This is interesting. HS2 was forced through on the backs of many compulsory land purchases and it didn't matter if it went through ancient woodland or land allocated to protect nature or history but this Lord can block this whole project? I bet we still have to pay him subsidies out of our taxes too.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Thanks for the Gardeners World link for plants resistant to honey fungus, @pansyface. I'm now totally confused... I've been working from the RHS list: file:///home/chronos/u-e8be5ff4a696d7917ce17a68ab536936629d3928/MyFiles/Downloads/Honey-fungus-host-list%20(6).pdf - up to now, but it has some clear and annoying anomalies with the GW one. For instance, GW says pear and hydrangea are susceptible, RHS says they're resistant. GW says Parrotia is resistant, RHS says susceptible. And the RHS list, which I'm inclined to believe (they did a lot of research before publishing it) says there's insufficient evidence on Corylopsis, Stewartia, Fothergilla & Luma (all listed as resistant by GW) to include them.
Edit: sorry, the above link isn't working
I have a small Corylopsis in a pot, waiting for a home... perhaps I'll risk it... and I'd love a quince, they're beautiful, but RHS has no comment on it either for or against.
I think I'm tending towards Tamarix parviflora. And/or Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula', if I believe the RHS and not GW... but how about Ginkgo biloba? That's resistant. But might get too tall (don't want to shade the solar panels)... though that might not be our problem, at our age...
Decisions, decisions!
P.S. Yes, @Fairygirl, Chaenomeles is on the resistant list.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Have you looked for HF resistant trees and shrubs, @Hostafan1? Anywhere else in my garden would be fine - I'd not be looking for anything large - but next to the road we need substantial screening...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
They were discussing this on GQT a couple of weeks ago. The upshot was that they think that some honey fungus strains are more aggressive than others but it sounded more like they didn't know why some gardens have it and don't have problems but others get decimated.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Strange - I've just found a photo in the Gallery section of my phone of a totally unknown man (fully dressed!) looking at a wall of marine related pictures somewhere. The details say it was taken or sent on 27th January 2023 via Whatsapp. I no longer subscribe to Whatsapp.
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file:///home/chronos/u-e8be5ff4a696d7917ce17a68ab536936629d3928/MyFiles/Downloads/Honey-fungus-host-list%20(6).pdf
- up to now, but it has some clear and annoying anomalies with the GW one. For instance, GW says pear and hydrangea are susceptible, RHS says they're resistant. GW says Parrotia is resistant, RHS says susceptible. And the RHS list, which I'm inclined to believe (they did a lot of research before publishing it) says there's insufficient evidence on Corylopsis, Stewartia, Fothergilla & Luma (all listed as resistant by GW) to include them.
Edit: sorry, the above link isn't working
I have a small Corylopsis in a pot, waiting for a home... perhaps I'll risk it... and I'd love a quince, they're beautiful, but RHS has no comment on it either for or against.
I think I'm tending towards Tamarix parviflora. And/or Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula', if I believe the RHS and not GW... but how about Ginkgo biloba? That's resistant. But might get too tall (don't want to shade the solar panels)... though that might not be our problem, at our age...
Decisions, decisions!
P.S. Yes, @Fairygirl, Chaenomeles is on the resistant list.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Have you looked for HF resistant trees and shrubs, @Hostafan1? Anywhere else in my garden would be fine - I'd not be looking for anything large - but next to the road we need substantial screening...
How could this happen?