lisa massey

rhodedendrons

i inherited my garden about a year ago, and there are about 6 established rhodedendrons that are in flower at the moment and are beutiful. they are about 4 foot across, but the leaves are looking a bit pale and sickly. I'm not a huge fan of them, but dont want to destroy them, so will they trasplant into some large pots full of ericacious compost that i can dot about on paved areas?

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dear dovefromabove, very much like the sunken container idea. would apricots do well this far north? they sound quite delicate. but having a general soft fruit area that dos'nt need to be disturbed sounds good too and it is a flipping long wall so should have space for blackberries aswell. thanks kindly for advice.

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hello, I'm after a bit of advice. I have a long raised bed which used to contain a very large conifer hedge which is backed by an eight foot high south east facing brick wall. I have removed all the stumps and large roots and intend to dig some well rotted manure through it sometime soon. I want to turn it into a veg garden, but the wall is the issue. If i were to grow trained fruit trees against it would they take all the goodness from the veg and would their roots be so big as to interfer with general planting and seed sowing etc. Or would i be better to plant blackberries and other soft fruit?

rhodedendrons

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