Trees

Look a bit like a Lawsons cypress. They do tend to droop with age.Not quite sure what you are saying about the neighbours.

I’ll let you all know in about a week. It should have made its mind up by then as to what it wants to do by then

If you have a rootstock growing well in a pot then you could try approach grafting. This method will give you a better chance of success when doing summer grafts.In approach grafting, the scion stays connected to the parent tree by a thin sliver of cambium which just about keeps the scion...

Thank you all for your good advice. Good to know the tree is not dying. I’ll remove the scale insect and give the tree a good watering. Thanks once again.

I've always thought that, like the ash, it was because the willow was a nasty old so and so.

That's a shame. They're nice and I don't want to lose mine. Lots of water and crossed fingers I guess...

I’m trying to decide if I have room for one too .

I'd leave it personally. The problem is that it's a decent sized tree and not a massive pot which means you don't know how much the escaped root is contributing to keeping it going. If the roots have gone through the pot then it is probably quite pot bound and it can be hard to keep enough water...

I've had some success with a combination of: -a sticky barrier on the trunk to prevent the ants from farming the aphids -painstakingly uncurling the leaves and using a handheld pumpsprayer filled with water to jet the aphids off...if it is aphids?

Thanks you to everyone who responded. Your advice to a beginner like myself is invaluable - cheers

In a garden centre a few days ago and large pots of Phyllostachys Aurea were priced at over £100. I completely removed a clump covering an area about 8 feet by 3 feet a few years ago. It could have been worth a fortune.

Thanks, unfortunately you would have to be Charles Atlas to pull these sucker off. They are substantial. I am going to give weed killing some an go and see what happens. Funny how 2 of the 3 Sorbus have them and the other not one. Wish all 3 were suckerless!

Doubt it, unless you did it every other year. It will want to grow, so unless you are determined it will get ahead of you.I grow a few large trees that I cut back every other year quite drastically, but not Cherry, so not sure how that responds to cutback.

That's a big old one. Nice size stem.Not sure if you actually prune for fruiting, so cant help, they are mostly ornamental in the UK.I do remember someone remarking about having to go through a fairly lengthy process with the fruit to make them edible but I'm not well up on the subject.

We have 2 so named Victoria plums. One of them most definitely is not. However we have had a great harvest for some years from it. This year the flowers were all over the tree and then.......the pigeons started on taking the new growth followed by the tree now looking very dead (not blaming the...

I’m about to try air-layering and cuttings on another acer, as it’s in an area to be bulldozed for the renovation work.

Thank you for the advice

As an aside, assuming it was raised by a Dutch nursery, 'Mokum' is likely the common nickname (of yiddish origin; mokum/maqom meaning place) used for 'Amsterdam'.

If no growth showing and we are into May yes cut it out

Thank you for your advice everyone. I wouldn’t have thought to remove any fruit this year. We will follow the advice given and hope for the best