Trees

Not sure how often you mean by 'infrequent' watering? Looking at the photo, I'd say a Box in a container that size would need watering at least 2 or 3 times a week if it's in full sun to keep it in good condition. A little feed about once a fortnight would help too.

Hi thank you all for the replies, I am in the high desert in Southern California, well, lets see, I dont think its wind or water related as there is another tree (same kind) right next to it, which is fine. I may try and take a problem limb to the nursery and see if they know, it quite strange...

I would have liked to but mine died of death over the last winter. Makes a good salve to rub on your aching limbs as far as I remember. Also featured in "The Children of Green Knowe" one of my favorite kids stories.

Hi SandpiperBleeding canker is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi and can lead to tree death. Rarely some trees seem to cope with the infection and have been known to control its effect, and recover over time. The length of time it takes to affect the tree, and to what...

My pleasure, probably not worth doing anything at this end of the year as the leaves will be falling soon (unless you are in New Zeland of course) Been lots of insect attacks on trees this year due to messed up weather, seen scale insects the size of small If you get the same problem in the...

Oh no, thats just down the road from Aesculus, he'll be round to do the dendro on it now:DOH:

Thanks a million This definitively seems to be a Dendrobium lituiflorum :D

As Ziggy says a good mulching around the base for about a couples of yards or so in diameter will help. Remove any weeds or grass in that area before mulching.

Thanks guys....did not think there would actually be a name for it lol :D

I think the biggest battle is not going to be the shade, but the fact that the conifers will have sucked the ground dry, and robbed all the nutrients.So, the problem is likely to be the soil.See if you can work in loads of well rotted manure to enrich it, and prevent it from drying our...

Thanks very much for the info. I'll try it around the time you suggest when it's dormant. Fingers crossed!!

Plum TreeI too have a Victoria plum tree that has been overladen with fruit and 4 branches have snapped off.I was advised to strip half of the fruit off which I did but the wind and rain damaged it further. I did manage to support some branches with poles and rope .Its now looking a bit...

Sounds like me when I have my hair cut Spruce

If you move a plant you should give the root system as little to do as possible It is quite normal to prune any plant in such circumstances Normally I seldom prune Japanese maples as they (to me anyway) take on some terrific shapes by themselves At the end of the day whether to prune or not is a...

Yeah seems to be one of those that will survive a frost but not a winter - nice pot plant though, and perhaps better contained by the sound of it

I've grown quite a few different pines over the years from seed and some do seem to grow away quite quickly and then stall until the folowing spring. The lower needles going brown and falling off is quite normal, as long as there is still the growing point they'll be fine. Mature pine trees...

Hi Val, although I haveno experience of growing eucalyptus I feel you have two options; you could either prune out/remove all the new growth (suckers) apart from one strong one and then train that to grow up straight to replace the original tree or as you say you could dig down and see where...

my dad had a huge one in his garden in south africa .... it eventually caused damage to the swimming pool which had a thick layer of gunnite concrete ... the tree was approx 10 meters away from the pool a tree surgeon sorted it out in a day I still want to try growing one as a bonsai though

You're right, but holding the rabbit still while you do it is a helluva palava

Looks a good job to me