Who’s planting trees this autumn

[Deereamer]

Hi all,

Is anyone planning on planting tree’s this autumn? What are you planting?

I’ve just ordered a forest pansy for the back of my garden (to fill a gap caused by a neighbour trimming a tree). I also have a false acacia which needs replacing so looking for ideas.

Following this as I also need some ideas for a new garden that has no trees in it at all. I'm thinking about an apple tree or two, and a spring flowering something or other, but haven't got very far otherwise! The forest pansy looks lovely but might be a bit big for me.

Me! We are planting the trees in our (nearly ready) mini orchard. So a cooking and eating apple, a dessert cherry as we have a morello already, hopefully a plum tree but we currently have a problem with plum moth in some self seeded plum trees so possibly will wait until they've been totally cleared, and then a quince and I'm thinking maybe a medlar for some unusual and old fashioned charm! And crabapples for the front garden. Sadly we will also be saying goodbye to a very old pear and apple tree that are crumbling from the bottom up and are very diseased.

I've got an Acer Griseum to go in but that's really slow growing. I've also got a multi stem Sliver Birch Jacqumontii but I think I should have gone single stem as they are beautiful focal point trees.

I have planted Robinia, Rowan, Amelanchier, Cotoneaster, and Silver Birch. A brilliant place to research what tree is best for you, is Barcham Trees. Their website is like an encyclopaedia and they are very helpful if you email them.

I am also planting a Robinia :) Insanely excited about it just about begins to covert it!!

alloverthecarpetagain, I have a spartan apple tree, which I would really recommend, it is a great small size, pleasant habit and the apples are delicious.

Us too, we're taking down an absurdly huge fir and planting a hazel hedge and a bunch of fruit trees. I'm really keen too on a birch.

I have a tiny garden, but have managed to fit in a malus and a new liquidambar I found that is called Slender Silhouette. My old (big) garden had the most fabulous liquidambar which had autumn colouring like a New England Maple and kept it's colourful leaves until almost Christmas. I'm hoping this one does it on a smaller scale.

I'm considering an Acer griseum in a pot, and maybe a different Malus. Or possibly an Amelanchier if I can find one of the smaller varieties.

Thanks for the Barcham Trees recommendation. I can see me wasting a lot of time there on my imaginary garden

Oh that is beautiful!! Now I want a liquidambar of course :)

I’m planning to plant a Liriodendron tulipifera aureomarginata in a prominent position. It’s taken me ages to decide on the right tree for the position. We lost a huge ash tree to ash die back a couple of years ago, and that part of the garden has looked really bare ever since.

I also want a Victoria plum. All the plums and greengages I’ve planted in my orchard have succumbed to bacterial canker, so I think it must be in the soil. But I’m desperate for a Victoria plum so I need to find a space for one somewhere else.

We went to Barchams when we lived down that way, really helpful and the tree stock we got was good.

Oh wow! Lots of nice ideas on here! I keep looking at an amelanchier to replace my false acacia. I’m so disappointed to lose the acacia - it’s got that die back disease and it’s getting smaller each year so I think we are going to bite the bullet and remove it this year. My forest pansy arrived today. I’m so pleased with it! It’s beautiful

I just put in a Tibetan cherry after seeing the gorgeous bark of one at a garden I visited. I’ve also put in a black elder and some other larger shrubs this summer.

I’ve already got an apple tree, a silver birch and another tree (I’m not sure what it is) in my front garden. I have a few elder trees in the back garden. My garden is big enough to take trees and I love the wildlife they bring and the extra height the eye is drawn to.

I’m putting in boring laurel hedging. But it will block out the view of my horrible neighbours (eventually).

I have to take out a very old lilac which has snapped and I don’t think can be saved. It’s sad.

My late DH and I planted 12 trees in our garden since 2012, and I've put in a lemonwood: Pittosporum eugenioides, which grows fast and thickly so will give privacy in my front garden from my NDN's house which is Queensland style: living area on the second floor and on higher ground.

I wish I could, I have no space for more trees.

I do have 4 in my garden, and some big shrubs.

@HasaDigaEebowai instead of Laurel, have you considered yew? It makes a very fine, dense hedge, looks better than Laurel when clipped and is a British native so better for wildlife.

Or you could go for something that flowers, e.g., camellia (autumn flowering camellia sasanqua makes a good hedge) or my personal favourite screening tree/shrub Acacia pravissima, which is smothered in cheerful yellow flowers in early spring.

I have a very long stretch to do unfortunately (circa quarter of a mile. Its currently native hedging but that is deciduous and yew is too slow growing. Long story but it needs to grow quickly.

Fair enough. Although yew is faster than it’s given credit for if the soil is prepared properly.

I love reading and looking at images of your trees.
My garden is tiny and surrounded and overlooked by houses. I'd love to plant one tree just to break the view a little but the garden is so tiny.
I'm not a fan of the slender silhouette trees unfortunately. I'd love an apple tree but the ones I've seen spread and I don't have room for them.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

What are the dimensions of your garden?

Me? Oh thank you!! After trampoline and shed, Its approx 10ft x 20ft. Small :(

Dancingonmoonlight - what about a Salix? They don’t grow massive anyway but you can give them a trim each year to keep it small enough for your garden.

Dancingonmoonlight what about a crab apple? Or look up pleached trees??or even try an espalier one?

Thank you. I have a Salix in a pot. It’s proving indestructible so far as it died this summer, I cut it back and it’s thriving again.
A lollipop shaped tree would be perfect.
Do crab apples spread? I know someone who has two and both now have so many additional trunks/thick branches.