Native Trees
Hi all, I would like to plant some trees at the bottom of our garden to screen a neighbours house, but also to look pretty, attract wildlife etc. I need it to grow to a full house height, but nothing bigger and so I am not looking for Oak or Lime etc.. What would you recommend? I do not want pleached trees either, I want a natural shape.
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Smaller specimens of things like Sorbus [mountain ash] for example will take at least five or six years, or more, to gain some maturity, depending on conditions.
It also depends on what you mean by 'full house height'.
My field maples (Acer campestre) have made a good height in my garden and are considered "native".
Spindle ... Euonymus europaea - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/spindle/
and
Wayfaring Tree ... Viburnum lantana - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/wayfaring-tree/
or a bit bigger there's the
Wild cherry Prunus avum - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/wild-cherry/
However, they were never a problem, and would be unlikely to do so, because the soil doesn't dry out here.
All sorts of factors are relevant, but we need more info from @Cyber_blonde10