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- The most beautiful trees for balcony and terrace
- Dwarf trees are ideal for balcony gardens
- deciduous trees
- fruit trees
- conifers
- Tips
Dwarf trees are ideal for the balcony
The most beautiful trees for balcony and terrace
Once in his life, every person should plant a tree, says an old phrase. But not everyone has a large garden in which this project could be put into action. In a sufficiently large bucket and with proper care, such a tree can also be cultivated on the balcony. Of course, no 20-meter-high maple fits in there, but one of the numerous dwarf breeds finds a place almost everywhere.
Dwarf trees are ideal for balcony gardens
Almost every species of tree has its own dwarf breeds, which grow to a maximum of two meters high and usually grow shrubby. However, in the nurseries and garden centers are often high or Halbhochstämmchen available that can be wonderfully kept as a mini-tree in the pot.
deciduous trees
Many of the great representatives of forest and parks are also available in miniature. Whether maple, beech, oak, ash or chestnut: If the plant description is a "dwarf" before the denomination, it is a miniature breeding. Especially nice for the bucket are, for example:
Keep in mind that the actual size of a tree depends very much on the local growth conditions, location and soil conditions.
fruit trees
Fruit trees belong to the deciduous trees, but take due to the use of their fruits a special position. Since there is now a large selection of columnar and dwarf fruit varieties, you do not have to do without apples, pears, cherries and plums from your own harvest on the balcony. Especially column fruit - Caution: Not everywhere, where "pillar" is on it, it is real pillared fruit! - is ideal because of the narrow growth. Very suitable are for example:
Although these fruit trees are rather small, the fruits still reach normal dimensions. As a rule, it is sufficient to plant these trees in a pot with a volume of ten liters.
conifers
Many conifer species are also available in a pleasing dwarf form. Nice for the bucket, for example:
Tips
Also Bonsai are great for balcony and terrace. However, these are not dwarf trees, but normal trees - which are kept small only by special cutting and care techniques.