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Unless I mistake my guess, those hedge look like uncared for lavender - backed with what looks vaguely like Mahonia. Oh that poor tree - what kind of arborealist leaves a tree in that shape - cowboy is indeed the word.

I would suggest that maintaining that border will be impossible - need redoing. Can you get them to agree a redo and then a maintance contract?

 

Hi-Srongyloden
Yes it is a birman.We had him stolen.
This is my memorial to Jack.....................
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Only a pawn in the game.

 

that's what I've said Fran - but they're actually conifers, would you believe!! There's about 9m of them altogether. I've quoted them for taking them down by saw to below soil level, and letting them rot in their own time, and replanting with something more suitable - it's not a great place for a hedge in any case!! It's a property firm that's hiring me, if they offer me the contract so they're not going to want to pay me for digging them out - that'd take hours!! :D I told them I'm not maintaining a hedge like that - I have a reputation to think of!! so they're sending someone out to have a look!!

 

As for the trees - well I'm keeping my eyes open for whoever it is - but maybe it would be better if I never find him / them!! It makes me so mad to see work like that! And the one at this place I had to look at - well, I want someone to see that it wasn't me that did it!! I'd be ashamed to have my van seen near there!!

 

I can't see any of the pictures. Is it me or is everyone having this problem?

 

judging by the comments that followed them - I'd say it's just you, Anne-Marie!

 

Roders, can't believe it... I had a seal point Birman kitten before I was married but it was stolen after two months. A highly prized breed unfortunately. :(

 

I can't believe the mentality of some people - how can they steal someone's pet? Have they no imagination or compassion? It's not the same as stealing a car - it's a living being. I'm lost for words (at last, no doubt some would say!)

 

Apart from the daffs and crocus this is the first real spring colour so far.
Last years lobelia autumn seedlings survived -5c this winter ... shows how hardy they are.
One of the unripe Oleander seed pods. I have obtained 10 seedlings from the ripe one last month.

 

That's one gorgeous camellia! I've got a few little lobelias growing in a pot with a kiwi fruit - as you say, they're pretty hardy! :D

 

What are you expecting from the oleander seed strongy, have you grown them before, and how long do they take to flower from seed?
Whats the name of the camelia?

 

I haven't a clue of the camelias name, might be Joan or ... no I don't know the variety. It was "left over" from a planting job 10 years ago and i've had it in a pot all that time, although I repotted it last year and has flowered better than ever.
The Oeander pods on the plant are not rippening as the first one did. I have never grown them from seed before so I am not sure how long to flower. Cutting are different, I liberated two single white flower cuttings from a 5 foot high outside specimen at Exeter uni last feb 05 by june it was 18 ins high and by july had a spike of flowers. Again I liberated two cuttings in Tenerife last july, one rooted in two weeks! They are over 1 foot high but the dormant over wintering bud is just about to open(pink or red) they have been inside all the time. The one in the pic has been over wintered in our polytunnel from dec till last week.

 

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