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New house, new garden, beginner gardener, help needed

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  • oh wow, they all sound amazing. Thanks for the suggestion. The winter honeysuckle was on my mind. Read Monty's Irvington diaries and he kept on about it. Hope it wouldnt overgrow the fence onto the passing footpath outside. But I suppose I could prune it. That second one is beautiful. I'll get on to my garden centre Saturday and feel them out.  thank you.

  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    The honeysuckle is a shrub Jesse so no chance of that image Will add some more later but I need a shower now been a long day lol image

  • and I better review my lessons for morning. Again, Im very grateful, thank you. The synapses are firing here with ideas, light after all image 

     

    Thanks everybody.

  • I know the crab apple 'Golden Hornet' grows well in Co. Down and is a beautiful plant which attracts wildlife - there are other coloured crab apple varieties available too.

    Your lilacs will be fine as has been mentioned it looks as though the leaf damage was caused either because there had been a shower followed by strong sunshine or you watered the leaves when the sun was strong and that has burnt holes in the leaves (the brown patches)

    Are you coastal? Is it a windy site? Which direction does the front face?

     

  • I did water them a fair bit in the last month, so thats maybe it. I was trying to be too kind. We live beside the Mourne mts so the soil can be quite rocky underneath, and it can be windy here, Im about 3 miles from the sea. But the garden is sheltered with all the fencing, it does get good sun though, due to the absence of tree cover. The lilac trees are against a wall, looking down at them is south. So they get a lot of light. Im living in hope.

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