Trees

Thanks everyone

Thanks for the advice , im going to give it a try ! Hopefully i dont fail again lol

It wasn't the biggest tree but anyway...l'll keep watering it next year. Thanks again.

Thanks, Pete (and those who agreed with your comment). I feel a bit more confident now in giving it thorough cutting back, probably going back four or five inches in parts. I'll do it in stages over two or three Springs, doing one side first Spring, etc. It would have been a lot easier if it...

@Dougyb83 You have nothing to lose by trying cuttings in the garden; I doubt if they know their not supposed to grow easily from cuttings. As for the seed I don't know: I think for a first go I'd stick them in a pot outside and see what happens. Mix plenty of grit into the soil in the pot and...

Thanks for the picture. I think they will remain light in colour but there is a chance they might darken slightly with maturity and trimming but won't be as dark as the others.

Give yhe plants a good hosing down

My poor acer is still struggling to recover after the drought last year. I had to cut almost half of it out in spring as that much was just dead.This year it has tried to grow a good 10" all over, and did produce good leaves initially, but they all crisped and died in the end (black crisping....

Opps ..sorry. I mistyped I think when I was in a panic. The tree is 3 stories high and actually our building insurance says we can't have trees of a certain height so close to the building so we then made a decision to prune back the tree and we will keep an eye on it on a yearly basis.

Well said @HarmonyArb I was thinking a similar way, especially about the warning about branches. All trees drop branches but are rarely any problem.My tallest birch is over 50ft high and occasionally drops a dead branch but these always seem to be smaller, lighter ones of little...

@Redwing perhaps you should read a little more thoroughly. Ridgiemum quoted her introduction not this thread.Here's the link....i have no idea what I'm doing!!

Prob as good as anything I could suggest VoobwmI suggest though enriching the soil before replanting I am as angry as you are about the scumbag arsonist......hope he/she was caught.Once caught the guy who regularly snapped off pieces of plants on the front boundary....to cut a long story...

Yes, time to summer prune soon ....ideal time for down here but I suggest where you are to delay until middle of August eddy baby I would take a little off the growing tip, main stem tooOn the other branches cut side shoots on each of them to about 3 buds. You want to do it as the wood...

No worries @Mike Allen - I just wish I had more 'heft'! And once the suckers start, as @shiney says, they seem to become very strong. I assume it's for cheapness that they are grafted on standard hazel? Same as with named wisteria and roses...

Yes, that’s rust Degsy Pick off all affected leaves and bag them....burn them if you can. I would also scrape away the very top of the soil and apply a thick mulch

hallo all, yes luckily have a warm south-facing wall to create a cordon against and yes i will try to propagate it - i take it i just stick a twig in the ground in autumn and see what has/has not happened when i return in spring. cheers, karaman

Hello again, Well I'm well into trying to tame this garden, but still a few issues. One of the main ones is the huge conifer hedge. It's over 7 ft tall 18ft long and 5ft deep. I would like to make my life easier. Can I just cut it back several inches from the top? I don't want it to die back...

Can't really help without a photo, but my initial thoughts are to remove it from the pot and plant it out if possible. And by saying ' but does get watered now and then' that suggests a bit more would be a good place to start.

Freddy! behave. you must remember to take your pills .

I planted a small one around 5 years ago. It’s huge now. Going to be a very big tree.It seems to love the sun.