How to use One-off special trees Add to your garden Wow - You do not need to spend a fortune to make the best of a garden. Often, only one special tree can make or break a view, so invest wisely in good specimen. But what do you choose? It's easy to follow the crowd and planted one tree than any other house, but there are many very specific species and varieties available to create a beautiful garden view. Do not just think about the flower you have, but look at the interest of the Year of form, foliage and fruit.
Here are some tips to choose something special and some species to consider for your own garden.
Here are some tips to choose something special and some species to consider for your own garden.
Marian Boswall Landscape Architects
Think long term
Sometimes you have to be patient and give time to become beautiful tree. This strawberry tree ( Arbutus unedo of ) is wonderful. You can rarely buy one as a mature specimen, but he easily sets all over Europe from the Mediterranean to the UK.
Once established, it gives you interest all year round - a form of amazing structure, evergreen, bell-shaped, white-pink flowers and strawberry fruit as the end of the summer to fall.
This tree is probably about 30 years, but you could get a good size in 10 years from a small plant.
Sometimes you have to be patient and give time to become beautiful tree. This strawberry tree ( Arbutus unedo of ) is wonderful. You can rarely buy one as a mature specimen, but he easily sets all over Europe from the Mediterranean to the UK.
Once established, it gives you interest all year round - a form of amazing structure, evergreen, bell-shaped, white-pink flowers and strawberry fruit as the end of the summer to fall.
This tree is probably about 30 years, but you could get a good size in 10 years from a small plant.
Annie Pearce
Brighten your winter garden
in this beautiful space in a larger garden, you'd be forgiven for looking beyond the trees to the large terrace in the center, but when winter comes, you really appreciate the tree on the right.
It is a Tibetan cherry or mahogany ( Prunus serrula ), which, as well as having showy white flowers in spring and great autumn colors, a copper brown bark the most amazing, from which it gets its common name.
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in this beautiful space in a larger garden, you'd be forgiven for looking beyond the trees to the large terrace in the center, but when winter comes, you really appreciate the tree on the right.
It is a Tibetan cherry or mahogany ( Prunus serrula ), which, as well as having showy white flowers in spring and great autumn colors, a copper brown bark the most amazing, from which it gets its common name.
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The Garden design Company
Consider planting conifers
We tend to deflect choose conifers these days, but even if they are in fashion they can often be the perfect choice.
This conifer managed to do two things. First, punctuates the space with a vertical structure which works well on the path curve. Second, it can detect the long-term vision and therefore adds intrigue to the way, pulling you down the garden to explore further.
You can choose a conifer that also gets bigger than that, but there are smaller species available, and other conifers, such as pines and cedars, can give you a great year structural interest .
We tend to deflect choose conifers these days, but even if they are in fashion they can often be the perfect choice.
This conifer managed to do two things. First, punctuates the space with a vertical structure which works well on the path curve. Second, it can detect the long-term vision and therefore adds intrigue to the way, pulling you down the garden to explore further.
You can choose a conifer that also gets bigger than that, but there are smaller species available, and other conifers, such as pines and cedars, can give you a great year structural interest .
McLean Quinlan
Setting view
with the popularity of large bifold or sliding doors to the family room extensions, you often need a large tree to frame the view from the back garden of the house.
a multi-stem specimen as birch ( Betula utilis var. Jacquemontii ) is an excellent counterbalance to the large window. The white trunk and light canopy is a particularly attractive tree.
They can get quite large, so make sure you balance the potential size of the tree against the size of your home. Trees can be planted near homes, but ask your architect or expert before planting a tree next to your post.
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with the popularity of large bifold or sliding doors to the family room extensions, you often need a large tree to frame the view from the back garden of the house.
a multi-stem specimen as birch ( Betula utilis var. Jacquemontii ) is an excellent counterbalance to the large window. The white trunk and light canopy is a particularly attractive tree.
They can get quite large, so make sure you balance the potential size of the tree against the size of your home. Trees can be planted near homes, but ask your architect or expert before planting a tree next to your post.
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Hendy Curzon Gardens Ltd
Keep what is good in your garden
this cherry tree in a garden in front was probably there before the rest of the plantation and is a great sample to give height and scale in an evergreen structure.
The planters also give the vertical height, while the shaft gives a horizontal structure which undermines the big neighboring trees. Have you noticed them? No, we thought not, and this is because a single tree of average size with a large shape like this can take your look at it as a focal point.
this cherry tree in a garden in front was probably there before the rest of the plantation and is a great sample to give height and scale in an evergreen structure.
The planters also give the vertical height, while the shaft gives a horizontal structure which undermines the big neighboring trees. Have you noticed them? No, we thought not, and this is because a single tree of average size with a large shape like this can take your look at it as a focal point.
