I shall take some more detailed pics and shall wait for more action on the third area I think. The carex will have to go, interesting, I've never thought of using a pic axe to remove plants!
To add on to Loxley comment about crown lifting the laurel you'll have to trim the top otherwise it will be on its way to 20ft , an umbrella shape would look well in my opinion , they are not the easiest to trim with a hedge trimmer unless you good with them. I agree with Loxley it look like a euonymus underneath it not a hebe .
The white flowering plant in the last photo is a Viburnum Carlesii or Burkwoodii but I'd put my money on Carlessi due to its size
I think that whole bed is so overcrowded, you'll need to decide what you like and want to keep, and get rid of what you don't like. It just compromises the shrubs you like if they're all rammed together, and can cause problems due to poor airflow.
The variety of Viburnum isn't terribly relevant. They all get the same regime in terms of care. They need very little attention if they're in the right spot, and are happy. It's definitely being compromised by the other shrubs around it, so if you like it, take out the adjacent stuff. Hypericums are two a penny, and it looks as if there's another one on the other side anyway.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just a different point on the black elder at the start. I would guess it's the more common black lace cultivar and if it is I wouldn't be that quick to prune it. I say that because they have a very open structure and with the cut leaves, block miniscule amounts of light. You might welcome the height in the garden to break things up and it will flower (they do so on last year's growth) if it hasn't been pruned. You can prune it hard and this produces larger leaves but they don't grow out of control in a season and can be hacked back easily enough next year.
I thought I'd post a small update on these four borders........ Carex......... Blimey it's hard work but I've got rid of about half of them. The suggestion for a Mattock was a great one, that and a spade is working well. The soil is very hard, and even when wet, super heavy - probably gives me clues as to the type of soil!
I cut a massive part of the laurel off as it was a funny shaped extra trunk which was growing along the border, I'll do more when it's fully stopped flowering.
Now, last time I didn't post border 4....... which I think has just turned up a couple of gems for us.....
Border 4: Yet more crowed chaos!
Again, super crowded. We intend to remove the thing at the front that has palm type leaves and some horrible spikes, and the laurel behind it, cut the bay back a lot, and see what else we're dealing with after that.
But, what looks like a dead branch, in this picture, dated about a month ago, now looks like this:
I'm far from an expert, but that *looks* like Fusia to me when looking at the close up? - Sadly most of it is growing out of sight, however, as you can see on the second picture, it's kind of all over the place..... and there's an outbuilding with a nice bit of wood holding the guttering up........ I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this.......!
So, am I correct, is this a fusia? If I am, my wife asks why hasn't it flowered yet when the other ones round our way are in full, glorious, bloom? - I suggested perhaps it's a later blooming variety
If it's a fusia (my wife said she'd wee herself, lol!), do I just carefully man handle it and somehow attach it to that wooden board? - If so, any tips?!
Oh and check the difference a couple of weeks makes for that lovely Acer! - Wonderful!
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The white flowering plant in the last photo is a Viburnum Carlesii or Burkwoodii but I'd put my money on Carlessi due to its size
I think it might be well over 20ft already! I don't think my laser measurer would work on a left, I'll give it a go!
The variety of Viburnum isn't terribly relevant. They all get the same regime in terms of care. They need very little attention if they're in the right spot, and are happy. It's definitely being compromised by the other shrubs around it, so if you like it, take out the adjacent stuff. Hypericums are two a penny, and it looks as if there's another one on the other side anyway.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I cut a massive part of the laurel off as it was a funny shaped extra trunk which was growing along the border, I'll do more when it's fully stopped flowering.
Now, last time I didn't post border 4....... which I think has just turned up a couple of gems for us.....
Border 4: Yet more crowed chaos!
Again, super crowded. We intend to remove the thing at the front that has palm type leaves and some horrible spikes, and the laurel behind it, cut the bay back a lot, and see what else we're dealing with after that.
But, what looks like a dead branch, in this picture, dated about a month ago, now looks like this:
I'm far from an expert, but that *looks* like Fusia to me when looking at the close up? - Sadly most of it is growing out of sight, however, as you can see on the second picture, it's kind of all over the place..... and there's an outbuilding with a nice bit of wood holding the guttering up........ I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this.......!
So, am I correct, is this a fusia? If I am, my wife asks why hasn't it flowered yet when the other ones round our way are in full, glorious, bloom? - I suggested perhaps it's a later blooming variety
If it's a fusia (my wife said she'd wee herself, lol!), do I just carefully man handle it and somehow attach it to that wooden board? - If so, any tips?!
Oh and check the difference a couple of weeks makes for that lovely Acer! - Wonderful!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.