Hello

We need to replace our badly blown robinia tree (the only tree in our
garden), and I'm looking at different options. The replacement tree
will be about 12 feet from the house and needs to be hardy and survive
some strong winds with added wind tunnel effect! I was wondering about
the possibility of an evergreen to provide obscuring of neighbouring
houses, but it needs to have a trunk which allows me access around it,
ie not too thick and spreading around the bottom, as it's in a small
sectioned-off part of the garden. The three possibilities I've thought
of so far a

scots pine - has a trunk, is evergreen, but gets very big, is it too big
for a smallish garden and are the roots bad news?

mountain ash - considering edulis, which apparently produces edible
berries - is it a nice 'feature' tree?

aspen - don't know very much about this tree except it's native and
grows very fast, would it be a bad choice for a small garden?

Comments good/bad on the above are welcome, as are any other suggestions
for a windy back garden!

Thanks - Lynda