Mr Grinch's Garden

Rayleigh not Raleigh Kristan

Right question for everyone, i want to move another tree, i only have one spot where it would look ok, BUT i dug a hole today and at 8 inches down it hits wet water gloup. Ive dug the hole a little deeper and added compost but its still gloopy.

Is this too wet to plant ? Its a wet area anyway in winter and its slightly raised (hence the 8 inches of decent top soil)

Any thoughts ?

G

 

You calling me a Byslexic Dastard again?

Doesn't sound good does it - but perhaps depends on the type of tree. What type of tree is it?

Mangrove might be OK ...

 

Or a Willow,
Jenny

 

Kristen....those shrubs have really filled out since March.

Mr. Grinch.......what type of tree is the one you want to move?

 

No No, my obsession with Sorbus.

I had it in a spot and the first year it did well, that summer lots of rain, then i moved it the following winter to what i thought would be a better dryer spot conditions wise but this summer it hasnt looked great. I want to move it again as t hasn't looked right health wise and also both spots were wrong. This new spot, is the right spot but i'm concerned about the wet in winter. The top 8 inches brand new top soil with added compost, then you hit the usual clay that is VERY wet in winter. The top 8 inches fine lovely and no issues, under that wet wet, water, and gloopy after heavy rain which we had all day yesterday.

The Sorbus' i have bought all say they can handle clay and wet but every book that ever has say Sorbus like it well drained (as the originate from the hills and mountains) but these two definitely say wet and clay tolerant.

http://www.tree-source.com/ornamental-trees.aspx?sid=50&sv=10178
http://www.tree-source.com/ornamental-trees.aspx?sid=50&sv=10184

G

 

I prefer the mature tree at the back to the Folly Kristan

 

If I was better at Photoshop the Folly would fit under the tree

 

Its now when all the years detritus is cleared away that i can see what the garden will eventually become. The Box i planted are only young plants so will be a few years before they become anything of note, but that winter structure is there and its a bit of evergreen to what was usually a very bleak scene. I still have that top left hand corner to do, this will i hope match up the other side but thats for another time.



G

 

Nice to see you Mr G....Looking good....don't you just wish Box would grow just that bit quicker,but then again i'm a bit impatient

 

Your garden always looks good Mr G no matter what the season is......."merry xmas"

 

Indeed they are very slow Lolli. Once planted it takes them a good year to get established and i have noticed much more growth in year two. The aim is to have the Box around the patio a wee bit higher that the Box that runs the lengh. Im hoping to have the Ilex Crenata around the play area at the same height as the Box around the patio and eventually mirror this to the left to tie it all in.
I planted a tulip mix for the patio for this spring so looking forward to that.

Merry Christmas

 

... but then it would keep on growing quickly, and be a maintain-pain - like Leylandii!

I know, I know ... you want the illusive "Grow immediately to maturity height, and then stop"

I'm looking at your photo and thinking:

The end path doesn't have a focal point (and perhaps you can't create one just there? Maybe the path would have to move to the right, so that its endpoint was between buildings and you could have a little "something" there - statue, fountain, alcove, arbour ...)

And then, if it were me, I would want a barrier across that separated the view of the buildings sheds from the garden. I suppose that, ideally, would need to be evergreen. Very thin hedge, or some climbers ... or perhaps a narrow-grid trellis that would block most of the view and the climbers could then disguise the remainder.

A row of Bamboo would be wacky! ... perhaps completely out of character with the rest of the garden though.