Hi New to forum, very old to rlwy modelling(1946 when only 3- long story!) I have been 7mm for 20 odd years & been in the garden 6 with radio control.
Pick your brains please as I am not a gardener (understatement) so haven'l got a clue. I have a space near my track measuring about 4 X 6 ft & I need to get past it for maintainace work on the track. I want an evergreen fir of some sort max size about 2ft X 6ft -ish. I saw a juniper in Wyevale the other day which looked OK but to pay over £40 just for me to risk killing it seems a lot, or is this the normal sort of price,?
Could some kind person lead me on the right path with some suggestions- please. It might stop my wife moaning about the gap. Cheers Christopher
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Mike PVLR
hi Christopher, if you want something big then you pay big. You will either have to buy small and let it grow or lookout for people throwing things out in their garden and talk nicely to them. Also try a local nursery instead of a large garden centre as you will pay over the odds at these places. Mike
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Hi Christopher
I assume you want a fir because it's evergreen so a) doesn't drop leaves and b) provides visual screening year round.
Have a look in local garden centres and nuseries which are usually cheaper than the big franchises. You can also buy trees online.
As well as fir you could consider Yew taxus baccata( though beware if there are kids about as every part of the Yew is poisonous). Another possibility is Box (buxus). Another common evergreen that is attractive and 'architectural' is Cupressus which comes in colours ranging from gold or lime green to a quite dark green. Sometimes called Macrocarpa.
Most of these trees will drop fine leaves or needles but they're not
messy like deciduous leaves
I assume you want a fir because it's evergreen so a) doesn't drop leaves and b) provides visual screening year round.
Have a look in local garden centres and nuseries which are usually cheaper than the big franchises. You can also buy trees online.
As well as fir you could consider Yew taxus baccata( though beware if there are kids about as every part of the Yew is poisonous). Another possibility is Box (buxus). Another common evergreen that is attractive and 'architectural' is Cupressus which comes in colours ranging from gold or lime green to a quite dark green. Sometimes called Macrocarpa.
Most of these trees will drop fine leaves or needles but they're not
messy like deciduous leaves
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Chris Bird
Hi Christopher
As Brian says - quite a lot of conifers get very big. The spreading Juniper Pfitseriana is a monster - getting to 8ft spread and 5ft high!
Box is excellent but slow growing. I have box edging to some of my railway. Lonicera Nitida is a great, small leaved shrub and is fast growing - but it can be clipped hard. Be prepared to trim it a number of times in the growing season.
Yew is great and can be clipped hard, but poisenous as has been said. Hebes are really good - there are plenty of small leaved varieties which will go a few years before they need clipping.
I have a number of Pittosporum, which cope with the frosts down here in Dorset but may get zapped further north.
I hope this helps
Cheers
Chris
As Brian says - quite a lot of conifers get very big. The spreading Juniper Pfitseriana is a monster - getting to 8ft spread and 5ft high!
Box is excellent but slow growing. I have box edging to some of my railway. Lonicera Nitida is a great, small leaved shrub and is fast growing - but it can be clipped hard. Be prepared to trim it a number of times in the growing season.
Yew is great and can be clipped hard, but poisenous as has been said. Hebes are really good - there are plenty of small leaved varieties which will go a few years before they need clipping.
I have a number of Pittosporum, which cope with the frosts down here in Dorset but may get zapped further north.
I hope this helps
Cheers
Chris
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christopher
Thanks guys for replying. I'm obliged & will heed your advice. The advantage of going to a large centre like wyevale is that they will replace any that die-up to a point of course. Green fingered I am not & this gives some peace of mind but I must look at some of the smaller places. Leaves on the line are a problem as I suspect you are all aware but at least being R/C I do not have to keep cleaning the track. Cheers Christopher
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