I would like to prune two or three branches off my coral bark acer senkaki, which is about 14 years old. Is this a good time of year to do this, or is there a danger of the sap bleeding?
We built a new house 3 years ago. And while I decided at the time to go for an informal hedge of mixed shrubs. I find now that it is not working. I would like a hedge as a backgound to a shrub border. Would like to plant escalonia - but from what I have read iut will not grow too well in kildare. Am now thinking of cotoneaster. Would appreciate your advice.Poppy
I want to plant a new hedge. Would Rosa Ragusa grow on an exposed site on the NW coast. How high will it get eventually. Do I have any other flowering hedge options. I want it to be native, and beautiful and preferably evergreen and about 4 foot high. It is to be at the front of the house and I do not want hedgerow type planting. I have lots of hawthorn on the boundry. The soil is rather heavy, and free draining, but given the amount of rain we sometimes get can occasionally get waterlogged for a day or two at a time in the winter. The digger is coming to dig the trench this week . Help.
We had a Virginia Creeper planted 4 years ago, to climb a 'plain' breeze block wall. I must confess we never really trained properly in the interim. Most of it collapsed over the winter. Before it starts to grow again what is the best approach to 'retrain' it to climb properly.
Hi Gerry, My garden is very overgrown but I need to do some work which involves using a mini-digger and (unfortunately) weedkiller. The problem is that lots of old bulbs-daffodils, crocuses and clumps of the most beautiful bluebells have survived the years of neglect. The crocuses and daffs are now in flower and the bluebells will be soon, but I really need to get the work done. Can I transplant the bulbs and the bluebells into pots and replant them after the groundworks are done? I would hate to lose the bluebells, as the garden was once on the edge of woodland and I would like to return it to what it once was. I am a complete novice. Thanks a million.
i live 1km from the atlantic ocean and wonder would a boxwood hedge grow here ?our site is prone to wind quite a bit ,can this be grown from slips ?