Trees

Just as a matter of interest, NV, have you checked the plant for sign of aphids or the like??. I have miniature Orange, Lemon, and Kumquash trees over wintering in my Kitchen, along with some Palms, Cannas and a Banana tree. None of them have suffered from sticky leaves which is what makes...

No Pete it`s not the seville or poncirus, the bitter orange in not edible is more of a wild variety almost seedless, no expert but there are 2 main crafting , the hybrid fruit and the variety fruit. you can produce orange from a lemon plant ..why do it ? the bitter orange is used as base because...

Thanks for the tips. I had a look at it the other day.I noticed that there are quite a few buds starting to form. I hope the frost stays away this year, give the blossom a chance to be pollinated. Could I self pollinate that flowers?

It's now more or less in full flower

A brave move, I don't think I could face the hassle of digging mine out.

A nice way to be remembered Victoria!

Top dress with sulphate of potash in the spring, keep it watered and only prune to shape in summer months or risk getting silver leaf disease

Suckers will deplete the energy of the plant and I don;t think they fruit either so I would chop them off

I will ask her about photos. When I can get in touch with the other girl that shares the garden she may well know what it was.I'm such a beginner, how would I disinfect the soil?

Hi Mrs C, Greasebands would stop the ants going up, it won't stop the aphids as they fly but it'll give the ladybirds a chance to eat em if the ants aren't protecting them.

cool so the thick part will branch out into smaller shoots. Thats fine as long as it does something other than just being a stump.thanks for the info by the way much appreciated.

I can only answer in relation to Acer Palmatum bonsai but it might help: They are in fact repotted (and root pruned by a third if needed) in spring after the first buds have formed. So I would think that full size Acers are no diferent and are repotted/moved at the same time.

16 to 18ft is quite some height. How will your neighbours feel about it? Would it cast their living room into perpetual shade or are they far enough away so it wouldn't really affect them, in which case it begs the question, why worry about it?

cool i`ll do that and see how it gets on. thanks for your help much appreciated

Aaaah- I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK. Has anyone seen the Gerge Harrison Tribute Concert version with Michael Palin et al? Off on a jolly old tangent again. Still, it is a Bank Holiday so perhaps we're allowed. Jenny namaste

Turns out it's a Quince stock

Thanks! So far it is just in spots, 5-10, on the lower part of the trunk, and will of course wait and see.

I would grow the "head" of the mushroom before cutting anything off - more leaves to provide "power" for the new growth that way. Cutting off all the lower branches may leave the trunk looking rather nobly (compared to a plant that had been trained, from young, as a Standard). They tend not to...

I haven't been on here for AGES but am back with a question if you don't mind please. Towards the bottom of our garden we have a large bay tree 'mass'. Not sure quite how to describe it, it must be numerous trees and bushes and has been there a very long time. It smells now and we want to get...

Well some might say I'm interfering with nature, but as gardeners, we're helping nature all the time aren't we?