Small fastigiate trees - advice please

Hello,

We had a design for our rear garden drawn up by a landscape architect and then ran out of spare money to see the job through under their guidance, so I intend to try to construct the garden myself bit-by-bit. I attach the design. My first query is about the three trees in the top right corner labelled 'Porposed fastigiate small tree' (1m canopy, 5m height). I wonder if forum members can suggest a suitable species/variety? Their main purpose is to block views to/from a closely neighbouring house, so we want ever-green. The soil will be a circumneutral loam, not particularly wet and not particularly dry. It is a semi-sheltered, though not particularly shaded, spot. The location is in lowland NW England. Thankyou very much for any help in deciding what to plant. Your help will be much appreciated.

Best regards,
Des

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Des. Sorry, I'm not able to open your design, that could be because you are on restriction as a new member, receiving 'likes' from other members on your posts will help the situation. Also, pictures of that particular area of your garden would help us to give you ideas please.

 

Hi Des, very nice professional looking design

I planted a Sorbus Hilling's Spire in my mum's garden some years ago and that is a fantastic tree, growing to the size you mention.

There are also forms of purple and golden Beech that are fastigiate, as well as pine and a flowering cherry.

There is also a fastigiate form of Birch; Betula pendula fastigiata

 

@fat controller

A fastigiate tree or shrub where the branches go straight up, parallel to the main stem. So you have a long tall shrub or tree that doesn't spread sideways. So good for small gardens, tight spaces. boundaries and along fences.
There are fastigiate forms of a number of conifers as well as the birch, beech, sorbus and cherries others have mentioned.
I had a fastigiate Bird cherry in Essex that was very attractive.
Don't forget poplars.

 

Hello,

Thankyou for the responses so far. I attach a photo of the corner of the garden, where you can see the neighbouring house that needs to be blocked from view. There was a large elder there until yesterday, which had become too big and broad for this small garden. For the three replacements we want a variety of fastigiate evergreen. Can anyone suggest a suitable conifer, for example? Or any other evergreen? They need to grow to about 5 m and have a 1 m or so spread.

Many thanks,
Des

 

You could look for this http://plants.connon.ca/11100004/Plant/1099/Scotch_Sentinel_Pine

There is also fastigiate white pine

 

I wouldn't plant conifers there Des, they spread their roots considerably and will damage house footings and drains.

 

Thankyou, the fastigiate Scots Pine looks perfect! Thankyou very much for the suggestion. Now I have to track three specimens down from somewhere. I think I have two options:
1. Buying online
2. Traveling and buying from a nusery

Can anyone recommend an online retailer for such or is it best to make a trip to a nursery and choose specimens myself? I'm near Warrington. Perhaps someone can suggest some good nurseries in the region? (I am a botanist by trade, so have some idea of what a healthy plant looks like).

Thankyou very much for the help.

Best regards, Des