wisehedgecrone

Tulips in Pots

Ah, ok - confusing getting conflicting advice but this makes sense.

I have other bulbs planted in the containers too - would you recommend digging those up too and discarding them, or are they OK to leave? I mean narcissi, crocus, etc....?

Tulips in Pots

Thank you both! It's easiest to leave them as they are, but I'd already removed some anyway so I will do a bit of both and see, as advised. I had lots of different bulbs planted so it will be interesting to see which come up and flower.

Feeding them seems a good idea. What would I feed them with? Will a liquid feed do, such as Miracle Gro, or should it be tomato feed, or something else?

No apples and few crab apples.... :(

 Last year our John Downie had lots of lovely fruit. We used most of it in jam-making with blackberries, elderberries, sloes and other woodland fruits. Some was even tasty enough to eat raw. We were looking forward to a similar crop this year but to our disappointment, even though there was a lot of blossom, there are very few fruits on the tree and those that are there are falling.

Next to it is a Sunset apple tree. LAst year it didn't fruit well and one branch's apples were small and tasteless but we used them to provide pectin in jam along with the crabs. This year, there are NO FRUITS at all! Could this be weather-related? 

Very close to it, we have unwisely allowed a wild cherry to grow rather large this year. We will cut it down this autumn but would this have contributed to the poor fruiting of the apple trees? And if this is the cause, would we expect a better crop next year or would it take a few years to recover?

Should we be feeding both trees?

Any adice welcome!

Creating a Hedgerow

Thank you to all for your advice and tips!

The elder hasn't recovered, so we assume it's dead. However, we have some young elder rooted plants from Daughter who didn't want them in her garden, so that is a result. Not sure how long it will take to reach flowering size though!

As to the blackthorn though: ok, so I missed the boat with pruning after it finished flowering this year. So when should I prune it? If I prune it now, will new growth be made in time to have flowers next year, or does it make no difference?

Am hoping to get a Viburnum Opulus - the one with golden berries which I've seen in Sissinghurst - hoping the birds will approve. I am still hunting for a Black Bryony which is a twining climber in hedgerows rather than a hedging plant. So far, no suppliers.  Any ideas here?

Tulips in Pots

I planted lots of bulbs in tubs and pots last autumn - tulips amongst them. I am wondering now whether to dig them out and replace them with fresh ones this year or leave them and hope they will flower again next spring. Some of the pots have other plants in them for year round interest; others just had the tulip bulbs in. Foolishly I didn't feed them after they finished flowering. Any advice? Thank you!

Pruning Rhododendons - how? Help needed!

Hi! We have a very large and leggy Anthony Waterer rhodo which looks too big for its position in our newly created woodland garden. We'd like to prune it, but is it OK to cut it back hard without doing damage? And if so, how long, approximately, should it take before it flowers again? Should it be fed after pruning and if so, what with? Any advice welcome.

entering the competitions

I can't do it either - I keep clicking on the right answer and nothing happens VERY frustrating. So you think logging in via IE will work, then? Ok, thanks, I will try that. Why wouldn't it work on Google Chrome though?

Creating a Hedgerow

Hi!

I'm developing a small woodland area at the bottom of our garden which backs onto woodland. It's much lighter now we've removed a couple of huge evergreens, though our neighbour's evergreens continue to cast some shade. However there is dappled shade now and lots of scope for planting. I've so far planted dog and briar rose, field maple, euonymous and wayfaring tree; also a rowan and wild cherry.

We had a huge overgrown elder and as it was only flowering and fruiting high up, we cut it right back hard. I was hoping it might re-grow but after 6 weeks it hasn't done so yet. Have I killed it? Do elders respond to being cut back hard? I was hoping it would behave like a coppiced hazel (we have one we've also cut down hard and I am sure that will re-grow).

I want to plant wild clematis, black bryony to scramble through the shrubs. Does anyone know the best place to buy hedgerow plants?

I also have a blackthorn which has grown a bit large. Should I leave it like that or risk cutting it back, and if I can prune it, when's the best time to do it in order to minimise damage or loss of flowers and fruit?

Any advice welcome! 

Even more confused about fruit tree choice now...

Choosing a damson tree

Soil problem? (Newly created woodland area)

No apples and few crab apples.... :(

Tulips in Pots

Pruning Rhododendons - how? Help needed!

Creating a Hedgerow