Alemanchier trees

Roseanna09

I am a novice gardener, any advice would be much appreciated. I have been doing lots of research and would really like an Alemanchier tree in my garden. I wondered  if it possible to prune the trees to restrict their growth, possibly to about 3 meters in height. Or should I look for a naturally smaller Alemanchier variety? 

Butterfly66

Personally I think would be better looking for a smaller variety as keeping its height restricted might result in an unnatural shape which looks unattractive. 3 metres is very small for any tree any reason for not wanting it to grow any taller?

Dovefromabove

I have a multistemmed Amelanchier lamarckii and I plan to take out the tallest stem or two if it starts to get too tall ... a sort of ‘slow coppicing’. That way o won’t be spoiling the elegant shape by lopping chunks off branches. 

madpenguin

I have Amelanchier canadensis growing as a small tree (eventually!).
After 10 years it is only just about 2 metres tall.
Because it as a twiggy sort of tree it is easy just to cut off anything that gets too long or pokes you in the eye.
Never needs a hard prune.
Very well behaved and ideal for a small garden.

Roseanna09

Thanks for your responses. Perhaps 3 meters was a little small for my initial estimation, it's hard to judge when you are trying to visualise an imaginary tree! Those varieties sound promising, thank you for your suggestions.

Mrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants

Try tying bamboo canes together to the height you want, push it in the ground where you want the tree to grow then stand back to view.

Roseanna09

Good idea. I shall try that today.