eyes almost but I agree you need to chop top off to stop it turning into a huge spindly thing. Bamboo is fab but needs a lot of watering.

I have Photinia Red Robin in very big pots to act as a screen. They are 8ft high, and best of all, are evergreen and have beautiful foliage.

Euonymous too, good as a screen. Mahonia?

Photinia Louise has lovely colours. Variegated, with pink and cream tinges.

Depends on the size of the pots but you can grow olive trees, lemon trees, apple and pear trees all in pots. Not full size but decent size.

I'd love to have a bay tree, and fruit trees too. I've got a mahonia in the garden and it's lovely but its common name could be "razor blade tree" it's so spiky.

If you're growing it in a pot to replace the two you're losing, what about sinking the "pot" into the ground by digging a hole and lining it with slabs, perhaps sealing the joins. Root restriction would limit the size of the tree, but you wouldn't have roots escaping elsewhere and scaring the insurers. And the watering problem wouldn't be quite so large. Never done this, mind - it's just a thought.

It's a good thought mere. I keep thinking about raising the pot on a plinth for more height but that's silly. I like the idea of sinking into the ground, if I can convince my neighbour the roots can't escape

I've got an accidental eucalyptus in a pot, i wouldn't have said it was growing too fast - I assume the root restriction is limiting it.