That does look a lovely tree and will be beautiful in blossom.
I would personally not plant a hydrangea behind it for another year or two at least until the amelanchier has established. Hydrangeas are really thirsty plants and might perhaps rob the tree of essential moisture. If you really wanted to, you could plant the hydrangea in a large pot behind the tree for the time being, as long as you kept both well watered.
That does look a lovely tree and will be beautiful in blossom.
I would personally not plant a hydrangea behind it for another year or two at least until the amelanchier has established. Hydrangeas are really thirsty plants and might perhaps rob the tree of essential moisture. If you really wanted to, you could plant the hydrangea in a large pot behind the tree for the time being, as long as you kept both well watered.
I’ll have a soaker hose down and I’ll be watering the tree in addition to that so I think it will be ok. But I will make sure I keep an eye on it
Managed to get a little digging done this morning before rain stopped play, I’ve just got up to the bamboo sticks to do, I’ll lift the turf and put it upside down in another part of the garden
Then later on the sun came back out so back out I went to start mulching
I’ve done a properly thick layer of composted manure, I used all 8, 80 litre bags just on this half! I’m going to order another 8 which I think will be enough to finish the other side!
It's amazing how much you need @zugenie - but it's really worth not cutting that particular corner. Maybe worth investing in a bulk order?
Definitely not, I was going with Monty’s advice that it’s better to mulch a small area properly than a larger area thinly! I did look but couldn’t find anything for a reasonable price locally, the delivery fee pushed the price up massively
Started painting the back fence this month, I haven’t actually finished digging the border, just gotten totally distracted by painting instead 😆
Got rose ‘mary delany’ in the ground, along with a peony that came from my late nan’s garden. Got so much to do! Really need to do a load of trips to the tip, I think we’re going to hire a van and fill it up and do one trip rather than 5 in the car!!
This little blue tit friend landed super close to me while I was painting the fence, I was so excited!!!
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That does look a lovely tree and will be beautiful in blossom.
I would personally not plant a hydrangea behind it for another year or two at least until the amelanchier has established. Hydrangeas are really thirsty plants and might perhaps rob the tree of essential moisture. If you really wanted to, you could plant the hydrangea in a large pot behind the tree for the time being, as long as you kept both well watered.
What colour and brand is the fence paint please?