10 terrific trees for your courtyard.
Trees for small gardens australia.
Includes acer platanoides columnare acer x freemanii scarlet sentinel tm carpinus betulus fastigiata liquidambar styraciflua slender silhouette magnolia grandiflora tmgh alta tm liquidambar styraciflua oakville highlight prunus cerasifera.
Acer palmatum or the japanese maple is a common selection for inner courtyards and rightly so.
Helping gardeners make the right tree selection first time every time is the premise behind fleming s top10 trees guide.
On gardening australia mature catalpa trees are frost hardy but young plants and the spring growth are easily damaged.
10 trees to plant in backyards big or small.
These hardy deciduous trees have attractive bark colourful autumn foliage and stunning summer flowers.
These are classic courtyard plants some of which are trees and are well suited to indoor.
Deciduous small trees acer palmatum dissectum seiryu this is just one of the many japanese maples that are suited to smaller gardens.
Featuring a range of common uses and selection criteria fleming s has highlighted a selection of 10 trees or cultivars ideally suited to that category based on more than 90 years of growing breeding and gardening.
Magnolia dedudata also known as the yulan tree is naturally small growing reaching around 3 4 m in height.
The good news is there s a wonderful range ideal for planting in smaller gardens and some can even be grown in large tubs.
Over the past 30 years or so australian gardens have been getting smaller as average block sizes become more compact.
Also hail and strong winds will tear the large leaves so young trees are best planted in a sheltered sunny position.
Tight spaces narrow or small gardens driveway plantings or natural hedging all require a narrow upright or screen tree.
The soil should be moist humus rich and well drained.
Diospyros kaki this is the persimmon.
Here are 10 of fleming s most successful narrow and screen trees.
Native tree species are always worthwhile considering for smaller gardens and a few worth giving a go in frost free areas are melicope rubra little evodiella breynia ironstone range native daphne phaleria clerodendron and waterhousia floribunda weeping lillypilly.
Natives trees for small gardens.
Trees for smaller gardens.
This has led to a great demand for compact trees suitable for smaller modern gardens.