David K

White Rhododendron but no White

Sorry for any typos...just had to rush it!

White Rhododendron but no White

Right Pauly, this will need to be my last for a while...I need to watch Moto GP from Silverstone & have  Fathers Day.

Yo'll need to do a Ph test of the soil where your rhodo is growing. They need acid soil to grow well and flower.

Of course it will not flower again until next year anyway, as their season is over and will (as you say) just put on leaf.

Problems with newly planted topiary box hedge.

Pauly D wrote (see)

By chance do you know anythng about Rhododendron's? I have started a new thread on that haha : )

After the years I've spent gardening, there are very few mysteries left.

I'll take a look at your rhodo thread.

Problems with newly planted topiary box hedge.

Pauly D wrote (see)

aaaaaaaaaah Does not sound good... ooooh! ok - I shall do that right now, and possibly get it dug out straight away!
THANKS!

Don't worry, it's probably no more than a duff plant at this early stage & easily rectified...much more of a problem if it had been part of an established hedge.

Problems with newly planted topiary box hedge.

Our messages crossed, but I hope you understood the gist of what I was saying.

Problems with newly planted topiary box hedge.

Hi again, Pauly

For some reason your opening post didn't appear at the top of this page, but I've just seen it on the 'problem page'.

However, I now understand you have planted a small box hedge and the leaves on one plant have turned 'copper brown'. Now this could posibly  be 'box blight' and in the interest of preserving the rest, should be dug up & burned.

Google 'box blight' and see if the pictures compare.

Problems with newly planted topiary box hedge.

Hello, Pauly...I do have box hedges and a few topiary shapes in pots. I'm just having a little problem with what you have or intend.

Am I right in thinking you just have pots of box at the moment and intend to use them at a later stage to make a hedge or as potted topiary shapes?

At the mo, I will say that the new growth you speak of should be trimmed back if necessary now while it's still soft, not later in the year. There is an old gardener's saying that says 'trim your box on Derby Day' i.e. the first week in June.

Feeding while still in the pots, I would suggest a fortnightly feed of liquid Growmore during the summer.

There are pest and disease problems, but no need to trouble you with these unless you have an issue with them.

Hope that helps!   

what type of compost to use ?

I agree with Green Magpie.

The compost for the dragon tree should be ericaceous as it is lime intolerant. Of course I couldn't say for the one you don't have a name for.

Problems with newly planted topiary box hedge.

Whoops! The '1' should have been an exclamation mark.....another case when the 'edit button' would have helped, had it been working.

Problems with newly planted topiary box hedge.

Happymarion...I'm impressed by your CV, well done you1

Carol Klein's, Life in a Cottage Garden

The A to Z of TV Gardening

Happy New Year

Left handed tape measure:

Growing Sweet Peas

Wartime Farm

GW memories 1991

Wyevale...

|Just learned a new trick

Sweet Pea Queries

Edit facility not working

Spirit of Chartwell

Hanging basket trial

Clematis 'Bijou'

Ads blocking the task bar