Trees

It is a bit too early to expect those berries to turn red, it is only just into August

We've an 11 year old potted olive grown from a cutting we took in Greece. I've repotted it twice and never noticed a tap root. Had lots of blossom this year and loads of olives. I've been thinning them in the hope of getting enough decent sized ones to preserve.

Ive pruned a silver birch and its been fine. 40 year old tree,healthy,topped and thinned. The next spring it produced masses of new growth near to the trunk on all branches. This new growth subsequently fell off leaving a more airy tree in good health. I would prune in late autumn as the sap is...

From looking at the photo it does not look like fireblight but more of a stress fracture that a pathogen may have entered.do the leaves appear scorched? Apple trees do get to a certain age and start dropping branches unless they are pruned to reduce end weight expecially with heavy crops so i...

Might be worth checking that Hebe for scale insects as I've known an infestation of them cause dieback.

Hello @Nosivad I do as clare as recommended as there's many members who can help and I suggest this section.Other Plants

Pot looks fine infact better than the ones mine are stuck in. As said above, a good feed maybe.Mine are in too small pots in knackered clay soil and looked dreadful. Plunge watered/fed and now lush and full if flowers. Been nipping the growing tips too.

Yep I know what those are and they were disposed of. Just the other strange little clusters I'm curious about. I'll google fungus and lichen as I hadn't thought of those.

That certainly looks like one of the Abies family @SteveQ , and we might get a better idea when it produces some cones. Maybe then you could post another photo?

The tree in question is without doubt good ol Euonymus japonicus It won't get much bigger and is easily maintained with judicious pruning.

Thanks again for all your help. Tree has been cut down and am awaiting better half's instructions

Assuming it's an Acer! Bought in poor condition at a garden center a few years back. Want to understand what type of Acer it is so that I can care for correctly

Your welcome mate and it's just a shame how you was looking forward to seeing the achievement of the fruit and it being destroyed before it's matured properly... crossed mate for next year

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Aha that explains a lot then, many of the Polish have a natural affinity with nature and just seem to know what is right when it comes to gardening. My father and his brothers were of Lithuanian parents and all of them were green fingered not so much for flowers but for veg, they all seemed to...

I suspect that the recommendation came about as Nasturtiums attract blackfly so the thinking goes that they'll lure nasties away from the trees. I'm with NigelJ and Verdun, though..a potted tree needs plenty of water and nutrients, which the Nasturtiums will be using up.

Nattie75, you can't move that conifer; far, far too big. If you cut it back it won't grow back.I would take it out or cut it down to leave a 6' to 9' bare trunk and use it to plant a clematis montanna on it.

Hi Terri...the crimson sentry what you have still comes under crimson king when I was looking on the net...some times they're in the same genetic family

Hi KFF...this isn't mentioned though when reading about the plant only about leaf changes in colour... for mentioning that another piece of information learnt never having one myself