Trees

Hello,I was given a bonzai tree for christmas which is doing very nicely on my kitchen windowsil. The problem is that I am going away for a week soon and don't have anyone to water it for me whilst I am away :( . Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get round this problem - I heard a...

Thanks, Liz. I understand the idea of a bowl shape, but by how much do you think a mature limb may be reduced? I'll try to upload a photo of it tomorrow.D

i will be digging out of ground, and straight into a prepared planting hole, just stripped my 10 x 8 greenhouse and moved it and put it up in the new house next door, garden looks a lot better already

acer griseum,paper bark maple adds colour all year round quite cheap as well, won't grow too tall, and will still let light onto the ground underneath

Hi, If you are moving soon you don't have much option but to try now. This BBC site gives good instructions; according to that it is a bit late, but worth a try!http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/propagation_takeconifercuttings.shtml Good Luck!

The golden variety of philadelphus is beautiful in the spring with its acid yellow leaves - and takes heavy pruning after flowering.

I have just seen The Lady Gardiners post. Whilst it is tempting to have a go, I suspect that it may not be very effective. If they are insensitive people they are likely to just replace any dead trees, without giving it much consideration.Perhaps better to get to know them and drop the odd...

Thank you all, I think we might go for Erica there is quite a diverse range of colours and heights umm think thats the one.

All good advice.Autumn would have been better but 5ft isn't too big to attempt. Take out as big a rootball as you can possibly manage. If it's been free growing for a while you will be hard pressed to get a container big enough for the root spread so you will probably be better doing as The...

Go for it! You have nothing to loose.Yew root fairly readily although it's probably not the best time of year, late autumn is ususally recommended.Cuttings should be healthy tips, 6-8cm long. Strip the lower leaves and plant in free draining compost. Keep in a green house or use a propagator...

Good post. I've been suffering with pear problems like madrat, I will try the non chemical approach and better husbandry.

hi all, and many thanks for your answers. i will follow the links tmrw and see what i can find out. please be prepared for more questions tho, as im a total novice at gardening! as for parrot photos, i have thousands. you just have to give me an age you would like to see them at, from a couple...

A garden I work in has a large old native yew and it always has a lot of small seedlings underneath and round about where birds have eaten the berries so if you have access to a tree it might be worth a look. Most old churchyards have one but ask the Vicar first It's a very slow grower....

Take semi ripe (softwood cuttings) in summer or hardwood cuttings in autumn. Follow your usual methods or just cut a small bundle of pencil thin branches, lop to 12", trim square top, 45�° chamfer bottom with a razor sharp knife and heel in a sheltered spot in autumn with the top two buds...

Try looking at a conifer called Juniperus virginiana Skyrocket. Google it and you will find dozens of places selling it.

Hi everyone,Thanks for all you help.Pete - thanks for adding my photos on, I am not cut out for these chat room websites, I can build you an ecommerce website but I can't navigate this one!I am having building work done and the money tree has been dumped in a room, along with paint, wood...

Hi Samantha & Welcome, The easiest thibg to do is go to the Members Gallery & click on the thread "How to Post Pictures into your Messages".. That should help.. If not give us all a holler.... :D

thanks vm"Bio Boltac GreaseBands These Bio Boltac Grease-bands offer an organic method of deterring pests, especially winter moth caterpillars from your fruit trees. The biggest threat to fruit trees is the flightless female winter moth, which emerges from the soil in autumn, making her way...

We have our old bath standing on leylandii stumps. Everything in it is looking rather dead at present but it provides all the culinary herbs I need later in the year.

I have 2 apples and a pear in a similar place but these are the dwarf patio type (I have them bedded out) that forms spurs off the single main stem, this is the second year so hoping they might fruit this yearI had a pear espalier at my previous house which fruited very well, the only trouble...