Forgive my drawing but does anyone know a tree this shape?

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I'm after a tree that's evergreen and that would have quite a wide spread of leaves

Just want leaves/green all year without having a conifer.

Does anyone have anything like this in their garden?

Our neighbours have a huge eucalyptus that is that shape and evergreen. I think they start tall and skinny though before they fill out.

I’ve got a eucalyptus france bleu which is much smaller and is filling out nicely. It I’ve only had it a couple of years so don’t know if you’ll get that shape from it.

Our other neighbours have a magnolia grandiflora which is evergreen and that shape but they can grow to be huge and they have to prune it
to keep it in check. Lovely flowers though.

Ooo I will look up eucalyptus tree thank you, for some reason I only ever imagined them small.

Magnolias are gorgeous but I think may grow a bit big for the space. But that shape is exactly what I want.

You can prune a Holly to any shape you want

A hornbeam maybe? They are very robust so you can basically make them any shape that you like (pleached). They can grow very big but if you keep them trimmed regularly you can keep them at the size that you want. The leaves go brown but stay on the tree all winter until the new, green leaves grow.

A bay? The one between us and the neighbour is a big bush, comes up to the first floor windows. They're often trained into lollipops in pots by people's doors so would probably make a larger tree, they respond well to pruning. Foliage is a bit dense and dark though if you wanted something brighter.

Hollys are nice and there are variegated varieties that would bring some lightness. If you get a female plant you may get berries.

I have a Photinia red robin which is a lovely bush in my garden. Neighbours however have one which they trimmed / trained into a tree shape. It’s beautiful

We have a eucalyptus and I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s massive, we have to have a tree surgeon come each year and take parts off it, and it grows SO quickly.

The leaves also are mildly disappointing to me as they’re not a nice green! Much greyer a lot of the time! It’s about 12 years old.

Id recommend a false acacia or a bay tree.

Eucalyptus is not recommended near a house s they grow very tall and the roots can interfere with the foundations .

Look on the Barcham Tree nursery website. It is like an encyclopaedia of trees. They will also answer email queries.

Bay or Holly are good suggestions.

Beech isn’t evergreen, but it keeps it’s leaves for most of the winter until new ones grow in the spring so isn’t bare for long and you get nice autumn colour.

I'm thinking a bay tree sounds good.

I have only ever seen them with a round ball on top, didnt know they could grow big but I like the shape of bay leaves.

Would I be right in assuming I could then actually use the bay leaves in cooking too? Or is that a different type?

Would I be right in assuming I could then actually use the bay leaves in cooking too? You can use them in cooking. For safety, check what you are being sold is “Laurus nobilis” and that the leaves have the right smell.

Looks good in spring, too, when it is covered with tiny yellow flowers

Ah so I went tree shopping and I could find was Laura's Nobillus, is that a bay tree?!

Lauris nobilis is the culinary bay. Perfect.

I second a red robin. I have two in my garden for privacy

Bay needs a firm hand as it will grow into quite a big tree.

Lemonwood pittosporum eugenioides on the other hand is well behaved. It has variegated leaves and is evergreen, and a lovely growth habit.

www.rhs.org.uk/plants/13191/pittosporum-eugenioides/details