Trees

Hi LauryIm not a tree expert and it might be worth getting some expert advice if you can. It sounds like you need the space for your carpark so all that is left is to minimise the damage. If you really need to spray use a contact herbicide like paraquat not a systemic like glyphosate as it...

Hi Gail Amelanchier is beautiful and also you will have the thrush doing acrobatics for the berries after blossom. But do look at the Prunus Serrula with it's magnificent bark, a polished mahogany copper that peels. It is truly a special Hope this helps Ray

sounds like possibly wooly aphids to meis this similar to the prob.... http://www.crocus.co.uk/pestscards/woollyaphids/

I agree Steve, they can look pretty rough after winter especially when young, and some are hardier than others. But if its survived it will probably get going again, but it could be slow starting. Trouble is they dont acually go dormant like most plants, try to grow 12 months of the year, which...

thanks very much for your help ... I suspected it was bad news! I will do a search as you suggest.

Hi Pete - Thanks for that - any effort saved is a good thing as far as I'm concerned!Fruitlets! I knew there had to be a name for them...

It is in quite an exposed position which could be the problem and its not had any blossom buds either. It seems healthy otherwise. Its maybe just in the wrong place! many thanks

Did it possibly make some late growth last year, (due to the fact it was planted late in the season), which didn't ripen and consequently has died and now looks a bit frayed around the edges. If so it'ill probably grow out of it.

thank you pete,i will look out for the flowers and let you know.im new to computers so it took me a while to get the photo attached.the seed pods were inflated when we moved here,thats how it got the name t-bag tree.

Most of the Rhus family are shallow rooted & send out suckers. If you're going to put it 6' from the house then you will need to keep it in check. You can cut the whole thing back in Feb/March ,cutting the stems 1' from the ground. It'll stay quite small & compact & you'll get loads of new...

Thanks for the advice.Feline

Thanks for replying - I am new to this site- I think that I will try your ideas - I have bought a nice Acer and a Lavender tree so I could space those out and put some trelis with clematis in the areas that are not covered.Thanks for your advice.

:D Hi, SBK is a weed killer that's very strong. My son in law is a tree surgeon & he uses it for stumps. You can buy it at any good garden centre :D

Hi here are some suggestions, check out their ultimate height spread etc on the RHS website or in a good tree guide (Roger Phillips, Collins etc.) If close to the house bear in mind the roots will spread out at least as wide as the canopy & avoid willows near houses. (Alnus (alders), Salix...

Lisamj I was quite interested to find out about olive trees myself. I have spoken to Bridgemere garden centre who sell them as a pottet plant. You need a very dry frost free area.Maybe in a pot even in a greenhouse or conservatory. If you have a sheltered spot by the south coast you have more...

A BAY tree...when I left Cambrige last year I left a Bay tree the height of the house..and I had grown it from a cutting! 30 years ago mind.

little wood anemones would be lovely and should do well there. A wee creeping plant called Pratia would cover the ground too.

Thats an interesting site Steve, Perhaps Nathan could fix it so that, that link stays somewhere prominent, for easy acsess at any time. Any chance Nathan?

Maybe your neighbours fed them a little "something extra"!! Remove all of the branches,fix wire supports and plant climbers. I did just that and have a beautiful, mixed variety,flowering hedge for most of the year. During the winter the evergreen Honeysuckles provide the cover.

Hi ArnieAs a cordon is usually a single stem you might be better with an espalier methodI had good success with a single variety as a fan shaped treehave a look herehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/pruning_pruneappletrees.shtml