Does anyone know anything about gardening?

I know what I’d do with that tree…

I know exactly what you mean, and we'd planned to remove it when we did the patio - not least to give us another 75-100cm for bench seating on the left. However, we thought about it and realised a few things;

1. it's a nice looking established tree that hasn't grown
   
2. It frames the view down the garden on the left - without it, you'd go straight to beds
   
3. It helps to give some shade
   
4. we have lights in it at xmas
   
5. Our predecessors planted it right on the boarder - I wouldn't do that, so then the replacement moves further out
   
6. Removing to the point that you can plant a replacement is a lot of work.
   
   

Replacing it is tricky....

... what do you replace it with?

• The area gets waterlogged in winter, so it has to be evergreen.
  
• It has to be drought resistant because climate change.
  
• It can't have too wide a canopy otherwise it shades out the beds.
  
• It can't drop too much shit, because our hibiscus already does that.
  

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