My partner planted our Golden Elm trees 5m apart along our fence line. I feel they are to close as they can grow quite wide. I am wondering if we should leave them or replant? What happens if we leave them.. will they get tangled?
New here to planting trees!
Golden Elm can grow up to 12m wide. Your choice of the distance between the trees depends on the effect you are trying to create. Do you want to see the shape of each tree or are you happy for the branches to merge together. If you want to enjoy the shape of the trees then you could take out every other tree, there will then be 10m between the trees. The disadvantage is that you will have big gaps in between whilst the trees grow.