Trees

@Rachel Knowles May I repeat my advice of 22/2/24,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Last update (I hope): The tree is recovering. There have been no more appearances of white blobs on the leaves. Some leaves which had turned to their autumn colours are changing back to summer green. The whole thing has been a mystery. I can only assume that either the aggressive pruning or anti...

Hello @fairygirlThanks for the Reply.I will do as you have advised and see how it goes.Thanks for your Help.Kevin

The sickly ones are alive but their growth is incredibly stunted. To top off a tough life for them, last year they were hit hard by an infestation of caterpillars that cocooned in their leaves and ate them (my first experience with this, and something I'm much more on top of observing this...

I have 3 Sorbus Sargentiana that I planted about 15 years ago. They were the biggest bare rooted I could find to buy so are now quite substantial. While answering another question about a tree ( think it was the same species and variety) on GC,I took a closer look at my trees. Really odd, they...

Yes, leaves seem healthy enough for now ! I’ll give the damp cloth a go, thanks

Apple trees are naturally big. The only thing that makes them small is if they are grafted onto a rootstock of a smaller member of the apple family. Grafting is a skill which some people have and some don’t. I have tried, over the course of my lifetime, to graft apples and have failed...

There was an article a few years ago about mature Monkey Puzzles in Wales, in a magazine, all planted around the same time. Monkey Puzzle Tree - National Botanic Garden of Wales Also

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!