Trees

I`m still pruning fruit trees Simon, but DON`T do it all in one go. Just take out any dead, diseased or crossing branches for now. Do any further pruning NEXT winter.:gnthb:

I planted several Eucalyptus trees in my previous garden and they really grow quickly and tall and have most attractive dusty green leaves (coloured like leaves of olive trees) - depending on the space you have you could put in two or three and if one dies it would not be a disaster. Mine were...

Mmmmmm. Sounds really attractive. NOT! Still, it's their garden and they have to look at it so if they're ok with it...

You can cut Laurel back to ground level and it will regrow. You should therefor ebe able to cut back the hedge to the size and shape you want and lower it when the kids have outgrown the trampoline - I dont think you could do that with bamboo.A well looked after laurel hedge looks pretty...

We've a bay tree about 4'6"' high in the garden and some of the tips got frosted but most of it is OK, I'll just trim the frosted bits in a few weeks time. As for feeding all it gets is either an occasional dose of phostrogen or home-brew comfrey liquid. One in a pot would probably need more...

Eucalyptus

You'd be better off putting some decent compost into the pot, rather than clay soil. Then your choices of plant that can go in the pot are greater. As for a plant, how about Fatsia Japonica. If the pot is big enough, it will thrive - big, palmette like leaves, everygreen, hardy and blooms in...

You've only 20' x 20'.Put up a Pergola grow climbers and sit under it. The silver birch will provide light shade.When you plant a tree in a small garden , think of its effect on you neighbours - it could block their sunlight, take moisture away from their garden, particularly if its a...

Hello Hypatia & ... What about a Mimosa or a Chinese Cloud Tree..?

That's such a pity, I absolutely love flamingo trees, they're so pretty. I had five of them but one seemed to die off alot sooner than the other four in the autumn & it's showing no signs of new growth as yet, I have no idea what happened! You can get hold of them quite cheaply in homebase...

I have a feeling you need to kill the suckers, I dont think just killing the stump will stop them.It depends on what you are using I guess, but I'd let the suckers grow away and treat them with glyphosate in a couple of months or so time.

Mine have a few fat buds now. Can't wait.

I must say, I do think the cherry trees look beautiful! I have recently found out that cherry trees would be poisonous to my beloved bunnies, so i'm not so sure i can have one :dh: I think that an apple would be a safe bet, but crab apple would give them digestive problems if eaten so the crab...

No, I am not in Belmont, maybe I have become used to it but it doesn't feel all that cold, but it definitely does rain well here. Thanks for your help Geoff, much appreciated.

When was the last time it was pruned?

Right, I hav ea pic here and another memer reminded me of it (thanxx n hugs). Here's how its bee budding and bossoming in the past few weeks: I have very very very random and sparse clusters of them. the problem is that they both seemed to have been hacked off relentless le (I'm not sure,...

Hi, i am about to attempt growing apple trees (2 x bramley & 1 x Cox) for the first time. I would like to train them to grow along some wires i have put in place to form a cordon. Can anyone give me some advice on how to shape them, is it too late now to start pruning? There are no signs of...

I have just looked it up and it is very beautiful. If you don't find it smothering then that is a good indication. Exactly why I love this forum, to get other peoples experiences.I will put it top of my list to look at, when I go for my spree at the weekend!

David it looks bad, have you had some hard frost since the buds broke?If you prune back to a lower bud, I doubt that stem will flower this year, but there is not much else you can do.

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