Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd.

Trees for Small Spaces

The size of a residential building lot today is smaller than in previous years, and houses have grown larger. The net result is that our gardens are smaller, but this need not limit our imagination and creativity. An important aspect of this is to plant trees and shrubs in proportion to the size of your garden area.

Consider where the power and utility lines are in relation to your dream landscape, both overhead and underground – "Call Before You Dig!" Consult your neighbours, as trees may cast a shadow and the shade may not be welcome. Time is a very important factor – that cute little evergreen may grow to be a 45' spruce in a few years time. There are some helpful computer programs available to help with your planning process, and it never hurts to look around at older properties in your area.

These selections may help with your plans:

Deciduous trees 5meters tall, 3 or 4meters wide at maturity
Most Apple trees and flowering crabapples
Hawthorns
Ivory Silk Tree Lilac
Pincherry
Plums
Young's weeping Birch
Amur/Ventura Maple
Blackhawk Mountain Ash

Other selections:
Russian Mountain Ash – 8m tall, 4m in width
Pyramidal Mountain Ash – 5m tall, 2.5m wide
Sutherland Caragana – 5m tall, 2m wide
Weeping Caragana – 1.25m tall, 2m wide
Walker Caragana - 1.25m tall, 1m wide

Tall & narrow trees
Swedish Columnar Aspen – 15m in height, 1.5m in width
Tower Poplar – 10m tall, 2m wide

Evergreen trees for small spaces
Bakeri Spruce – 3.5m tall, 2m wide at maturity
Columnar Blue Spruce – 5m tall, 2m wide
Montgomery Spruce – 2m by 1m
Bristlecone Pine 4m – 4m tall, 2m wide [very slow growing]
Mountain Pine – 4m x 2m
Upright junipers – Wichita Blue, Moonglow and Cologreen – ht. 3m, spread 1.5m
Medora – 3m tall, 1m wide

Connie Webb
Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd.