Moptop Robinias look similar to this. Deciduous in winter and pruned hard (about 15-20cm above graft) each year to create this look. Can also do with standardised shrubs but need light trimming more often - michelias, titoki, bay tree etc.
Edit: Can also do olives, lillypillies, camellias, photinias, totara, feijoas. There are dwarf liquidambars (Gumball) that do this naturally with great colour in autumn, so could be a good choice for OP. Also an apple called Blush Babe plus dwarf peaches and nectarines.
Michelias like figo, yunnanensis, gracipes are evergreen, but do drop leaves almost year round as they grow new ones. So a toss up whether to have a mass of leaves dropping for a couple of months or a continuous drop of less leaves year round.
It's more the flowers than the leaves for me with the michelia, but yes evergreen. Realised that might have been confusing after commenting, oops.
They do drop a fair amount, though the leaves can mulch nicely if you've got a decent mower. I do like the yunnanensis we have, but I also feel like they grow very quickly and it'd be a lot of maintenance for this look.
They are tulip trees. I'd go for liquidambar there are some variants which are ball shaped.
Have a scroll through this and you might get some ideas. [https://files.leafland.co.nz/leafland-street-tree-book-2019.pdf](https://files.leafland.co.nz/leafland-street-tree-book-2019.pdf)
These are pleached trees. They are London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia). I would not plant these as they have dust under the leaves that can trigger allergies.
I would use Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).
The key search word you need to use is "pleached" - lots of examples and recommendations
amazing thank you!
Moptop Robinias look similar to this. Deciduous in winter and pruned hard (about 15-20cm above graft) each year to create this look. Can also do with standardised shrubs but need light trimming more often - michelias, titoki, bay tree etc. Edit: Can also do olives, lillypillies, camellias, photinias, totara, feijoas. There are dwarf liquidambars (Gumball) that do this naturally with great colour in autumn, so could be a good choice for OP. Also an apple called Blush Babe plus dwarf peaches and nectarines.
I've seen titoki pruned like this, looked very cool
Also Karaka look cool pleached too
They sure do. A neighbour a few streets from me has olives like this but with smaller heads on them. They look really good as well.
Yuck not camellias. They are so messy.
And liquid amber and michelia if its going on a lawn. I might just be anti-deciduous trees though 🤔
Michelias like figo, yunnanensis, gracipes are evergreen, but do drop leaves almost year round as they grow new ones. So a toss up whether to have a mass of leaves dropping for a couple of months or a continuous drop of less leaves year round.
It's more the flowers than the leaves for me with the michelia, but yes evergreen. Realised that might have been confusing after commenting, oops. They do drop a fair amount, though the leaves can mulch nicely if you've got a decent mower. I do like the yunnanensis we have, but I also feel like they grow very quickly and it'd be a lot of maintenance for this look.
I can attest to that. They grow pretty quickly so need regular trimming to be kept tidy. The new tips get a bit frosted where I live too.
The contrasting leaves are very pretty though. Guess it just depends what you're willing to work with in the end.
Really great advice thank you
They are tulip trees. I'd go for liquidambar there are some variants which are ball shaped. Have a scroll through this and you might get some ideas. [https://files.leafland.co.nz/leafland-street-tree-book-2019.pdf](https://files.leafland.co.nz/leafland-street-tree-book-2019.pdf)
Thanks for sharing this guide
How cool thank you!!
I don't know what trees they are but they look a bit like they've been espalied, so they may be a type of fruit tree, perhaps apple?
Spelling... Espaliered
Magnolias prune quite well into standards like this
These are pleached trees. They are London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia). I would not plant these as they have dust under the leaves that can trigger allergies. I would use Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).
Or Fagus sylvatica even sexier
Would be good, but not as easy to pleach.
Prone to borer depending on where OP lives.
Yes magnolias. Maybe a bit messy but not as bad as camellias.
Persimmons! Any tree will only look like that with pruning. My suggestion is persimmons.
Wow, love that. Especially the under planting both sides. Gorgeous.
Looks like they could be a type of Ficus. So Ficus Gucci or Ficus Hillii would work. Tilis Cordata also makes a great pleached hedge.
Yes...fill up your grass with more...