Trees

Leylandii are not particularly good for fires but if the wood is free then you can't complain. They don't give off a lot of heat for their size. Also, it's best not to have them on an open fire as they spit - even if seasoned. They do have a nice smell. They're also a wood that can be a bit...

I grew a few years ago from seed gathered in my local park. I only kept one, and it was in a pot for many years, stunted, eventually I planted it out on my allotment, me being crazy, it has had the top taken out of it a couple of times, but it just forms a new leader and heads for the sky...

Hello MAJ I am a great believer in mulching. I am currently mulching my own garden and apply it thickly and generously and this is what I would do in your case. A fertiliser would not hurt....if you decide to do this I would use fish blood and bone and topped with a thick mulch. You could...

Thanks Redwing!It's not really clay-clay. It's actually quite good soil. The picture below is off it after it had been squished onto the pavement after a week of rain.

@pete cheers I'll have a read when I've a few minutes ...

If they touch at any point then they are a hedge. It's being pedantic but the law copes with that.

I understand Martin-f has gone as well.

Hi,I'm looking to purchase some pleaced portuguese laurel trees to provide some screening in the front garden. We walk down steps from our drive into the front garden and the wall height is slightly above 1 meter and the wall length is 6m.I've found a pleached portguese laurel tree with a...

I would just clear the site and start again.I had 2 cherry trees,needed pruned,left one to recover for 10 years and it just turned into an ugly big tree. Plenty cherry blossom but ugly when the leaves dropped. One met the chainsaw last year. So much light in the garden again and that part of...

Friends. I am so delighted when I read Q&A's relating to trees. Naturally gardening forums are a meeting place for those who simply love plants and flowers. Ooops! sorry veggie growers, but I am sure we are all on track here. What would we do without our spuds, greens and salad crops. Oh...

Hi @Amy Willshire the old way of building ponds (large ones) was with puddled clay. But they need skill and scale. And an alder sucking out the moisture would cause the clay to crack and thus ruin such a pond. I think Christopher Lloyd mentioned that his horse pond (originally for providing...

Hi @pete I hope your doing ok ...my cordylines are coming on smashing since you gave me great advice mate

magic! lots to think about, thanks to all -- tending towards a sunburst fan but have to sleep on it...thanks again to everyone, its so good to get lots of opinions. cheers, karaman

Thank you Woo. xx I am 'contemplating painting again, perhaps in the New Year as I am busy with crochet at the moment. Maybe I will attempt that spectacular tree.

hi allWe have an apple tree about 8-9 years old. It is at the corner of the garden surrounded by other plants like connifers, box trees and ferns. It was ok when it was a young tree thin and short, but now it has grown to about 15 ft from ground. It is growing fast, and look a bit crowded in...

Paul, how about two stakes - one either side and attach some wire trellis (wouldn`t cost too much) between for your solanum to grow on to - even if the wire trellis was in front of the plant, it would give it some support

thankyou

Yeah, they get everywhere these days. Be glad when we get brexit sorted, that'le stop em.

Really good to know, Pete. I have been spraying them daily. The temp at my windowsill is 10degrees. The room was 14 degrees this morning. I'll spray them several times a day from now on. Thanks

Surely it could be winched back up and then supported in position