Family member moved house - what's in their garden?

Hi all. My bro in law has moved and have a garden with beautiful established trees and shrubs. A lot of these they are planning to rip out and turn to turf :dh: I'm hoping to convince them to keep some, but at this time of year when everything is brown and twiggy it is not easy!

Can you id for me so I can show them how they will look. Some I think I know but would like some confirmation.

Here we go

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Thanks Marley. I thought no looked like a 'schumac' tree, not sure of spelling. That's what my mum called the one in our garden when I was a kid. Not sure if it has more names. It has very soft new growth, like velvet.

I hoped 1 was camelia, 4 magnolia

 

Thanks Marley. I thought no 2 looked like a 'schumac' tree, not sure of spelling. That's what my mum called the one in our garden when I was a kid. Not sure if it has more names. It has very soft new growth, like velvet.

I hoped 1 was camelia, 4 magnolia

 

Yes Victoria, no.3 is Rhus typhina or Stag's Horn Sumach. Your Mum was right! :hehe: 1 and 2 are definitely Camellia, 4, I'm not sure, but agree with Marley that it could be Broom - Cytisus, and 5 and 6 may well be Magnolia.

Chris

 

i agree with the broom - they flourish from that twiggy looking thing to a profusion of little flowers - i had a very pretty one long ago. as you say if you google images they might think again before ripping them out

the magnolia looks a beauty

loopy

 

Hopefully they'll leave the Camellias alone as well - I love them.

 

Can u grow camellias from cuttings? I see an opportunity!

 

You can...semi ripe cuttings in july/august....about 5 inches long..from a non flowering shoot (no bud froming). You can take them with or without a heel (see link) and the link says you need constant 65 but ive had them root in a cold frame.

http://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/page.cfm?page_ref=camellia_care_article

btw never bother with rooting powder it has a fairly short shelf life and most of the time is inert before it reaches the shops. While I was at college we did trial and found it made no difference our lecturer had been conducting the same trial for 15 years and had nothing good to say about rooting powder.

 

1 Camellia
2 Rhus
3 Broom
4 Magnolia.

 

Vitamin C powder helps some plants to root,especially Geraniums.