Trees

But they seem to have grown so high in recent years.
And are still growing.

That's what trees do - grow!

Unless, of curse, they get diseases or are chopped down.

If you are surrounded by trees and dislike them, have you ever thought of moving to a different location?

We may move in about 10 years.

I dont dislike them as such.

Are you saying no tree ever stops growing?
That doesnt make sense to me. Perhaps it is true, however.

My only problem with trees is the ones that people will plant right next to the boundary so the neighbour has half the canopy over their garden whether they want it or not. My garden is small but very overshadowed by the enormous wild cherry tree in the neighbour's garden. Its roots suck my ground dry and it drops blossom, berries and finally leaves everywhere. Because I'm in a conservation area we can't even prune back any branches at all. If I had my way it would be law that any tree a person plants must contain the full canopy within their own boundaries. No inflicting your preference on unwilling neighbours.

Trees are essential, they lock in harmful stuff
If you cut it down you release harmful stuff, compounding the harm by burning the wood

fancythat

We may move in about 10 years.

I dont dislike them as such.

Are you saying no tree ever stops growing?
That doesnt make sense to me. Perhaps it is true, however.

Are you saying no tree ever stops growing?

I think when they stop growing up or grow more slowly they grow in girth.

People in general do not consider their neighbours when planting trees. Often too close to a boundary fence or within spitting distance of foundations. I turned down two houses I went to look at due to leylandii growing next to boundary fences, one row had just been planted and I could just see the feathery tops when I stood on tip toe by the fence. I would have had that lovely bungalow but those they leylandii were just over 1m from the bungalow wall, I was first viewer and it was thanks but no thanks

Once upon a time I lived in historical gardens and had lovely views of the trees, especially a majestic leylandii which had been allowed to grow to its full potential, at least 60 foot high and in the distance from the properties. A massive tree and beloved by birds

I have planted 4 trees, the three apple trees are on M26 rootstocks and even if they were never pruned, will only from to around 2.8m. All my trees are at least 10 feet from boundary fences. My jelly king was grafted onto rootstock M106 and will never get taller than 4m. None of them overhand the fences

Trees are beautiful as long as they are not a nuisance

Are you saying no tree ever stops growing?That doesnt make sense to me. Perhaps it is true, however

Trees do stop growing. Redwoods reach hundreds of feet but that is unusual. If you buy a tree from a garden centre it will tell you what the average height and spread will be. If you have inherited trees then you will need to look them up.

A lime tree will average 45m with a growth of 60cm a year. Field maples - very common - grow at the same rate but only to about 20m. You can pollard them to keep under control, we had three done this year at a total cost of £600.

Very good post Rosie51 and looking at 5the plans for new builds, developers are often told to put whitebeam into the gardens as `eco` lip service. Bear in mind that these woodland trees can grow 50 feet

I can see one from my garden and it overhangs a neighbour, it is about 30 feet from my fence and will never cast shadow in my direction. The plans for my property had a hornbeam, I told the builder I would put something else in, hence the crabapple

oops I had the hornbeam and whitebeam mixed. The one I can see is whitebeam, developers are told to put hornbeam in, they can grow to 90 feet

I like trees and live in an area with lots of woodland and heathland . I also live in a tree lined street which is beautiful when they’re in blossom.
I’m not a fan of leylandii , mainly because home owners don’t get them trimmed and they grow so high that it’s very expensive to get them cut back and they are a nuisance cutting out the light .
I would never buy a house with leylandii .

I like trees, I’m quite knowledgeable about the various specimens and there’s nothing like a walk through woods with my DGSs and Little Dog, but the massive sycamore in my neighbour’s garden?? My gardener says sycamores are just massive weeds - I’d take a chainsaw to it myself, if I could.
Yes, it was here when we moved, Spring ‘93, but that was 33 years ago and it’s still growing. Of course, because of its position, the only garden it shades is mine - luckily I’ve a big garden, so I can mov around to find the sun.

Our trees dont annoy anyone, except perhaps for the sheep in the next field.

I am not convinced there is a single tree around that has stopped growing upwards!

The rate of growth seemed to be acceptable. Until about 15 years ago. Since then, there is nothing stopping them.
Any number of different sorts.

aggie

Trees are essential, they lock in harmful stuff
If you cut it down you release harmful stuff, compounding the harm by burning the wood

I like trees, but if they fall on people they’re harmful as well!

People like Alan Titchmarsh put a lot of time and energy into telling people to plant a tree in their garden - much of it without explaining what would happen 20 years down the line. We've seen a number of people nearby having trees taken out because they swamped the little handkerchief size gardens.

Our neighbour has a huge Leylandii next to our fence. I dread to think what would happen if it falls. It doesn't cast shade on us and we have our side cut back regularly so we at least have a nice green 'wall' whereas his side has branches about 10 feet long and his very nice, long garden is in shade a lot of the time.

As far as I am concrened the more trees the better - better for the environment and better for me.

Obviously there are places were trees are inappropiate and dangeous, but at the moment I am tree deprived' After nearly 60 years of living in houses where I could see forest trees from my house windows, I now live in a house where not a single green shoot can be seen from the back windows and just a few churchyard yews from the front.

Sometimes a tree has to be cut down - for safety reasons, for instance. We had to take one of ours down a couple of years ago because it had grown very rapidly and was interfering with the telephone lines. There are two very large conifers in a garden a few doors along from us and if they were to come down in a storm, for example, they'd totally destroy the cottage next door.

I don't count Llelandii as proper trees, Ambergran!

Judi Dench - My Passion for Trees, BBC,
an hour long programme, be amazed

J52

aggie

Trees are essential, they lock in harmful stuff
If you cut it down you release harmful stuff, compounding the harm by burning the wood

I like trees, but if they fall on people they’re harmful as well!

You have a 1- 10 million chance of being killed by a falling tree.

I would like to put a row of laurels down the side of our fence, for protection, privacy & block noise.
I wouldn’t have them any higher than 8 feet.
I think we had a discussion on here a while back, I seem to recall one person sayings they had deep tappers (I can’t remember now). Are laurels a nuisance?
What are the best trees to grow for hedging that we don’t have to faff with too much?

I love trees, which is just as well because my bungalow is surrounded by them. I have a massive 100 yrs+ Holm oak, it looks very impressive but drops its leaves all year, which means a lot of leaf collecting 😱, I hoover them up with my lawn mower twice a week. I had another one, but because it had ganaderma fungus we got permission from the Council's tree lady to have it cut down, despite being in a conservation area. We left a 4ft stump to put nuts and scraps on for the birds and squirrels.

I love trees too.
We're in a very wooded area & although we're a commuter town, there are lots of mature trees in gardens / along roads.
We have 2 huge copperbeech on the boundary, they were probably planted in the 30's when the houses were built. They do make a mess & shade the garden but I still love them. (Not much grows beneath them but Japanese maples, peonies & spring bulbs do well).
Lots of people here pollard their garden trees, they still look lovely. & Urban trees are real mood boosters - flowering cherry & planes in W London, silver birch around new build blocks of flats.
Re-wilding round here has meant more weeding and also increase in rats. But the wildflowers & butterflies more than make up for it.

J52

aggie

Trees are essential, they lock in harmful stuff
If you cut it down you release harmful stuff, compounding the harm by burning the wood

I like trees, but if they fall on people they’re harmful as well!

but how often do they fall on people compared with caar accidents that hit people or people who trip over their own feet (like me)?

We've hundreds of large beautiful trees.

Lovely wood for fires, stacked and drying.