Trees

I think the best time to do it is mid summer so the the wounds dont allow silver leaf disease in which slowly kills the tree. Ive done one this summer with another to do next summer.hard trees to shape.

Yes please thank you All mine have flowered except for " Peach Parfait ".I'm gonna be taking cuttings off mine in the next couple of weeks so if you want me to do you any let me know

Thank you. I will prune it back brill advice

If it were mine, I would hang fire planting anything climber wise, at least until the tree has had a chance to have a second crack at life - trees are apparently amazing things.Earlier this year, I posted here about a weeping willow that I pass a few times each day that had been utterly...

E. leucoxylon (white ironbark) I think.

It does say 'dwarf root stock' on the label so that's good.This link may help with training:

It's leaning badly and seems unstable.

Welcome Luke! That's a fine looking tree, I bet it weighs a bit?

Hi Quentin, Another vote here for 'Stella' cherry. There have been some more self-fertile varieties also, since another dwarf rootstock was introduced. 'Sunburst' comes to mind.The above link is to the Agroforestry Research Trust. Even if you don't buy from them, their site is a mine of...

Winter wash, next winter once the leaves have dropped, but they could try other insecticides now, or once the crawler stage starts.

A number of varieties and crosses offer up pink, or otherwise tinted, flowers and do not set seed. Some pinks do set seed. You'll have to find out what species/variety/hybrid the tree is before you'll know whether it will bare fruit or not.

Damaged the bark be damned! Did someone not think about the fire location before it was lit? No, the tree will never be OK. Living things aren't generally OK when scorched so badly.From the pictures I'd guess that the tree has lost approximately a third of its water conducting vessels - not,...

David, if it is newly planted this year, then leave it alone until next spring. THEN you can decide what to do with it.

This may help you @Derek T......

Much better Zola - well done!

The Malus (crab apple) is to mature now to change it's shape, even as a young tree it would have been difficult. I also don't think topping the conifer will make a lot of difference either. It's your choice whether you remove it or not, if nothing else it will let more light into your garden.

It's not a good looking specimen - if you want to keep it then I would be tempted to cut it down to just above fence height (especially the larger upright stems at the rear - they can go completely!) and watch it regrow. Regularly keep in check with trimming and it should bush out into something...

I think it depends on the variety.Our remaining silver birch is the tallest in our garden at over 40ft (hasn't grown higher for years). It was planted the same time as one that was 20ft from it. That tree was over 50ft high and came down in the storm of '87 and just missed our greenhouse. ...

The ones that are falling off have probably not been pollinated. Most trees go through a similar process, just wait until September.

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