Trees

So far, all good!Although GA needed, Mrs Lao has come out of it remarkably well; only one plate required.I made her some Vanilla Kiferln which you can see her dousing in icing sugar three hours after her return home. Mightily relieved (I lost an uncle who, during an operation for a...

I haven't really noticed anything worse this year but having been here so long I just may have got used to it. I don't think it normally goes into December. We do tend to get about a month of heavier seeding but if we get strong winds, which we get coming across the fields at the back, we have...

Many thanks for your response. Yes I've contacted Grasslands and they have two that would fit the bill - about 5 foot -but the cost of delivery is more than the trees because they insist on sending them on a pallet!. (In fact it was from Grasslands who I bought the two last year and then they...

Pruning any tree or shrub is not enough. The root spread has to be taken into consideration too, as they will cause damage to house foundations and utilities to your own and neighbouring properties.

Yeah, definitely, conifers always go brown if they are too close to anything on one side.

See what others have to say.

Maybe Prunus Otto Luytken would suit. We have a specimen started as a shrub ,we started lifting the crown and we now have a tree with intertwining trunks. The only downside which has happened over the last couple of years in that we have found some runners.

And.... 7 years later - this is what it looks like now. Letting nature take its course was the right decision.In 2015:In 2022:

Thank you for your comments, very helpful and I will look into this.

Once again, thank you all for helping. It definitely is 100% Pear Rust as I just checked underneath the leaves and they DO have the wart-like growths under there.Cheers.

The inner leaves on conifers always die, that's why you cant cut back into brown wood, as it wont regrow very well, if at all.

Thanks for the replies.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER PRUNING OF TREES..

So all of the leaves came off, but it’s recently started growing some new buds, so that’s positive! However, there is some growth at the bottom of the tree now, as pictured. should I be removing this? Thanks.

Thanks gks - really helpful and i totally get your point re transport. I have a flat bed trailer and have worked off being able to move 20-25 potted trees at a time but haven't really needed to do anything bigger as those are the rough order sizes i have had over the last 12 months. Those were...

I don't have specific experience of B darwinii and pruning. I would be inclined to cut one back by about two thirds and if it grows away next spring, then treat the others similarly.

If it could stay another year you could try going round the plant with a spade full depth about 18in from the stem to cut off some of the longer roots without disturbing the plant. You then move it next year.

Although those leylandii's looked completely dead there were a few very small green bits here and there on the street side. That side gets the sun all afternoon. I'm also giving them a good soaking twice a week that has helped. I have to admit I was surprised to see them recover. But they are...

Oh yeah, I could see something in the background but couldn't work out what it was.

If the roots of a neighbouring tree or hedge are affecting your garden you should talk to your nieghbour first if possible before you apply to the council you could mention on a windy day someone could be injured by a falling branch and what then? isit it better to avoid legal action by...