Trees

Great advice. I've tief it against a concrete fence post until I can fabricate some sort of truss for it.And I think you are probably right now I think about it - it's growing to the light. Not a lot I can do about that, sadly. Guess I'll have to make the most of it!Thank you!

Looks like Pear Root Galls to me

I tend to agree with perki - we've had so much rain and the pot isn't on pot feet to help drainage, so it could be the roots have been sitting in a cold bath for months and they've rotted.

Wow, looks really healthy! Id say that was pretty robust resistance, if all you had to do was remove bad leaves. Thanks for all the information! Glad you had success with it, those peaches look delicious.

I've got fingers crossed that the Acer is going to survive. It is showing some signs of life but well behind the others.

Sounds pretty, but have lots of Yellow already.

Thanks again. This is how the tree looks now.

I would give the whole tree a good prune, prop it up using X and or Y props, like the old fashioned clothes line props, then bandage the wounded area firmly using wide waterproof tape, I have used electrical tape but gaffer tape would do, and leave alone for at least 4/5 years. Arbutus tend to...

I just left my apple tree alone. I didn't think it a problem. It was just the head gardener who was concerned it would topple over.

I've already fast forwarded 5 years.. the birds love their mini woodland!!

The pictures come from my garden (May, 2022), but I have a question about this one. End of November last year we were covered heavily by snow, the trees had not yet shed their foliage and lots of ours were brutally damaged. My styrax had invariably been a tireless and profuse bloomer, quite...

I hope they had drainage holes in the bottom!

Ah - the builders' waste It's always difficult isn't it? I've had to tackle a few gardens like that, and there's no real short cut. It depends on so many things as to how you approach it too. Budgets can easily get out of hand I'm sure if you put a couple of photos on, others will offer ideas...

Oh no! But they were doing okay before they were stood on, yes? Though I suppose they weren't very big anyway so maybe easier to grow at that stage.

Do be a bit wary of standing a citrus tree in or on anything that impedes good drainage. The quickest way to kill off citrus is to leave the pot in standing water If it's possible to put the tree outside somewhere sheltered, cooler temperatures and natural humidity will help to control pests too.

There is an old stump, 10ft high, of cedar of Lebanon in my local cemetery that has a Lawsons cypress growing out of it.

Hi,Lots of online guides for pruning young appples tree better than we could describe -eg -Apple and pears: pruning newly planted trees / RHS GardeningAlso check if you need to stake the tree as some young cordons we tried split their trunk in summer due to the weight of fruit during a...

That is good news! It's much easier to tackle them before an infestation takes hold, which it can easily do in the warm . Bonnes fêtes!

Many years ago, when I lived in Torbay, I came home from work, one day, to be presented with a new 'house' plant my wife had bought. It had no label, but my immediate reaction was "Nope. That isn't a house plant. It's a tree". Maybe I was a bit brusque, because her hackles went up and was...

Hi,I used to wonder where all the blackbirds disappeared to then suddenly weeks later they were here again;The blackbirds turned up again about three days ago and are very welcome as are the other birds like Magpies; robins; tits and sparrows etc; Pigeons I treat as enemies because of the...