Trees

How about another Sorbus but with different coloured berries to complement your other tree? You wouldn’t have to hug it too much in the wind . I always think that a trellis on top of a fence looks like an attempt to defy the 2m fence height restriction but it could be challenged by your...

If I was growing a single stemmed tree I'd wait three to five years before attempting to raise the canopy, depending on the tree, for the reasons described by Amelanchiers are more shrub like and your multi stemmed plant should be fine if you just remove the branches nearest to the ground...

I have taken cuttings from a Holly with particularly large orange berries. They are very slow to take! I would suggest strip off most of leaves, gritty soil mixture, and use loads of cuttings because I had quite a failure rate. As for sexing them, unless you do like @Adam I suggests, you have...

Pretty sure it's squirrels as we have a few, also the markings match what I've now found online.Thanks all and have a great Christmas!

I love the idea of fruit trees too, though I would say ornamental value is a bigger factor for me usually.I have an apple tree and while I do enjoy it, it is quite susceptible to apple scab. It was an impulse purchase at a garden centre so I hadn't done my homework. I know that there are...

Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.

The crab looks like it has a decent trunk thickness so you could get away with removing some of the lower growth but it doesn't look to bad to me, as it is. I'd probably leave it if it was mine unless there are any branches that interfere with each other or areas where you want to stimulate...

yeah... I hacked at the roots a bit and pulled them out.

If you are to replace fence panels with new, then fit a gravel board ,timber (or concrete if budget permits). This will protect the new panels from decay and allow an increase in soil levl over time. The remaining retained panels can be done either now or as they need replacing

I assume once the bud has broken and the flower has emerged that that bud cant flower again, I think it could possibly cause some dieback of stems.I think you can cut these stems in the winter and bring them into a warm room where the buds will burst.

My alders seed madly into the grazing areas, so I have to get them out before it reverts to scrub. I don't get elder at all. I do get guelder rose, which apparently also likes damp. @Adam I I just checked on woodland trust site, and they also say alder is a swamp dweller!

While I'd normally agree re staking something newly moved @Allotment Boy , it's only 2 feet in height, so it should be fine unless it's in a very exposed site, and in looser/lighter soil. Perhaps @Emjay can clarify, or post a pic?

@CarolineL those knobbly lumps on the root stock are where they want to send out new roots. If you buried it deeper they would continue to grow but as they are above ground, they just get air pruned.

That's very unpleasant for you @Friendly, re those neighbours, as well as bl**dy infuriating. Being on your own makes everything much harder to deal with, and they probably know that. Fear of reprisals etc.

I think climate has changed enough to enable them to seed. I was just remarking today how different the plants are that I can confidently grow outside compared to when I started about 60 years ago ( 8 year old, trying to grow chrysanthemum Court jester from t & m seed catalogue!)

If you want to keep the salix, I'd be inclined to make that lower raised area [with the slate/statues etc] the same height as the rest of the bed. You'd have more scope with planting to hide the slanted trunk, and as the drainage is poor and the willow helps with that, it'll also make it easier...

We have crab apple trees in my road and somebody parks his big van outside my house, during windy weather it's like a symphony with all the different tones from different parts of the roof.

Wanted to say the same. If cut at the base ivy dies, it only attaches itself to the tree. It's how council treats ivy that tries to climb old "london planes" in the park next to me.

Thanks for the replies, I may have to get my tree surgeon to check how much of an issue it is.

I think there has always been posters that probably post the same question on multiple forums, then forget where they posted some of them.