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Planting a shrub in September
Hello
I need to plant a Viburnum Tinus Eve Price which is roughly 90cm tall. What is the best approach to give it a good start? Soil is clay but the top is not heavy.
Should I dig in something special? At the moment I only have multi purpose compost, bone meal and rose slow-release fertilizer. Any of these good? I don't mind spending another 5 or 10 quid on the right product if these are not good for this purpose.
The shrub will replace an American Pillar rambling rose which has been there many many years (oddly it is grown as a kind of standalone shrub without any support whatsoever to climb, so it means almost constant pruning.. and not as many flowers because of this as well).
Thanks!
I need to plant a Viburnum Tinus Eve Price which is roughly 90cm tall. What is the best approach to give it a good start? Soil is clay but the top is not heavy.
Should I dig in something special? At the moment I only have multi purpose compost, bone meal and rose slow-release fertilizer. Any of these good? I don't mind spending another 5 or 10 quid on the right product if these are not good for this purpose.
The shrub will replace an American Pillar rambling rose which has been there many many years (oddly it is grown as a kind of standalone shrub without any support whatsoever to climb, so it means almost constant pruning.. and not as many flowers because of this as well).
Thanks!
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Then just water well until you get regular autumn/winter rainfall. It's quite a large specimen, so you'll need to be vigilant until then to make sure it establishes
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...