Trees

I think the palm is Chamaedorea elegans, (I call it Neanthe bella), I think division is the only option at the base, but that could well spoil the plant, so personally I'd leave it alone.As to the apple tree Paul, I dont think I would worry that much about a few dying leaves at this time of...

wife decided on a acer tree. she boss

It does sound like your tree has suckered. You need to pull the pieces of it off where they emerge either from the trunk below the graft union, or from the roots. They are more vigorous than the cultivated part of the tree and are taking all the strength away from that. If you merely cut them...

I agree with Pete there John, the fruit is just putting stress on the plant. David.

I go along with walnut. Definitely looks like a Eucalypt. I suppose you could paint the top of the stump with Arbrex. Should stop any form of disease getting in

Cheers, i hadn't noticed those gloves :D Must have been one i'd left out and got soaked in the rain.Heres the little thing after it got blown over. http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=003323You see the new panel on the left too? Thats the...

Sorry! I seem to have thanked the wrong person!I flicked through the posts, saw the web address, then, scrolling down too far, saw the name, Pete. I went to the site and was so delighted by what I read, that I treated my tree and, then, thanked the wrong person!I don't have senior moments, I...

Thank you very much whis4ey and Fran, I hadn't imagined the sump forming but can now visualise it happening. I just thought about the expansion and contraction of the clay around the roots, so thank you very much for that. I might form small channels of gravel, a couple of inches wide...

Thanks I will send a photo when I learn how to do it. I have managed to get it on digital camera but after that its one big mystery.

Seeing your from manchester makes me wonder, wouldn't it be funny if 2 neighbours were on this forum and didn't realise. Imagine if you had just knocked on my door asking me about my holly? :D

Thanks Pete. They've got quite leggy this year so they do need a good tidy up anyway. I was just a bit scared I'd do it wrong and wreck them.

thanks for your advice, i shall print this invaluable information and send it home. thanks again.

Nikita, if you need any more advice with these other big projects you know wwere to come. David.

thanks david i was going to take it down to ground level next week .ill leave it now and see what happens next year. cheers

Hi yewandme and welcome, the Beech hedge can be cut back now as you want it without too much problem. the conifers, however, cannot be cut back into old wood. If you go back beyond the green needles, ie into the brown wood, then they will not rejuvinate. David.

Mine is still young It is supposed to mature at about 10 feet high and just as wide (according to Vertrees) You can, of course, prune to keep it smaller (Japanese maples take fairly well to pruning)

Hi Maplewood and welcome. I agree with Fonzie go for bamboo, specificlly Phyllostachys, you can have gold, green or black. And it should do the job you want quite quickly. However, it can be invasive so you would have to keep an eye on it and manage it properly. David.

In my humble opinion, go for nothing in particular, poor soil is actually preferable ... unless someone here says they get nice olives off their trees, after ten years, of course.Sorry, pete ...

Thanks Jurassic. It has now turned into a light trim as my friends may be moving instead. Phew!

I haven't had a chance to go through my specific book but just looked at what you've suggested. I would never have guessed Eucalyptus. I think you've got it in one ... yet again. Thank you.I didn't know there was a red-flowering one. My book says they bloom August-December and grow 6-15...