Trees

It well could be shock if the pruning was severe. It well could be that the piece you removed was the piece which had the fruiting spurs on it. It wcould be (as with ours rather too often)that you had a forst or a cold drying wind when the blossom was out, or even drought maybe. So far this year...

I would expect a tree that size to droop at this time of the year when planted. Most things check on planting when they shooting. Though there is always a danger of how it was dealt with before you bought it. Did the container look fresh, or as if it had been in there for some time?I hope you...

Willow does tend to pretty tough - so I would give it a go - they should adapt to container growing as long as watered and fed. Its either that or destruction if your concerned about their closeness to structures - though it would be preferrable to leave any move til the autumn - but if it can't...

Thanks both. I was wondering wether to prune some of the leggy shoots now to give it more time to produce more productive shoots next year. 3 of the 6 trees fruit well, the tree man was reluctant to remove any as we don't know if the nonfruiting ones were pollinating the fruiting ones. Sadly...

Thank you "frogesque" I will look tomorrow (hopefully a dry day) & let you know. I also noticed another flowering cherry about 100 yds away the same as mine. One perfect & the other dying.

To that excellent suggestion - I would add, variaged holly - like silver king.

Oops wrong game [ 01. May 2006, 08:30 PM: Message edited by: roders ]

or gaffa tape??!!!

I would take it back a bit after fruiting. I pruned mine hard last year but it should fill out this year. Looks like you are in for a good crop. Mine sets well but drops quite a lot of fruit sort of self thinning, but I usually have loads.

I believe there are varieties that grow to different hights some dwarf only 3 ft.

well bits of it sometimes are - ready to go in the pot

The Tayside climate might just look after the scale. Time or chain saw will tell

I'm no fruit expert, Sawfish - but I'd be reluctant to prune any tree or bush until it had been longer in the ground - although with bush roses they do advise heavy pruning back to establish a good root growth. So, I'm not sure. Hang on for someone like Rossco to come along - or PM him!!

Sorry Debz, if you cut off the whole of the top because it was dead, the chances are that it is or is now. One way to see is to scrape some of the bark away at the base, and see what colour it is underneath. If its green there is some life still there - but whether it will regrow????.

Whatever you do, don't just trim them regardless, as if they're conifers, unless yews, you could end up with brown dead trees!! :eek: Photos would be really useful - if you follow the instructions on putting pics into your posts, you'll manage!! Good luck!

A good place to contact is Pantiles at Lyne nr. Chertsey Tel. 01932 874030. They do all sorts of mature trees although they can be very expensive. I once lived next door to a guy who wanted his privacy so badly the he planted 10 such trees of which only 2 survived.Small trees can grow very...

If your looking for a small tree with no root problems, you probably need to think about growing your tree in a container.Consider amelanciar, crab apple - the small purple leaved one, magnolia stellata, garyia - there are many.

thanks X

cheers guy.Ill leave it well alone

I love lavateras ..i let mine grow wild till the wind damages them...my other half hates them as they drop buds..i went out once and when i got back he had chopped one down i could hardly bring myself to speak to him..we have one that drops buds on the drive it really winds him up..he keeps...