A few for you

I'm not sure if the photos are clear enough for you, if not I'll try again tomorrow

This is in front of the porch, doesn't appear to be flowering like the rhododendrons around it

behind it is a climber with berries I really ought to know the name of but don't ...


Then there's the evergreen in between the fern and unknown bush


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Then there is the red shrub to the front and pink flowering to the rear


This looked interesting


The there is this tree

again to the rear


I'd actually like something to go as they block my view to the side of house lawn could this tree be the victim to be?

oh and I've made my first friend, that cat in the 3rd photo was very welcoming :D Be warned this is just the side of house lol

 

Pic 1,

Id say youve got a camelia , They normally flower in the spring although due to position this one may get the flower buds lopped off in order to keep it 'tidy'.

Pic 2, cotoneaster horizontalis

Pic 3, Some sort of dwarf conifer

Pic 4, Acer in the foreground, abelia in the back ground

pic 5, cant seem to find the name of this stuff, it runners and spread prolificly though and has a pungent smell if you break the stem.

 

Help toomany pics at once lol.

1)prunus laurocerasus. A nice narrow leaf variety, you are lucky. Itwon't bloom unless it's left unpruned.
2)probably a Cotoneaster orizontalis ?
3)Tuya?
4) A rhododendron, probably.
5) In front, acer (japanese maple) at the back, Abelia
6) Hottuynia cordata "Chameleon"
7)Liriodendron tulipifera, a darling.

 

Pro Gard, lol, posts overlapping , But I am happy we thought the same about the cotoneaster,wasnotreally sure

 

Ivory,

Hottuynia!

I new the name but couldnt spell it to google it and double check!!!!!

 

Lol, Not suremy spelling is right either, ithrow spellings around, if people google them google will automatically suggest a correct version most of the times. Lazy me!

 

And talking of spelling, I apologize to everyone on thsese boards my spacing bar never worked properly, I try to punch it as hard as I can but I still miss a number of spaces, sniff. :(

 

You are stars I can go read up now, thank you.

I've been using google as a spell check too !

 

Not trying to be pedantic here, but I think that tulip tree is actually Liriodendron chinense...the leaves have a larger indentation than that of L. tulipifera and I have to agree with Ivory they are lovely trees chinquest, it would be a travesty to remove it even if it blocks your view (maybe just make it smaller?), they are one of my all time favorite flowering tree's:thumb:


L. tulipifera



L. chinense

 

Agree, Id chop the sick looking rodeo down to the side of it and simply give the liredenron a light prune.

 

Sick looking Rode, is that the one next to the tree? There is, to my amateur eyes a healthier looking one next to that which, before I realised what it was and saw how full of bloom it is, was my intended victim but I suspect once I see it in bloom it will have to stay.

I'd like to remove (or move, guess I'd need to learn about cuttings) the prunus laurocerasus but the surveyor suggested it should remain with strict instructions to keep it pruned!

I've got Leylanddi, several rode's and I believe neither are particularly favoured by british wildlife sooo might the tree meet the approval of any wild garden visitors?

I'll try to take some close up of the leaves.

 

Ah brilliant and thanks! See, that it is me learning from this threads, I didn't even know there was a Liriodendron chinense!

 

That is definitely going to have to happen it's growing through the telephone wires :gulp:

 

I hope it's ok to reopen an old thread but am here with update and questions.

I kept the tree Liriodendron chinense and had it heavily cut back at the same time as they removed the leylandii. It's much wider now and heading straight for the telephone wires again so I guess it needs cutting back annually. Now it would have been done in October last year which meant I didn't have any leaf clearing to do but I would also guess the reason I have yet to see it's flowers?

When would be the right time to have it trimmed please?

I would like to thank this forum for persuading me to keep the tree I've fallen in love with it and was fully rewarded earlier in the year when I realised I'd have destroyed this sight.

sorry not a very good photo but I loved this so early in the year

Otherwise I'm learning the hard way I have blind hydrangeas so have learnt I must wait until spring with those at least.