Trees

Thanks both :(

Thank you, Hy and walnut. A bit of a relief but still not an answer to my Bruggie. In saying that, it is now covered in budlets and new shoots from the bare stems/trunks? (there stems, here trunks?) and one that is 10cms long that somehow we both have failed to notice! :eek:Interesting...

Thanks so much! this is such a help flower..I never thought about pruning it That picture is perfect, I can see exactly where you are coming from now. Thanks again

Most of the big ones that I've seen are well and truly rooted in the ground, I find it hard to believe that a plant, can reach the heights that these do, without having a decent root system in the ground. Especially when grow in the dryer conditions that most of these poor things are expcted to...

Thanks for the reassurance, I'll leave it be then. When we moved in, there was a lilac tree closer to the wall than the silver birch and a huge ash equally close to the wall on the other side of the garden. They didn't cause any problems and the building is derelict anyway, so I think I'll risk it

Sounds like a fair bit of work there, H-A :rolleyes: But as Voltaire says........ and he wasn't even the one credited with coming up with mots justes!

There are varieties of apple which are self-fertile, some that need 1 other, and some that need 2. The pollinators have to flower at the same time, obviously.

Welcome back, DaisyChain47.I could talk lots about olive trees but it would not be of any benefit to you. However, there are several people here who can assist.Hope you stay around this time .. the forum has probably changed drastically since you left.

Hi, K-G. I've got a dwarf apple, in the pictures the fruit are growing right on the trunk. My tree is throwing out long leaders from the side. Do you know if you have to shorten theses to the trunk?

you can actually see a caterpillar at the top of the pic on the stalk,,,took picture come back half hour later and there was about a dozen of the little ******s running around outside the web,now disposed of with my size 9s

Hi leonora. Knew I'd find a mention of mini-apples if I looked back far enough. Your mini apple tree. Did you get it from v-meuwen? I've got one (first year). In the piccies, it grows straight up with no side-shoots. Mine's growing well but it'sthrowing side-shoots. Do you prune them back to the...

I guess you can't say s****e around here :confused:Scale insects can be tough to control, you have to keep after them. Try and figure out which one it is, if you can, as some have hard shells and some are soft. You have to have your timing down when going after the hard shelled ones....

Hi After reading the replies I got I could not wait to receive the tree. The tree arrived only 12" tall but looking very healthy I planted it in a pot and it has wilted so I have taken it out of the pot and put in the garden soil. I have had a lot of trouble with seeds this year (same compost...

Hi Mike they have a competition somewhere for the best layer in Britain I remember seeing it last year But don't know where its held,I will probably use It just for roosting In. :D

Hi penguin, a good hedging conifer is Thuja plicata atrovirens the Western Red Cedar. It is slower growing than Leylandii, has aromatic foliage, is more compact than Leylandii and will regrow if any foliage dies off. David.

Thanks Walnut. I'm not sure we've had frost down here, but I'll keep an eye on them!

For me, planting a tree is best done in the autumn - gives the roots time to settle before the spring and summer.Just remember that a tree in a container needs a lot of feeding and watering. Planting at this time of year means you need to water at least every week.

I've got a few, they don't seem that fussy. The biggest is 2m tall in a large pot in neutral soil. I feed it with ericacious plant food but they're certainly not as sensitive to alkaline conditions as things like blueberries. I'll probably plant it in the ground later this year. It suffered a...

Thanks-I now think it probably is a normal form of Lavandula-simply trained and pruned. It just seems to have leaves unlike any I've seen in lavender as they are lobed (pointed lobes) and slightly thicker than the typical. Otherwise tthe color is the same and scent also. There is no evidence...

Thanks for that Celia. No, there is nothing between the upper sideshoots and the tip. I think I will give it another week then if there is no activity chop it! That way, I figure the energy gets diverted to those sideshoots instead of the tip that was knocked off by it's clumsy owner!