Container Garden Guide

Trees and Shrubs have always been immensely popular for use in bigger gardens where they can grow to full size and look bold and beautiful. When we take a look at our own backyards they are often very small spaces and our choice of trees and shrubs is usually very limited.

Choosing the best landscaping trees for small backyards requires us to do little studying. You should take a considerable degree of care when choosing any type of plant for your garden. However, when it comes to choosing landscaping trees you should take even more care to ensure you make the correct decision.

Commonly it is best to pick Trees and Shrubs that are not likely to exceed a height of roughly 6m/20ft. If your are planning to plant a tree or shrub near to your home then you should really pick even shorter problems with your home’s foundations. Furthermore the twigs and branches can grow to overshadow windows or doorways. An even worse situation would be if the Trees and Shrubs were to grow such long branches that they could push against walls or overhanging roofs to such a degree that it caused structural damage.

When deciding where, in your small garden, you will be growing your Garden Trees you will have to take special notice of the immediate area taking special note of any overhanging wires or anything else that encroaches upon the space in which your plant will eventually grow, recalling that you should allow for around 6m (20ft) in height.

A further point to keep in mind is your neighbor. If you will be planting Trees and Shrubs along a garden fence you will need to think of the fact that it is more than likely that the branches will overhang into his/her space. Not only should you consider the branches you need to consider the roots of the plant which will, most likely grow much further and could possibly create damage.

Landscaping Trees grown in Small Places can often become a nuisance for a neighbor when the Landscaping Trees grow too big and block out the sun from his or her garden or window. This type of nuisance often leads to legal action between neighbors and many areas have bye-laws which disallow the planting of certain species of tree. It is well worth checking first before you plant any Landscaping Trees.

Once you have picked which Trees and Shrubs you are going to plant in your garden you will need learn a little about Caring For Trees and especially for the species of tree or shrub you are growing. It is crucially important that, in the case of grafted Trees and Shrubs you watch closely for shoots which may spring from under the grafting point as these will be of a different type of tree or shrub (the same species as the rootstock) and, in the case of dwarf trees and shrubs, these can sometimes be much larger and longer than the main plant.

Pruning your Landscaping Trees should be done very carefully and you should never, under any conditions should you lop off the top of a tree just to keep them small. Lopping off the tops of Landscaping Trees can lead to fatal damage. You should always follow the correct directions when pruning small trees as they can often be more open infection. All Landscaping Trees look best when their shape is natural, unless you are doing topiary.