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Thank you all above for your additional detailed responses, again very helpful and gives me a bit more confidence in doing it properly.@Clueless 1 v2 In relation to the backfilling the hole option, do I backfill with some topsoil (I presume topsoil from any sort of shop will do for the sake...

I've never heard of Fig Newtons and had to google it, looks a bit like a fig roll.

They look good Will. It looks as if you've almost filled the bed now.

Thank you all for your advice- very helpful .

I don't think it's anything to worry about either, it's growing new bark and looks quite healthy. In the old days gardeners would sometimes remove a strip of bark halfway round the tree if it was growing too vigorously and that would be much worse than what yours has. This would be in the days...

I think you’re right, have looked at some pictures and it look the same. Thanks

Right. This what I started with. Apart from the grass, pretty well everything else was growing in decaying planters or growbags:Starting to change it:Today, with bed for tree indicated: Edit - Looking SWMixed hedge, 11/2021:05/2022:07/2023:Fof

Two and a half years on . Still work in progress.

Superb advice, thank you. I think I am going to have to save some money up and get a pro in to deal with these, as they are a nightmare waiting to happen. It will be a wee while as I don't imagine that sort of work comes cheap.Whilst I am not a stranger to a chainsaw, I also have to accept...

Hi ChristinaHas any landscaping work been undertaken around the tree within the last two years?

Ha ha… you’ve definitely put me off the crabapple lol. My partner also said… there will be wasps everywhere too

*update* Cercis much happier now!

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Sorry, knocked most of them off. Will keep an eye out and then send.

That's a pity, but seems right from that photo.You could search online for: "buy mature Betula pendula" (places like "ornamentaltrees" may be good value, but you'd have to investigate). Note that the "girth" specified means "circumnference of trunk", so divide that figure by 3 to get an...

I planted a few conkers about 30yrs ago, I only let one have its head, the otherone I kept got the cut back every other year. The one I left is, at a guess, near 40ft, flowers and grows conkers for the last 10yrs at least.They do get a nasty leaf miner problem these days which makes them look...

The potted red one to the right (first picture) which was over 5 years old didn’t make it either. neither did the repotted new shoots from the original cut which it’s self befell the ravages of winter 2022/23 pics here …The good news is new shoots have appeared from the ground a short distance...

No, I don't think so.The garden has been a wilderness for quite some time - I did have an odd-jobbing gardener who turned up about once a year for a major clearance, but doesn't seem able to commit to regular upkeep.To be fair to my neighbour, he has never, ever complained about it, or done...

Thank you very much for your reply.

No fragrance here either.