Questions

I would like to plant a Cherry Blossom Tree in my small front garden as a specimen tree. I favour a white flower with luscious green foliage. What would you recommend? Are they very slow growing - should I consider buying a 15 year-old tree?

I am looking for ideas on what to plant in containers for my decking. The decking area is to the back of the house and is quite large. It gets morning sun so gets quite shady from 3pm onwards. I want to make it appear smaller and more imitiate with the use of containers so I want to plant plants with some height. Have you any suggestions?

We are going to build a raised flower bed at the end of the garden (north west facing garden) sun is on the end in the morning & afternoon. I want to plant trees/shrubs that will grow quickly, tall and bushy to give plenty of coverage as the area is quite overlooked from behind. Thanks

Could you please recomment any shallow-rooted shrubs, ground-cover or medium trees to use to landscape around a BAF sewage treatment system (which is different to a septic tank)? We have a large area to work with and would like to create a decorative spot to camouflage the tank covers and avoid damaging the lawn mower (which has happened twice). We are definitely beginner gardeners and would appreciate any advice. Thank you.

i recently aquired a load of free pyracantha cuttings but dont have any walls to grow them up, would they do okay amongst a gorse hedge as a bit of a filler and bird friendly food? are they drought tollerant? we are on a dry spot and windy at times too.....what would you do with them??got plenty of space 2 acres of garden!

I have an area curbed off i need to fill with shrubs or plants but the ground is very hard and soil poor plants dont tend to progress well. I even find heathers struggle i would like advice on what might grow here i would like something low growing and i will be working on a budget. Thank you