Planting suggestions please

[sloth]

A client is looking to obscure the view of an electricity pylon from his window. It's around 10m tall and 15-20m from the house. Ideally he wants tall (but not much taller than the pylon) and thin, so as not to obscure the great views beyond it. Not necessarily evergreen, and something which needs no future maintenance! Oh, and it must grow quick to cover it, but then stop around the right height! Any ideas

[Stubby]

Plant some ivy at the foot of the pylon .........

[Bren.]

Robinia?

[Stubby]

or fastigiate black pop ?

Edited July 30, 2013 by Stubby
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[nepia]

Fraxinus, e.g. ornus

[Callum]

Hi

 

Tree selection will depend on soils/site conditions etc as well as desired size and shape.

 

See if you can get a hold of Barcham's 'Time for Trees' loads of suggestions in there.

[sloth]

Some nice suggestions, I did wonder about lombardy pop, but he seems to have a dim view of them. Ash I like the idea of, being a rural area I feel native would fit in better. As long as the straight lines are broken up I don't think it needs to be completely covered. Looking in time for trees and hilliers is on the list, but I thought I'd probe the collective arbtalk brain beforehand

[Bren.]

Ash, really?

Not sure I'd be planting them at the moment.

What about a nice Field Maple?

[treeplanter]

carpinus betulus fastigiata

[kentjames]

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Fastigiata' ?