"Thanks to all of you for your suggestions, they all sound great. I am erring towards the Crataegus just now :)
Thanks and regards
Linda
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Most wind tolerant flowering trees?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Linda Secker Sep 5, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Hi all I wouldn't normally specify a flowering tree for a windy spot, but my client would really like one, so just wondering if any of you have seen examples of trees that might do the job?It's not…Continue
question re drainage
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lynda Green Jun 1, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Dear all I am designing a small garden with a drainage problem. It's the BACK garden of a new build property, but htis is a bigger problem that the usual soggy lawn where turf has just been laid on…Continue
Landscaper and a good gardener needed in Chorley area
Started this discussion. Last reply by Michèle Martin May 11, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Dear allI visited a new customer this morning and it is clear she needs some help in her garden. She is a keen and knowledgeable gardener but has neither the time nor the energy, so things are…Continue
Comparative costs of building raised beds from different materials....
Started this discussion. Last reply by gary newton May 5, 2012. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Hi allI'm designing a garden for a customer on a very tight budget and need some advice on comparative costs for the raised beds she wants.The paving will be Marshalls' Argent. Ideally, I'd like to…Continue
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"Hi Linda
We supplied 60 trees, 14-16cm girth and above for the Athletes Village at Portland, Dorset.
This is a VERY windy site, being just a few hundred metres off Chesil Beach, so also very salty.
We supplied Sorbus aria, Quercus ilex,…"
James Todman replied to Linda Secker's discussion Most wind tolerant flowering trees?"Hi Linda
Definitely not Amelanchier. Spindly branches have a tendency to snap and growth can be very one-sided and sparse.
Crataegus is your safest bet.
James"
Andrew Mikolajski replied to Linda Secker's discussion Most wind tolerant flowering trees?"Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver' could be good - silvery leaves and scented flowers in summer
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Harlow-Carr/About-Harlow-Carr/Plant-of-the-month/July/Elaeagnus--Quicksilver-"
Debbie Merryweather replied to Linda Secker's discussion Most wind tolerant flowering trees?"Hi Linda
I've seen quite a fewTamarisk, Tamarix tetrandra, it is a large, wind resistant shrub that makes a great hedge or specimen tree for sandy soil on the coast.
Tamarisk
Exposure: Full sun Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light,…"
Brigitt Stevenson replied to Linda Secker's discussion Most wind tolerant flowering trees?"Hello Linda,
I was thinking Cercis canadensis, Redbud...
The blooms are quite tight together, the Amelanchier is a good choice as well !!!
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"Hi Graeme - I just found your (very old) thread. Are this company still offering nice discounts? If so, I would be very interested in learning more :)
Thanks
Linda"
Most wind tolerant flowering trees?
Hi all I wouldn't normally specify a flowering tree for a windy spot, but my client would really like one, so just wondering if any of you have seen examples of trees that might do the job?It's not SUPER windy, but the wind whips round the side of the house just there, from the west, and might be salty ocasionally. Site is in full sun, soil is on the acid side, but a sandy clay, not peaty.Obviously blossom will get blown off on a windy day, but I'm more bothered about the health of the tree and…See More
"I've had this problem with crocus too - mice ate all my own, and squirrels ate all those I planted in a customer's garden. I don't plant them if I know there are a lot of rodents about, they just seem irresistable to them."
"these are ACE - luv 'em... :)"
"I didn't say hay-fever, I said allergy - caused by physical contact with the pollen on bare skin, my mum-in-law get's huge itching, weeping sores on her legs from it. There are many allergies, not just hayfever. Take your point about the…"
Lynda Green replied to Linda Secker's discussion question re drainage"HGi Linda,
All advice so far is good;
Get digging
Once through tehapology for turf and topsoil common to all new builds fight your way past teh accumu7lation of assorted brick concrete plaster wood and other builders waste and get to the real…"
"Thanks very much for your replies.
I saw the garden again last week and it is now dry at last. The builders of the estate have agreed that they have to do something about it (not just this one garden but the whole row) but they are talking about…"
Andrew Knight replied to Linda Secker's discussion question re drainage"Ask the builders to kindly come and remove there bricks and concrete! I had one site I recovered 10 scaffold clamps and a starting handle from a dump truck. Put them in a sack and deposited them on the site managers office floor in case he might…"
PRO MemberPip Howard replied to Linda Secker's discussion question re drainage
"First things first - dig a hole and try and see what the strata is as well as a porosity test at different depths?
Is this a man made problem or because of natural soils? Usually its the first due to consolidation. It is rare that a soakaway is…"
question re drainage
Dear all I am designing a small garden with a drainage problem. It's the BACK garden of a new build property, but htis is a bigger problem that the usual soggy lawn where turf has just been laid on compacted rubbish.So, it will need draining. Can I specify to lay drains taking the water to the existing drains? Or must it be a soakaway?? I will not be able to drain it by taking it off to the borders....A few years ago, when the new SUDS regualtions came in, a landscaper I was working iwth at the…See More
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