All I have to care about. Can you help?

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  1. Sebastian K.

    Sebastian K. Apprentice Gardener

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    Dear Gardeners,

    I am a caretaker (90% gardening/ 10% the rest) on two estates in West London.
    I got this job 10 months ago and until now I was uncovering the beauty of those places from weeds, overgrown plants and all the other rubbish.
    My plan now is to create an easy way of managing the gardens.
    I would like to number all the beds and assign the names of plants in those beds.
    Than I could create a standard yearly shedule of maintenance containing; pests and diseases control, prunning type and timing, propagation, etc.

    In this point I have to say I am not an experienced gardener.

    I am currently attending the RHS level 2 horti. and landsc., I am a member of RHS and really like what I do.

    This task I treat as a good practice of plants recognition process plus it will be really helpful to know what I have got there.

    My question is; can you help me to recognize all I have got in my gardens?

    That is going to be quite a lot of plants but I can see it as a great fun for all of us.

    Anyway, since Monday I will start publishing the photos and I will try to recognize the plants myself. Please feel free to correcting me or if I do not know the name to give your suggestions.

    I will try to publish the photos of the particular bed as a whole plus smaller photos of single plants so feel free to give your suggestions on the design of the bed as well. Maybe I should add something or something should be removed.

    Thank you in advance for your help.

    Seb, London
     
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      Welcome to GC, Seb :blue thumb:

      We'll have a go at it for you. :)
       
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        Yupi:) Thank you for your immediate and positive response Shiney.
         
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        Hallo Sebastian,
        what an exciting "New members " challenge you've given us. I'm sure though, between us, there won't be many that stump the members.
        Welcome to Gardeners Corner and I wish you good luck and happiness in your chosen career,
        Jenny namaste
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        Namaste Jenny:)

        The one thing in gardening, which scary me a little is to remember and recognize the plants. I know I am not the only one (of beginners)but it really does scary me anyway.

        I know though it all need time and training and at some point I will be an expert as you are and maybe I will be able to help someone.

        So far I have discovered the gardening being my way to happy life.

        Since I work with plants I am happier and I meet very positive people full of very good energy and also they seem to look at me in a different way when I do the gardens.

        I am really looking forward to how it will continue.

        Going back to the topic I would like to publish two pictures of my estates from google maps.

        I thought maybe it will be a nice addition to my first message.

        Thank you once again for reading this and for your desire to help.

        Seb
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          Forgive me Sebastian but there seems to be very few flowers or shrubs in the enclosed areas for us to ID. I thought you were referring to mature gardens...:scratch:
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          I do not know the date when those photos were taken but it is a couple of yers ago. I agree that are not very impressive gardens but still a lot is going on when looking closer. Also, what I have realised after 10 months of gardening in those places is that they become smaller and smaller when my knowledge is growing... In addition I am so proud to be a gardener there that my 'stories' about them maybe 'too big' indeed. hmm.

          On the other hand it is rather nice to hear that I will not overuse your highly valuable skills and experience but I do have many, many questiones on what to grow where. I am in quite good position where I have a lot of freedom in what I want to do and there are many places that need some change so I am sure there will be a lot of questiones and problems to solve.
           
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          Welcome to GC Seb,looking forward to the pics:thumbsup:..Everyone here is so helpful and full of great advice..
          Given time you will remember the names of the plants,the enthusiasm takes over and that's all you'll be thinking of:dbgrtmb:
           
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          Welcome aboard :sign0016:

          As a matter of nosiness, what part of West London are you in? I'm working in SW London myself at the moment

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          Welcome to GC Seb. :)

          It will surprise you how quickly you'll pick up the names of plants. If you look at other threads in this identification forum that will also help your knowledge.
           
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          Hello Everybody,

          Thank you for your support and all the 'welcomes':)

          'fat controller' I live and work near Northwood, Hillington. :)

          On Saturday I announced I would start publishing on Monday (today) but different circumstances have caused I am not prepared as I intended.

          But I have something:)

          Lets say that is the first part.

          A line of three, the same trees.
          This picture was taken about a month ago when they were flowering.
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          Now they look like that.
          DSC_1288 (Copy).jpg DSC_1289 (Copy).jpg

          I am sure it is something very easy for you.

          My guess; some kind of prunus?

          There is a problem with all those three.

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            Is there anything I can do to help them?
            I would like to prune them myself a little bit.
            Do you think I can do it now or should they recover first?

            Thank you for your help!
             
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            The bark and leaf suggests that the trees are Prunus, they could also be Malus which looks similar.

            The trees look diseased to me and looking at the way the bark and trunks are splitting I would suggest that you inform either the appropriate local council department, or the forestry commission if there is one in your area. There is a possibility they may have to be removed.
             
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              Thank you for your suggestion.
              That is not a very good news but I agree they dont look very healthy. I will definitely check it with the appropriate body as soon as possible.
               
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                Now I want to publish the second bed.
                This is how it looked before.

                DSC_0419.jpg

                What I have to say is that that was September last year and my experience was on the scale from 1-10, 1 and I didnt know that that bed would change in time, some flowers would appear in Spring, Summer.. Now I see the idea, but I have decided to clear it a little..

                DSC_1309 (Copy).jpg

                DSC_1318 (Copy).jpg

                I decided to grass that area and plant there some buxus in Summer and I will shape it into 2-3 'balls', simmilar but smaller than those two seen in the corner.

                We still have here
                1. tree
                2. hedge
                3. 2 'balls'
                4. two perennials
                5. conifer
                6. groundcover
                and their photos;

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                2. DSC_1314 (Copy).jpg DSC_1313 (Copy).jpg DSC_1315 (Copy).jpg

                3. DSC_1317 (Copy).jpg
                DSC_1319 (Copy).jpg

                4. DSC_1320 (Copy).jpg DSC_1321 (Copy).jpg
                 
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