Trees

Usually in my experience, if the leaves fall naturally, the plant is still alive. If they shrivel and stay attached the wood is dead.

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Got to agree with @Sian in Belgium the support will never take the weight of a wisteria. The archway you show would be much better.

Thanks very much everyone. Much appreciated

You can cut half the roots back now. I'd not like to comment regarding the pruning, sounds a bit drastic to me, but some pruning would be good before the move.

I've always understood that it's a leftover from our original hunter-gatherer lifestyle - always on the lookout for potential enemies or prey.It's known as pareidolia: Pareidolia - Wikipedia

The woods around here are being raided, tis been going on for the last few years, we need wood pellets for the power stations as the wood is tax free and you get sub's to replant a good way of making money funny thing is it's the middle of the wood that gets cleared and they leave a few...

"West Country" is the old name of Japan used by the brave Welsh sailors who were looking for the spice trail but happened to miss a continent or two and landed in Japan. Columbus also had a nice try with his West India.

My local Royal Park, Greenwich. Has an avenue along the outside of the flower gardens. This avenue is home to many very ancient Sweet Chestnut trees. These grand old ladies have sadly become victims of 20/21st century pests and diseases. This beautiful island that is our home, once covered...

Some folks Bramleys may not be ripe, but ours are. We picked about 80 pounds of them today and they just fell off the tree as they should when ready. Worrying thing is that some of the supposedly later ripening ones are ready too. Tried a Queen Cox just and it came away from the tree no problem,...

Oops sorry Pete this will be my first time. Stratify for 60-90 days to start is what they say so I will let you know at a later date

Here is a picture of powdery mildew.

Dan, that`s a very sensible thing to do. It would be interesting to know what your tree surgeon has to say. Large trees like that need to be dealt with by the experts, and they have all the qualifications and experience with chainsaws etc. it can be a dangerous job, and even the best of them...

Sorry @pete - hadn't seen your response. Ummm... well it lived in a cold polytunnel all last winter and didn't even curl a leaf. I'm not going to press my luck too far, so it will go there again this winter. Some euc. blakeyli is also doing well in the tunnel. I grew it thinking that...

Also @luciusmaximus a lot of our smaller garden trees are suffering drought conditions this year after a dry winter and our frazzling summer.. One of the ways they deal with it is to cut off supplies usually to the furthest distant branches first.. Prune as per Pete’s instructions..

An old variety, but for sheer flower power Vossii is the one to go for

Hello Gn0me, uploading pic's always helps the members mate to help you better

Thank you for that reply Tetters. Actually Sorbus grow very well where I live, I have one in my front garden and an Amelanchier already in my back garden. It's information on the form of the various Sorbus I'm after, but thank you.

I bought one and had it for years and kept it in a big pot. When we had a really bad winter a few years ago it died I have often thought about buying another one but they can be expensive.

Given the tricky situation, I'd paint it with SBK as suggested above.