Trees

Hi Pootle Take a quick look at this link if you haven't already done so: Post some pics of the affected trees, trying to get in as much detail of the problem as possible. Maybe we'll have a better idea of the problem then. Cheers, Matthew

There is/was a commercial product "stump out" or something like that - drill into the stumps, pour it in and in a year or so they rot. I used it on a big flowering cherry to good effect, but it did take two or three years. The roots of Leylandii will rot (more so than the stumps) but it takes...

Sorry, I didn't get a chance to look at this thread again. The second is definitely an Agouti. They're quite cute. I photographed this fellow in the rainforest in Honduras. He wasn't the least bit bothered by me.

You want Laburnum "Vossii" - they have massive and impressive flowers. Stuff from seed will, most of the time, be disappointing by comparison. "Vossii" always seems blinking expensive to me, so I suspect it is only grown by grafting. (No reason why you can't do that yourself though, but...

Acer or Prunus. Both of these have red leafed varieties and they would offset all the green trees in the area.

Thanks Jack, but I don't think it's courage, it's more like taking the bull by the horns. I don't think my neighbour has a clue what he's planted to be honest.

I reckon about 10/12 feet, the ones I saw in Madeira were fairly large, any closer than that and in time they would be touching. Just a guess.

All the rain here has made this the most 'verdant' spring for many years. This woodland strip has many shades of green as the trees come into leaf.

Tree Peonies do respond quite well to being pruned. Preferably do this in early Spring. I've pruned lanky ones down to about 15 cm above the ground but tend not to do all the stems in 1 go. IE do some and then the next year do the rest. With the branch that has broken (pity) prune that to about...

No, just put in him the gentle "naughty corner" along with your nephew. Nick, we don't eat dog here in the UK,

I can't help with the photo but I can suggest that I did a DIY job with a bit of Niwaki. I went to Architectural Plants in search of some nice bonsai looking trees as they seem to specialise in them. They had a really good selection of other plants that had been turned into the Niwaki. They do a...

Leave them alone. Picking off 'dead' flowers/petals will make no difference at all as they fall naturally and you may still get some fruit.

Hi Rex, I have had a lot of problems with frosts and my acers this year. Leaves have definately suffered with them shriveling from their ends. I wonder if this problem has stopped now we are seemingly free of frosts? I say 'seemingly' because the frost isn't so obvious as it could appear during...

Thanks for your previous help Spruce. Starting a new thread as I was unable to see the messages on the first one, so hope I am doing it correctly now. Removed the gum without cutting into the branches. There has been no more gum developed but although there are some new leaves mainly on the end...

she is chuffed, as the company were very polite and sorted it fast with no probs .... the hedge was removed last week sat in pouring rain ... garden will look good as she has a nice budget and wants a jungly effect (large leaves, palms, etc) .... so I am looking forward to this job lawn...

Sorry to argue Steve, but I got it in the neck because OH turned over for Beechgrove Garden at 7.25 and caught the last 2-3 mins. She spent the next 10 minutes speaking treetree interdispersed with the word Snooker

Hey Pete, didn't believe my wife this morning when she drew back the bedroom curtains and told me my car was covered in frost ! You might be right ! Gazania

'Well rotted 'oss muck' spread around the base but not piled up against the trunk. Pruning, 1 remove dead or sickly branches, 2 remove branches rubbing against others, 3 remove old branches from the centre to allow the wind and air through. Cheers, Tony.

Is "A real yob wind" going to be the new Hip phrase this Autumn then? I'd pay good money to be one new phrase ahead of my teenage kids !