Trees

It will be interesting to see how mine fares this coming winter, the few 7/9cs last winter did a LOT of damage here. It's one of my original seedlings brought back from Cyprus 6 years ago.

Let us know how it progresses

Pear rust.

Thanks - yes seems to be a "good" year for it! It doesn't seem to be a huge problem until it defoliates the tree, which isn't happening to this one. Will look for a local juniper! here seems to be a lot of variety in information on the web about what the juniper's gall looks like, and the...

Great stuff Dave. There was a Pear Tree on the back of Mells Manor that we had to try to plaster round, found a metal lable on it about 30 foot up with a date about 1845. It was a huge tree.

Could some one give advice on pruning an apple and pear tree. we rent the house, but we are allowed to do quite a bit with the garden. Both trees are overgrown, branches crossing over, and has been left to grow very tall. We have had good crops this year from both tree, so if I cut wrong, will...

I found a lot of garden under his nuts

They'll get thicker as they grow, I reckon its only if you need more "width" than they naturally form that you need to pinch them out. its tricky ... they only grow a few inches a year, so any pinching out is going to slow them down ... but make for a thicker final plant. If you reckon width...

I brought back some Palm (Canary) seeds from South Africa. All I did was put them in 70% sand 30% compost, added water then put in my hot water cupboard for 2 weeks (nice and hot in there). They do not need light to germinate. The larger and greener (fresher) the seed the higher the germination...

Thats a fairly severe rust problem you have there! Hover up all the leaves and burn them; remove a bit of the topsoil around the area and replace with new soil and give a very decent mulch. RHS has some info too - see the chemical treatment bit.

I dont know anyone thats why I bought the seeds thanks for the information though

Hi guys, thank alot for all your advice, i have already cut the butterfly bush back and next dry day im going to move it along with the hydrangea. Im not going to bother with cuttings though i dont need any extra plants and if they die im not that bothered just as long as i have a border with...

thats the general idea, but not sure if i can mantain those standards.

Early morning till lunch and that's only say 6ft of the 'hedge'...after that it's not total shade but i still not sure there would be enough light

Googling, as you do, I turned up some hybrid Willow and Poplars used for coppicing primarily (well, "short rotation firewood cropping" might be more accurate) The Willow looks like it suckers massively, which would make it quite wide I think (and thus not really suitable), of the two Poplars...

Probably over 100 years then

Thank you....I'll stop worrying about them now and see what the new year brings...ie maybe a warmer less windy spring...

Isn't it! Apparently, at some point in history there was a circular bench around the trunk and legend has it that it has been engulfed by the trunk over time BTW, adore the photo of Tilly reading to the apple tree! Do you make scrap books? That picture would make an amazing centre for a...

Hi Bilbo. Don't think there are squirrels, but have a crazy cat/kitten! . There are a couple of broken branches with lots of dead leaves, so could well have snapped. The rest of the branches are quite leaf-heavy.

Thanks Anne! Had a look and there isn't a heck of a lot of info about it out there. I'll pick the leaves off that look bad and see what happens.