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I feel a 'pruning fest' coming on!

Several of the 'small' trees in the garden are shooting up wildly, and I'm keen to get out the secateurs. It's a bit early...

15 comments

sheilabub

5 Aug, 2014
Sheilabub

Spirea cut-back

Once the gardener had cleared the dead shrubs from the back-left corner, I had a go at taking out the weeds and ivy that...

11 comments

franl155

9 Jul, 2014
Franl155

An apple tree disease.

It is rather a question and I wonder if someone would be able to identify the problem for me. Since I have few pictures...

8 comments

kasy

1 Feb, 2014
Kasy

**TO CHOP OR NOT TO CHOP ** that is the question?

After a very warm summer, and spending three weeks away in August/Sept the garden is looking rather the worse for wear, many...

19 comments

Dottydaisy2

3 Oct, 2013
Dottydaisy2

coûteux mes chers amis, mais oui.............

EXCUSE THE FRENCH..........BUT IT WILL MAKE SENSE IN A MINUTE..... Having a small garden, means that you have to keep shrubs/trees...

19 comments

Dottydaisy2

24 Feb, 2013
Dottydaisy2

Big decisions and very big jobs.

For a number of years I`ve been watching my arch suffer under the weight of my winter clematis. It`s a beauty I know...

25 comments

lincslass

11 Sep, 2012
Lincslass

Snails DO live in the trees!

Been Chopping down the trees at bottom of garden and did a bit of fatboys too! Found lots of snails ..here are a couple..they...

26 comments

pixi25

21 Jul, 2012
Pixi25

Choisya pruning as inspired by Bloomer and now updated for her

After reading Bloomers blog on Friday about hard pruning her Choisya I decided it was time to cut back the one outside the...

34 comments

annella

16 Jul, 2012
Annella

Choisya Coiffure for Terra...and updated for Annella ! :o)

This was my Choisya last year,a lovely specimen..but suffered from frost damage on one side..I hoped it would regenerate,but...

58 comments

bloomer

13 Jul, 2012
Bloomer

Lessoned learned with a Cytisus ‘Racemosus’

I knew that cutting back some plants too harshly can kill them, but never really thought it could be so dramatic! This lovely...

36 comments

drc726

12 Jul, 2012
Drc726

Advice Please?

Not sure if I should have posted this in questions, but anyway, I could do with some advice on cutting back or replacing...

6 comments

andrea

4 May, 2012
Andrea

BARING IT ALL.....

....or 'Looking good Naked'!

17 comments

Gee19

10 Nov, 2011
Gee19

the start of a willow orb....

Autumn is here at last and with the nursery and the tipi camp tidied up its time to chop everything back in the garden....i...

13 comments

sandra

29 Oct, 2011
Sandra

A trip to B&Q.

Hello everyone,had a trip to B&Q last night never made it at the Bank holiday weekend thought I would drop in on the...

2 comments

allotment73

7 Sep, 2011
Allotment73

Haircuts!

We all make mistakes in the garden , don't we! Here's mine...... Oops! The other one is trying to hide, saying "look...

15 comments

rose1949

8 Jul, 2011
Rose1949

OUCH I HURT !!!!!!

Gor blimey I`ve got achey joints tonight and YES!! its all my own fault. It was a little too breezy for cutting my front...

12 comments

lincslass

4 Jun, 2011
Lincslass

just a trim, I thought!!

Look at the state of this :))) the Ivy on the fence has once again caused problems, I would get rid of the lot but the neighbours...

15 comments

youngdaisydee

4 Jun, 2011
Youngdaisydee

Update on my Wisteria

Well hello everyone. Hope you're all fit and well. Haven't been on here for a while, but have been thinking of you all. To...

17 comments

lindalooloo

7 Apr, 2011
Lindalooloo

Clematis - prune or not?

Some members were concerned about the thorny subject of Clematis pruning...which, when and how. I promised that I'd write...

67 comments

spritzhenry

5 Jun, 2009
Spritzhenry

"Chainsaw pruners"

Andrewr provided the title for this anecdote. While Andrew spoke of Council employees my title is much broader in scope and...

5 comments

Muddywellies

26 Mar, 2008
Muddywellies

To hack or not to hack. That is the question.

I think 'pruning' doesn't always suffice or give the right impression about what a plant actually needs. For me 'pruning'...

6 comments

Muddywellies

25 Mar, 2008
Muddywellies

PRUNING 2 – WHEN TO PRUNE?

So having said how to prune, the next question of course is when to do it? Shrubs and climbers generally fall into one of...

4 comments

AndrewR

31 Jan, 2008
Andrewr

PRUNING 1 - WHY PRUNE?

Ask many gardeners why they prune their shubs (and climbers) and they will tell you it’s because they have got too big. But...

5 comments

AndrewR

30 Jan, 2008
Andrewr