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of doing so. Thanks in advance, Aaron  Branches  damaged, rubbing together need attention. This is best done when the tree is in full leaf.Pruning at this time allows pruning wounds to heal before the onset of winter, and it also makes them less prone

evergreens are quite dense. If you live in a relatively mild place then you could grow an Olive. Alternatively Arbutus or Acacias would work well. Your choice increases dramatically if you can cope with deciduous trees.Mildred: If you click on the links

in height its spreading branches cast quite a shadow over the bed below. Being a deciduous tree its full canopy doesn't really develop until later in May, so many early flowering plants have time to bloom before the shade takes over.My star performer over

yellow grass, a carex I think, growing really well in a dry shade similar situation. It does depend on why it's shade/what's causing it. Under deciduous trees lots of the spring bulbs pop up, flower then die back as the tree canopy above closes up

My borders are empty apart from 4 trees, each about 10' or 12' high - a conifer and a lilac side by side on the left hand side, a prunus and an apple tree about 12' apart on the right hand side.  But I need to put some shrubs and climbers in front

in the southern England and South Wales)which feeds on a range of deciduous trees. So it seems

by tying them in to the hedge with a strong rope.Pruning and shaping your plantsViburnum, with Chris BeardshawShrub roses, with Monty DonPruning plantsBox topiaryBrowse a variety of deciduous treesView a selection of hazel plants

. Clematis viticella is deciduous. C. armandii is evergreen and vigorous though a little inclined to brown off in bad winters. Doesn't die though.  http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=453 They come in pink as well I don't know of an evergreen

, but my trees look like true cherries and are deciduous).Watsonlwats, I cut down my foxgloves and they came back, it may be some of the seed fell down to the base last year. Remember, they are very toxic so please don't eat them!! Bees love them though

experience I would go for something with sharper edges. Unless the soil is actually frozen, now is a great time to plants trees and hardy woody shrubs, so I would go ahead.  As you mentioned Box, it might be wise to have a look around your area to see if Box