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Post by Cherry on Oct 31, 2013 8:37:46 GMT
I would not be in a hurry to replace. A magnolia which is on your wish list would be lovely, and you have trees all around. You can borrow that beautiful Hawthorn next door as a backdrop. It is a big tree and I think it is next door.
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 31, 2013 10:01:58 GMT
Your tree was a 'Robinia frisia', ML. They're lovely, but if it was in the wrong place, it isn't now!!!  I think you're probably well rid of it, as they have a nasty habit of dropping branches unexpectedly - and that isn't good with young children around. |
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 31, 2013 10:03:51 GMT
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Post by Moonlight on Oct 31, 2013 10:19:19 GMT
Yesterday we had the Silver Birch tree that was in the front garden cut down. It was a healthy tree but it was entwined in the power cable and really badly leaning into next doors garden.
When I looked out the window when I said 'Good Night' to Fairy Pink Wellies it didn't look right without it there and just made me feel really sad.
It is going to take time to get used to having them both gone.I would not be in a hurry to replace. A magnolia which is on your wish list would be lovely, and you have trees all around. You can borrow that beautiful Hawthorn next door as a backdrop. It is a big tree and I think it is next door.
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 31, 2013 17:39:30 GMT
I had recognised your tree too ML. I have one in my garden and daughter used to have one in her previous garden.
it is a well known problem that they have brittle branches but I have never had any problems with mine or indeed any of the gardens I used to work in.
As far as the possibility of honey fungus affecting the tree or roots you can still get Armillatox which will kill off any fungal problems.
Looks like you are just in time to have loads of branches for bonfire night. The wood ash will come in very handy if collected and saved dry.
Always a silver lining somewhere.
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 2, 2013 8:30:54 GMT
I had recognised your tree too ML. I have one in my garden and daughter used to have one in her previous garden. it is a well known problem that they have brittle branches but I have never had any problems with mine or indeed any of the gardens I used to work in. As far as the possibility of honey fungus affecting the tree or roots you can still get Armillatox which will kill off any fungal problems. Looks like you are just in time to have loads of branches for bonfire night. The wood ash will come in very handy if collected and saved dry. Always a silver lining somewhere.
The cost of the Silver Birch tree included stump grinding and removal of logs and removal of branches etc.
Mum and Dad had problem with storm damaged trees including trees and so they are getting a quote. Dad got chatting to the man about what happens to the logs that they remove......
so I've ended up with a pile of logs in our front garden (including an eucalyptus log) that my Dad is going to collect next time he pops round in the 'Little Blue Truck'. So I think that the silver lining will be ending up somewhere else.
re. brittle branches. We used to hang bird food on the branches but they kept snapping off because they couldn't cope with the weight. |
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 2, 2013 8:48:55 GMT
While Mum and Dad were here I showed them the dahlia seeds that I had collected. The were very impressed. Next time they come Dad's going to bring some of the pots that he stores seeds in with him. I'll be able to relax when they are gone. We laughed about the Staleen Condessa seeds we both agree he is going to need to grow them well away from all the other dahlias. Plant a few together and he'll have grown a Staleen Condessa dahlia forest. He is going to grow our seeds separately, so he will know which plants come from which garden. I am just hoping that all mine don't turn out bright 'Happy Halloween' orange and with dubious form....... I'd be more than a tad disappointed if that happened.
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Post by Tel on Nov 2, 2013 10:02:09 GMT
I look forward to seeing the pictures of your seedlings next year Moonlight, we can call them the good, the bad and the ugly.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 2, 2013 14:21:47 GMT
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 3, 2013 13:14:31 GMT
We have made a decision re. our front garden. drum roll please........ (well if you fancy it - it's not that exciting really  )
As Mum pointed out I can't really grow exhibition standard dahlias in the front garden. A Sir Alf would have no chance of survival because it would be too tempting to chop. So I am going to grow poms in the front because they don't hold the same level of emotional connection to me as for example an Eastwood Moonlight. I think that I would be distraught if someone hacked one of those. My Downham Royals in pots are just outside our front door where there is no gap between flower bed and pavement. I think that unless someone was into dahlias poms look a bit boring, so wouldn't be worth deliberatly spoiling. We do get all sorts of random rubbish chucked over the wall. Including cigarette packets (not ours because none of us smoke) and MacDonald's takeaway cups and packaging (and we don't do that either) which are not rubbish dropped from bins during dustman days (which happens to).
We are going to plant the Magnolia that we bought from Aldi's it didn't flower this year but it has been stuck in a pot, we hope that by giving it more freedom it will begin to florish. Next to that we are going to plant a Lavender bush and I am just going to hope that the pretty lilac poppys that have grown since we have moved here will continue to pop up each summer.
re, the Poms, I am going to ask my Dad for advice but as I pointed out to HH, if it doesn't work we can dig them up the following year. I am only going to grow 4 poms next year. Gurtla Twilight, Moorplace, Lismore Moonlight and Willo's Violet.
So that's the plan so far, everything may change maybe as often the wind changes direction.
 Just missing our tree and Magnolias are special in our family. Off to ask when if the best time of the year to plant a Magnolia.....
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Post by Tel on Nov 3, 2013 13:25:00 GMT
Because your Magnolia is in a pot they can be planted anytime. Me personally, would plant it now if possible, while there is still some warmth in the soil.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 3, 2013 14:44:46 GMT
Because your Magnolia is in a pot they can be planted anytime. Me personally, would plant it now if possible, while there is still some warmth in the soil.
I'm thinking next week. Have to dig out the other bushes which we have never particularly liked.
Looking forward to seeing a blank canvas. |
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Post by Cherry on Nov 3, 2013 17:27:22 GMT
Losing the Robinia created a chance for pleasant changes to your garden Moonlight. Try to stop mourning the tree. I did this with my apple tree which shaded my garden and am only just getting over it after two years. I should have faced up to the fact that it was dying before it was sawn down. Life has improved now that the wasps which ate the apples have gone.
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Post by Moonlight on Nov 5, 2013 21:46:32 GMT
Dad has left pots for me to put the dahlia seeds I've collected in. Just labelled them. Been very logical by labelling before putting the seeds in and then muddling up which pot is which.
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Post by sweetpea on Nov 5, 2013 23:37:23 GMT
We also lost a lovely tree recently. Our Laburnum succumbed to disease and/or old age. Pruned a lot of the dead wood away and have planted a clematis montana to hopefully climb over what remains.
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and the Colorado Classic!!!
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