We planted some c-g 18-20 cm oaks (Q. robur) into a sea of Yourk Stone
paving in front of the town hall in Torquay (ego-massage scheme for Town
Clerk of the time). To add insult to injury, the trees 'had' to be planted
in July!; and the planting pits were surrounded by 1.5m concrete drainage
ring sections underground, 'cos the engineers were worried about roots
damaging their nice random cleft york stone. And lo! And behold! After
sulking for the first year/ 18 months, the clever little things got their
roots out into the ground and are now growing away well and flourishing.
The thing I was most worried about was the amount of solar gain they were
getting on a hot summer, from the paving and the (South facing) big stone
building behind..
So this is not so
Regards
Rupert
-----Original Message-----
From: Edmund Hopkins [mailto:Edmund.Hopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk]
Sent: 07 December 2004 13:47
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Planting oak into hard landscape
It is averred by our landscape architect that oak are unsuitable for
planting into hard landscape because you need a small one for successful
establishment. Please someone tell me this is not so!
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Edmund Hopkins
City of Nottingham Council
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