Fisher Tomlin & Bowyer
search history behind a tree
In this garden heritage, the central point is a tissue or dove tree ( Davidia involucrata ) . The tree was brought from China by plant hunters sent to collect his semen in a nursery that was on the site of the garden. What better reason to have a single tree as the focal point?
There is a special tree because it takes some time for her to show her "flowers", which are really showy leaf bracts handkerchief around tiny flower clusters.
In this garden heritage, the central point is a tissue or dove tree ( Davidia involucrata ) . The tree was brought from China by plant hunters sent to collect his semen in a nursery that was on the site of the garden. What better reason to have a single tree as the focal point?
There is a special tree because it takes some time for her to show her "flowers", which are really showy leaf bracts handkerchief around tiny flower clusters.
John Davies Landscape
Add a focal point multicaule
This garden is really striking from inside and, while lighting makes the job so much better, it is the flowering dogwood single ( Cornus spp ) in the foreground on the right that really the image.
dogwoods are generally defined as a tree, but you can treat them as a large shrub with multiple stems and shaped to fit the space. In this small garden, you need to maintain the shape of the tree through the annual pruning, but that's a small price to pay for a large sample with interest all year.
This garden is really striking from inside and, while lighting makes the job so much better, it is the flowering dogwood single ( Cornus spp ) in the foreground on the right that really the image.
dogwoods are generally defined as a tree, but you can treat them as a large shrub with multiple stems and shaped to fit the space. In this small garden, you need to maintain the shape of the tree through the annual pruning, but that's a small price to pay for a large sample with interest all year.
Collectie and Jasmine Orchard Styling
Plump for something exotic, but convenient
the seating area is set under the branches of a mature fig tree ( Ficus carica ) . Its exotic leaves give a tropical feel to a garden, but in a good location, it will be fruit that given a good summer, reward you with lots of food and preserve.
You need to care for fig trees by feeding them every spring, but they can cope with the drought and are perfect for window boxes and pots, as they do not mind having restricted roots . Choose a variety as "Brown Turkey" for good, reliable fruit.
the seating area is set under the branches of a mature fig tree ( Ficus carica ) . Its exotic leaves give a tropical feel to a garden, but in a good location, it will be fruit that given a good summer, reward you with lots of food and preserve.
You need to care for fig trees by feeding them every spring, but they can cope with the drought and are perfect for window boxes and pots, as they do not mind having restricted roots . Choose a variety as "Brown Turkey" for good, reliable fruit.
Fisher Tomlin & Bowyer
captures the spirit of the Mediterranean
a tree that works brilliantly as a special one-off specimen is olive ( Olea europaea ) with its amazing and silver foliage -grey trunk.
Olives are surprisingly resilient trees, even during a cold winter in the UK. After all, they are used to being the vagaries of wind and rain which they came.
An olive tree will not work in all environments, but in this garden, it reminds us of our Mediterranean holiday. It would also work well in a dry gravel garden or in a pot on a patio. This is quite an old tree, so you probably need to invest a little to achieve a similar impact.
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a tree that works brilliantly as a special one-off specimen is olive ( Olea europaea ) with its amazing and silver foliage -grey trunk.
Olives are surprisingly resilient trees, even during a cold winter in the UK. After all, they are used to being the vagaries of wind and rain which they came.
An olive tree will not work in all environments, but in this garden, it reminds us of our Mediterranean holiday. It would also work well in a dry gravel garden or in a pot on a patio. This is quite an old tree, so you probably need to invest a little to achieve a similar impact.
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architectural plants Ltd
Create interest with a cloud tree pruned
a touch of Japan was added to the garden with a cloud tree pruned. Box, yew and pine trees are most commonly used for this technique.
Trees like this are available in ready form, but they can be very expensive and it is possible to create your own cloud tree trimmed with a little patience and care. Surprisingly, it is not that hard as long as you take your time and keep regularly to see the shape as it appears from your waist. It might take two or three years to get the final shape you want, but well worth the effort.
Tell us ...
Is there a detailed tree you recommend? Share your ideas and pictures in the comments below.
a touch of Japan was added to the garden with a cloud tree pruned. Box, yew and pine trees are most commonly used for this technique.
Trees like this are available in ready form, but they can be very expensive and it is possible to create your own cloud tree trimmed with a little patience and care. Surprisingly, it is not that hard as long as you take your time and keep regularly to see the shape as it appears from your waist. It might take two or three years to get the final shape you want, but well worth the effort.
Tell us ...
Is there a detailed tree you recommend? Share your ideas and pictures in the comments below.