Trees

Pollination could be a problem - but I doubt if your apples are cropping. It could be just water - apples do better in times of low rain than plums.Its late to prune them - best done after flowering - to avoid silver leaf, but you could gamble and reduce some of the new shoots. Give 'em...

hello you can prune in autumn or spring you can prune back to the trunk and it will regrow so it is as hard as you like they are so easy good luck they are brilliant as topiary plants :D :D

pete with the biggest and best plants he catches the biggest and best earwigs :D :D

Thank you that would explain why I am not geting the fruit, so by your reckoning it is the 4th year in 2006,lets hope they start to grow.

Hello redchris and welcome!Do you know what variety of birch you have as this can make a difference?Most birches (Betula) like a fairly open aspect but will tollerate some shade. They are also fairly shallow rooted, don't like drought conditions and will rob moisture from any other plants...

I find little wrong with leylandii. What angers me is the fact that they have been given a bad name through people planting them in the wrong place, for the wrong purpose and don't know how to care for them and keep them to a reasonable height - which has already been mentioned.Having been so...

Thanks to all you answered

Thanks for reciepe Hans,will try it out very soon before we are submerged in apples,can't give them away at the moment.

My soap box.I always think that the safest children are those who have grown up in a pond environment. They can be taught the dangers of going too close etc. The same applys to kids living on a busy road, they are the first to learn road sense.

thanks LizI bought a rose climber the other day and it says it can also be grown on the north wall. I suppose it must have meant the less sunlight side of the wall otherwise there's not much point to make that point clear as most roses need full sun.From now on I will make sure to water the...

I suspect many folk will have a flowering quince Chanomeles japonica bush lurking in the garden as it's an old spring favorite for a shady corner. Cultivars are scarlet, orange, pink or white and there are double forms. Maybe less well known is that a few of the golden fruits placed on a dish...

Ellengray, whilst there are different varieties of Hawthorn, the common hedge/tree here is the same. Just the way they're grown. Mine are trees, but I could have grown them as a hedge by laying them after a few years. Hope that helps.

Yep, a tree that size is quite a problem, especially with a 75 mile journey ahead of it.I think the best chance of success starts with preparation of your new site. Soil should be neutral to slightly acid. You will need a hole roughly the same as the tree spread and dug down to a minimum of...

Ian I have the same problem with bought citrus plants, not had the problem with ones grown from seed. Cant explain why though.

Thanks for all the info, I will consider what to do in the spring but I think I have been very patient. E.W.

In my experience, in general, if a plant drops its leaves, then its not dead. If the leaves die and are still attached, then its probably dead.

Two possible causes, first is Holly Leaf Miner but it's normally a summer problem.This though is a new one to me RHS: Holly Leaf Blight

Thanks all. I now have a project for the weekend.

I have 2 apples and a pear in a similar place but these are the dwarf patio type (I have them bedded out) that forms spurs off the single main stem, this is the second year so hoping they might fruit this yearI had a pear espalier at my previous house which fruited very well, the only trouble...

We have our old bath standing on leylandii stumps. Everything in it is looking rather dead at present but it provides all the culinary herbs I need later in the year.