All the brambles, fir tree and laurels have been cut down and a fence put up. I’ve planted a few deciduous trees on dwarf rootstock in the corners (prunus and malus) and I have put some bulbs in and cut the border outline. you can’t really see the stuff I’ve planted very well because of the season but I’ll put other pics up in late spring.
I’m considering a small magnolia in the middle but I’m not sure about space at the moment.
That's looking good @Ffoxglove, you must have worked hard. I personally would hang fire on the magnolia for a bit until the trees you've just planted have had a chance to grow. You might need an edging between lawn and border, it looks like it slopes down to the lawn?
Hello @Ffoxglove, looks like you've worked hard. You will want to remove the bamboo canes and plastic ties that are attached to the trees. If you are concerned they need support put in stake at 45 degrees roughly on third up the trunk. This is a useful guide https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=208
Hi @rachelQrtJHBjb shows that I’ve never planted deciduous trees before! I will do that. I think the fence blocks a fair bit of the wind so hopefully they’ll be ok.
More updates. Things are coming to life now but I’m a bit devasted because I found some baby brambles in the garden yesterday!!!! I thought I’d dug them all out ans I also blasted them with weed killer.
I’ve painted the new shoots with weed killer. Any tips? 😣
It's coming along nicely Don't get disheartened by the brambles appearing ... they will do for a few years ... just keep painting them with brushwood killer type herbicide ... you'll win eventually (unless they're sneaking in from next door).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Every spring I get little clumps of seedling brambles and ivy along my fence lines (nowhere else). My theory is bird perch there after they've been eating blackberries and ivy berries and drop the seeds with their own little packets of fertiliser. Weeding never goes away, we just have to be vigilant and try to keep on top of it.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
there was an old shed base with no shed of course. I toyed with making a raised bed for veg / herbs but knew my folks wouldn’t maintain it really so just made it presentable I hope with some blue slate and a nice photinia.
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you can’t really see the stuff I’ve planted very well because of the season but I’ll put other pics up in late spring.
shows that I’ve never planted deciduous trees before! I will do that. I think the fence blocks a fair bit of the wind so hopefully they’ll be ok.
I thought I’d dug them all out ans I also blasted them with weed killer.
Don't get disheartened by the brambles appearing ... they will do for a few years ... just keep painting them with brushwood killer type herbicide ... you'll win eventually (unless they're sneaking in from next door).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
there was an old shed base with no shed of course. I toyed with making a raised bed for veg / herbs but knew my folks wouldn’t maintain it really so just made it presentable I hope with some blue slate and a nice photinia.