Trees

Amelanchier are small trees with white spring flowers and edible berries, good autumn colour too.

Ok I am now the proud owner of a Magnolia soulangeana.It's a couple of feet tall at the moment & was planted in the garden this weekend.I want this to grow into a tree, min 10ft now how do I coax it into doing this? Do I prune side shoots? do I feed & what with?thanks

Thanks for that Compostee. It will be a very exposed site so I think I'll go for the Juniperus bearing all your advice in mind.

I would certainly lop it when it gets to the height you want. Certainly before it gets too high to reach! If you're worried about it's sparcity, give it a healthy lopping now, and let it fill out again.I bought my eucalyptus with a voucher I received from the nursery school I painted...

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Thanks for the advice, I shall give it a go. I'll keep an eye on it though Pal I don't want to find it caking on or in the soil.

Cratagus Pauls Scarlet is my favourite, Beautiful pink and white flowers in May and berries through the winter. It loves a good prune so can easily be kept in check if it grows too much.

Thanks Fran I will look out for that one.

Netty, it's also glorius in Derbyshire. Possibly we will be visiting Wales in early september, so can I order the sunshine for then lolAfter Easter we're looking out for a Red Robin and Pruna Incisa, me thinks it's time to get the gardening books out :D

I have a Magnolia Soulangeana and a Magnolia Stellata which i have grown in large pots of ericaceous compost for about 5 years. Both plants are currently in flower although Stellata always flowers more profusely. I've noticed that a lot of gardens in my neighbourhood have large Magnolias growing...

I have a Eucalyptus(Rubra) in a pot around six feet high as well Jay. I cut nearly every branch back by 1 foot or so but I could have been more ruthless. As I took the top out last summer it branched freely so this year it will branch even more. They will grow quite a bit between now and the...

Found this tree recently,

The saying and reason is as follows It is said that the walnut tree thrives best if the nuts are beaten off with sticks, and not gathered. Hence Fuller says, ââ?¬Å?Who, like a nut tree, must be manured by beating, or else would not bear fruitââ?¬Â (bk. ii. ch. 11). The saying is well known...

I don't know the technical details about pruning silver birch but I do have experience of branch removal on them.In the hurricane of 1987 we lost some trees. We had two 60ft silver birch and one of them was blown down. As it fell it removed branches from the other one. One of the branches...

I planted a 'Stellata' in my friend's small front garden last year and it's just coming into bloom now. It's about 3ft high at the moment.If I remember right they can grow to 10 -15 ft. but are easily controlled with pruning.

Thanks Walnut, its an interesting idea, must admit I'd never heard of it before now.A couple of points, first one is that although he said in the video that it works at night and in cloudy weather, why did the Germans build it in Spain, presumably the more sunshine available the better it...

Hi Tweezers, Blue Arrow is actually bred from Skyrocket but is much tighter in habit. Height-wise you are looking at about 3 metres in 10m years with an eventual height of abiut 10 metres. David.

Hi candgchambers and a warm welcome to GC from a Taffy in Germany. I love your signature, it is one of the few things in know in Welsh. And yes, definitely Cymru am Byth!!!

February is not long, and at that time the ground was very wet. Sounds like the roots have not settled enough yet to support pressure on the new growth. I presume when you planted it, that you teased out the roots.Should be fine, but let us know if the situation changes.

This is interesting as I have one in a pot . It's wintered outdoor last year but it wasn't much of a cold winter. Suppose if it does get a bit siberian as mentioned above, I could fleece mine. John