So I left this plant to grow instead of pruning and its 6ft tall now with yellow to off white flowers. as members said last year its Guelder rose....
Its not seen a frost Pete, its been in Kent beside the sea, i'm going with its had a very sheltered upbringing in a Dutch poly tunnel and being...
[IMG] A present to the wife from Lidl. We intend keeping it in a pot for a year or so if it lives that long! I put it outside within a couple of...
Of course it did ;) Thanks for asking. Unlike my neighbours 2yr old similar tunnel, they didnt use heat tape on the metal tubes and first summer...
Ahh yes, thank you Spruce for refreshing my very old brain, I knew there was something about it not bearing fruit and yes root stock was it. I...
I have a 70yr old Pear tree in my lawn, after the dry summer it had very little fruit but it did send up a nice healthy looking shoot in the lawn...
I'm going to let this grow some more, its doing no harm where it is and I will revisit identifying for sure in the spring.
Pl@ntnet is im afraid wrong, the spikes on the leaves dont match, but thanks for your reply. I have no holly at all in my garden, no idea who...
[ATTACH] Just appeared so bird seeded I guess, doing better than my scorched primroses behind it. Anyway a google search puts Blue Holly in the...
[ATTACH] Its me again ;) so the wife planted up the tunnel then got an offer of 6 weeks in USA so muggins here has been watering every evening. I...
Ive been pruning it back every spring as it just grows and grows, that's why no flowers :wallbanging: I will have to find it a new home where it...
Looks like this should have flowered in June but i'm pretty certain that its Guelder rose as id'd by mazambo. Many thanks for that and please...
Oh dear, I should have paid more attention in school I think, every days a school day! Thanks Pete for sharing that, they can both have some...
The wife is filling it up quite quickly, I thought 5 x 3mtr would take a while but not much space left now. Strawberry pole planters at the end...
Thanks mazambo, I'm just waiting now for the blackfly to finish being eaten by the ants and the plant to hopefully burst into white flowers so we...
[ATTACH] This bush every spring throws up new growth up to 6ft tall but in the past I have always trimmed the new growth off as it gets covered in...
Ive now acquired some decking boards to make a border to stop her raised growing areas spilling down onto the path, I also need to re-lay the path...
I thought I would get 2-3yrs with the heat tape stopping the cover burning on the tubes. With the screen door I wont be using the side vents so...
Many thanks both of you :blue thumb:
Well over a month later, we elected to go for bricks to hold the cover down for now, the sticky tape issue was won by gaffa. Even a 2nd roll of...
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