Choosing the most suitable garden trees for our small garden requires a little reading and learning. You should take a fair amount of care when choosing plants for your yard, when it comes to growing garden trees a little more care and attention is required to ensure they will grow well.



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 choosing where, in your small garden, you will be planting your Trees and Shrubs 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.

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

Once you have picked which Garden Trees you are going to grow in your garden you will be required learn a little about Tree and Shrub Care and especially for the species of tree or shrub you are growing. It is immensely important that, in the case of grafted Garden Trees you watch closely for shoots which may spring from below the graft point as these will be of a different type of tree or shrub (the same species as the rootstock) and, with dwarfed varieties of shrubs and trees, these spurs are likely to grow much larger,longer and stronger than the main, dwarfed, 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.