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Looking to buy a couple of trees for the garden.....

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  Posted by TomBradbury (U3349234) on Wednesday, 8th December 2010

  .....anybody had any experience with these:
  
  Acer negundo Flamingo
  
  Cytisus Battandieri (Pineapple Broom Tree)
  
  Appeal to me because from the description, they don't grow too tall or too wide and would fit well into a small town garden.

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  Posted by mister-grow-it-all (U14591945) on Thursday, 9th December 2010

  Acer negundo Flamingo is a plant I want for years , I now have one in a pot ,it has not grown hardly , the pot has help keep it small, I have seen a large specimen in a garden near me , with slight reversion , it is being grown as a sing le steam tree which dose not look as nice as when it is cut back hard every year to grow as bush , which is the best way of getting the best looking healthier foliage
  
  
  
  Cytisus Battandieri nice when in flower but not the best looking when not flowering , plus I had one which resented been cut back ,

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  Posted by TomBradbury (U3349234) on Thursday, 9th December 2010

  Thank you - that's helpful. I want the Acer to put into the corner of a border that plugs a gap in the trees between my neighbours. The description suggests it is fairly fast growing, hence my keenness, plus it looks a bit unusual with the pink flushed variegated leaves.
  
  Now having second thoughts about the Cytisus Battandieri. I like the idea of having the yellow flowers - now wondering if I should opt for a Laburnum, fully understanding the issue of how poisonousness they are. I don't have children so that's not an issue and I grew up with Laburnum hence why I like the idea of having one so much.

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  Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Thursday, 9th December 2010

  I have an acer negundo which is taking its own sweet time to establish itself and grow but, to be fair, it has had to cope with two very hard winters, drought in spring, heatwaves, floods and now this winter looks like being a corker too. It i svery pretty and I'm growing it as a tree - so far - as I want the height but this may change.
  
  I have grown several forms of cytisus over the years but find them short lived, sulk after a bad winter, don't like being tidied up and are seriously boring when not in flower. I'd go for a yellow rose such as Teasing Georgia which is disease resistant, repeat flowering, perfumed, hardy and can be pegged to make a bushier, more floriferous display or be grown as a normal shrub rose or a short climber. What's not to like?

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  Posted by keith pinkerton (U14571291) on Friday, 10th December 2010

  I removed Flamingo from my garden after a few years because of its tendency to revert to all green not particularly attractive foliage.It does grow quite quickly.I like acers and if they suit the site perhaps try one of the larger palmatums with the option of autumn leaf colour to give another season of interest.I tried pruning flamingo to halt the reversion but it was not particularly effective and produced an ugly shape-pruning might have worked as suggested elsewhere if carried out from when the tree was young and regularly thereafter but would such treatment if successful make it suitable for your expressed purpose.Happy gardening.

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