Trees

Even though the surrounding soil is wet / moist, planting a container grown plant will mean that the rootball is in, probably, pure peat and no roots have yet ventured out into the surrounding soil. If planting in hot weather the plant will drink moisture from that rootball compost, and that is...

Hi Jemma, That looks more like physical pest damage...probably caterpillars. If the tree is not too big to spray, there's a treatment called bacillus thuringiensis which specifically controls them.

Found another, face-on Jul 2014So if you get some good (decent sized ), bare root plants then it will only 3 years or so to get them to a decent size.

Get friends round for a garden(ing) party. You provide the drink and they do the digging

Yes, provided that that some branches stick out far enough (more than 2' say) - and I would only prune those now - I would remove [just] the tip of every branch during the WinterSame again next year / first 3 or 4 years life - by which time it will be getting too big to be able to do that! and...

Easy from seed, likely not to be large enough to plant out until Spring of Year 2 (might succumb to our winter as a tiny plant, too).It is said they are better off if they do not become potbound. Not sure about the tap root issue, I thought that I had read that the roots get some "memory" of...

Here's a few more:Abies pinsapo 'Glauca' has needles that are radial around the stem, so am not so sure now!

Sorry, without the photos we aren't really able to identify anything. Maybe if you got in touch with one of the admin they will help sort out your photo problem . They're good at that sort of thing

Sorry folks, it was a Monty Python moment

Definitely the best Thuja for the job.

Take a look at this Mr. Grinch. Woo has the same problem.

If you could put that in your Profile then we'll know for next time and not need to ask Looks to be a nice open spot where your Apple tree has been, so you could put pretty much anything there, and it will take more than one shrub for sure - you could have a little cluster of 3 or 4 choice...

Hiif possible a photo ? just to see how much you want to cut off.I normally prune mine when all the leaves have dropped off in late Autumn early winter just to give it a tidy up if needed.Spruce

Survival of the fittest is the way of it for weeds - if they cannot grow rapidly in the face of adversity, they do not survive. You can get some shade loving plants that might thrive under the tree, but I suspect that you would never be done watering and feeding them.

Jen that was a close match in the "books" meant to resemble a "Nutmeg"Spruce

Scrape the bark with your nail on the dead looking bits, if it`s green any where getting near the trunk, cut it off just past. But I think it`s going to be an odd looking shape.

I would give them a foliar feed as a "tonic" - e.g. Maxicrop.I doubt you are managing to overwater them at this time of the year. A good generous watering 3 times a week (reducing to twice a week form, say, 1st July) should be sufficient - but increase the frequency if we get a hot, dry,...

It's been there seven years.

Can't remember the name (if I ever knew it), just get a tall growing variety. And when the flowers look like getting above nose height layer some cuttings and start some fresh plants. The flowers on mine are now about 12 feet up and not so noticeable as I walk past morning/evening.

Not especially, no :(