Fastigiate trees: eight great examples for foliage, flowers or form!

[@dianwilliams239]

Great video - so interesting.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you liked it. Regards Stephen.

[@jcking6785]

Thanks for this subject matter. I love fastigiate trees.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Our pleasure! Regards Stephen

[@jt1453]

I love my Scarlet Sentinel columnar appletree. A nursery here in Oregon is selling a columnar sugar maple.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I don’t think we have that one in Australia. Regards Stephen

[@KerrGraham-p8u]

Very useful! Thank you very much. A neighbour planted a ginkgo lemon and lime spire and the autumn colour was spectacular. Could you please consider a similar video on fastigiate evergreens, suitable for gardens in Victoria?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

will give it some thought. Regards Stephen

[@dogsrule2075]

I have a crimson sentry maple that has this columnar shape and has that lovely purple foliage all through summer. Maybe it would suit Matthew’s colour palette?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Could do. Regards Stephen

[@susanneimgarten3055]

as you already mentioned gardens are getting smaller - so thank you very much for your suggestions. Trees are so helpful in the climate change - perhaps you can talk one day about pruning and small trees/Shrubs even for pods?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Pruning is indeed a topic we should handle some time.Regards Stephen

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

I would recommend fastigiate poplar. Dark purple

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Not sure which plant you are referring to but if you have a favourite that is good.

[@ketkchong]

Hi Steven and Matthew Any chance of you doing an episode on evergreen fastigiate trees, especially for blocking a double storey neighbour?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Great idea! We'll add it to the list!

[@HolidayGlow]

Really delighted to see this bunch of trees as the owner of a small urban garden. :) Not a tree as it's a bit small but one of my favourite fastigiate is Cephalotaxus harringtonia fastigiata which I may have spotted when talking about the copper beech?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Yes the Plum Yew is a great plant but takes a long time to reach even small tree proportions. Regards Stephen

[@sunalifernando1312]

Loved this episode & learnt about fastigiate trees. I have a very small garden which is fenced around. On either side there's about 1.5m width. But the garden bed is even narrower. My question is, are any of these plants suitable for my garden? I love the 'colomnar pin oak' & the ginko biloba 'lemonlime spire'. Chinese Cedar is not too bad either. Please advice. TIA.

[@arfa07]

Hi Stephen, if I had an avenue of two rows of lemonlimespire ginkgo biloba, do you have suggestions for what interesting shrub or plant to mass plant underneath it? Something with year round interest if possible and that contrasts well with the gingko. Based in Canberra Australia.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I would use a couple of different plants that I repeated in clumps to add interest and the variety is legion. just a couple of suggestions to start the grey matter working. Aronia commonly called Choke berry. white flowers edible berries and stunning autumn foliage. Rhus typhina treated as a perennial. Suckering with handsome leaves particularly in the cut leafed form. Red persistent cone like flower heads and stunning autumn foliage. Cornus alba Siberica with white flowers and berries, burgundy autumn foliage and red winter canes etc etc. Regards Stephen

[@arfa07]

@@thehorti-culturalists thanks Stephen I will include those in my research. Many thanks

[@jam4441]

Hi new subscriber here. So happy to find a very knowledgeable Australian gardening channel. Two questions here- is it possible to adjust your mics so they dont distort and blow out the sound of your voices? Second question would you consider doing a presentation on plants for balconies both shade and sun ? For example what would you plant if you could only plant in containers ? So many people live in cities who only have balconies to garden in and I think many people would find info on growing for this situation very helpful. Many thanks.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We are aware of the sound problems and have new microphones etc so hopefully we will has sorted this problem. Thanks for the suggestions on topics and we will consider it. You could look at our video on tropical blueberries which would be good on a shady balcony. Regards Stephen

[@jam4441]

@@thehorti-culturalists great to know and thank you for your suggestion.

[@dewdan11dnd46]

👍Thanks, a great, genus 🌳 🫶

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@dzl888]

Hi Steven, can I please ask if malus tschonoskii and ginkgo lemon lime spire can be planted in full sun in Sydney? Are they ok planted nearby structure such as retaining wall?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Both should be fine and as long as they aren't planted right against the wall all should be well. Regards Stephen

[@dzl888]

@@thehorti-culturalists thank you Stephen

[@laoxiangwang5857]

Toona sinensis's leaf is a very popular veggie in China. in the spring, the young leaves are stir fried with eggs, a very classic dish.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thank you - we'll have to try!

[@arfa07]

Thanks for another great video. Can toona sinensis be pollarded or coppiced? Also, in terms of garden bed design, when might a fastigiate tree look good at the front of a garden?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Yes the Toona can be coppiced and if the plant doesn’t completely hide the things behind you could easily use one at the front of the bed. Regards Stephen

[@helendempster1580]

Great video! What gingko can be grown permanently in a pot?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Al could be but they would need root pruning periodically like a bonsai. Regards Stephen

[@JourneyGarden]

Liquidambar styraciflua Slender Silhouette is nice.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I haven’t grown this one yet but the literature about it seems promising. Regards Stephen

[@Salmagundiii]

Great video, but I'm surprised you didn't put in any southern hemisphere natives. When I visited AU, I saw that Hymenosporum flavums often had a narrow habit - I wonder if there are any cultivars that were selected for that trait?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The video could have gone on and on so perhaps we’ll look at some Australian native fastigiates at some other time. Regards Stephen

[@SuperVlerik]

Are the female gingkos parthenocarpic? Or do they need to be pollinated in order to fruit?

[@Ash_9]

They do need to be pollinated but because there’s an overwhelming bias towards male trees any female tree wouldn’t struggle in the slightest to get pollinated.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The female Gingko will produce the smelly fruit (not literally a fruit but a female strobilus ) but without pollen from a male tree they will be sterile. Regards Stephen

[@brocktoon8]

Neighbours should mind their own beeswax!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Ah but they rarely do. Regards Stephen

[@MDA-rs4uf]

just curious if you have ever seen the carpinus betula 'franz fontaine' ??? i have both fastigiate and franz fontaine and FF is slower and more narrow .. i really wish i could send you a picture of the best fastigiate tree i've ever seen called 'slender silouhette' sweet gum.... i may have asked you if you have seen it before but it is really something special......

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Don’t think this cultivar is available in Australia. Regards Stephen

[@sandiesorchids9387]

Where do you find trees for zones 3 in Canada?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

At least a few of these should work. Regards Stephen

[@sandiesorchids9387]

@@thehorti-culturalists I'm sorry I'm not familiar with Atvleast is there a website?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

@@sandiesorchids9387 At....least...sorry - a typo!

[@brocktoon8]

I don't understand people with no trees around their house! (This video has provoked several passionate reactions from me, lol)

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We have really triggered you haven't we! Regards Stephen

[@jura.67]

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[@brocktoon8]

They should just plant fastigiate trees in Europe instead of mutilating regular ones!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It would be preferable. Regards Stephen