This season, we’ve lost all our silver birch trees through high winds and drought and climate change ! A couple have survived but in general, they don’t look their best. The site we want to plant more trees is in full sun, very poor soil and suffers from extremely windy conditions. We’ve been looking on the internet and have found two trees that we like and think can tolerate the conditions we will plant them in.
We like this one because it flowers late and it leaves also fall late.
Do any of you know of these two trees and recommend (or not) them or is there another one we should consider. We already have 2 of Parrotia persica ‘The Parrot Tree’ but to be honest Stuart said he’s not against having another one!
Judas trees look beautiful! Have you considered a silk tree (the pink of the Judas tree made me think of it)? Grows fast (but tends to spread :-/), is well suited for sites with poor soil and full sun exposure (but I think extreme winds might be an issue depending on what you mean by this). And they’re great ++ for pollinators!
Thank you @JaneJones - no, it’s not a huge garden, just around a couple of acres, which we are making into a sort of parkland. We have several red oak, false acacia and mountain ash trees already. I’m afraid neither of us like Gleditsia though.
@han The Judas tree is definitely one we will buy but again, neither of us like the Silk Tree.
@vero- another +1 for the Judas Tree. That’s what we like to hear, folks who have got what we’re asking about and can give positive or negative comments.
Any more ideas please because we are looking to plant in two areas of the property.
I don’t know if it will be suitable in your garden, ( nor its correct name), but we bought a Tree Pansy. It’s compact, reasonably quick growing with glorious colour. We were in the Deux Sevres and our area was extremely windy, but the tree survived and thrived no matter what the weather threw at itl
Apologies ladies, looking at the link I think that’s exactly what i meant and planted. I’ll put my hands up and admit I had forgotten its name so asked OH. But it is a beautiful tree all year round, I’ve not found it here yet but keep looking.
You’re giving me ideas for my pocket handkerchief garden in Chichester. As someone said to me the other day, in a small garden every plant needs to work hard and that one does.
Our first house in Stockwell, the garden was just a small terrace and I knew every plant in the place. I realised that’s what I’m going back to.
Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’. It’s my favorite tree. It flowers beautifully in the spring and then again in autumn. I have two and they are blooming lightly now. Fall bloom time depends on the weather. I particularly enjoy those years when their fall or winter bloom time coincides with a snowfall. Now this is in Pennsylvania. I don’t know if the tree is available in France.
I forgot to mention that we have a heptacodium. I think the peeling bark is a nicer feature than its flowers.
Here in Pennsylvania flowering Judas is very common and very beloved. The flowers are very delicate but they bloom early and you can see them throughout the woods.
Cercidiphyllum or katsura tree turns a beautiful yellow in the fall and smells of burnt sugar.
