On 6/7/08 11:15, in article g4q5vb$4tr$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Nick
Maclaren" <nmm1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> In article
<a4fd82d4-0657-4aa5-9300-6d841b3faa52@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> bobharvey <robertharvey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> |> On 5 Jul, 19:56, Blairadamwitch <Blairadamwitch.
> |> 2e52...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> |> > Hi,
> |> > Looking for advice on a tree to plant in my small front garden.
> |> >
> |> > Don't want anything too expensive and would prefer an evergreen but
> |> > I'm flexible. My soil is clay builders junk/rubble.
> |>
> |> I'd consider a fruit tree. ...
>
> I would advise against a fruit tree, of the sort bred for cropping.
> They are prone to a hell of a lot of problems in poor conditions.
>
> However, a crab apple or even one of the traditional damsons is
> another matter. They are usually a lot easier to grow, equally
> decorative, and you can still eat the fruit. Indeed, many of the
> small-tree Rosaceae would do, as other people have suggested
> (Amelanchier, Sorbus etc. etc. as well as Malus and Prunus).
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
NB to OP, not evergreen though, if that matters a lot.
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Sacha
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