Ah, thank you, that is a relief to know! I can't believe is was so stupid and just bought three trees because of how they looked now, without thinking properly about the future. Well you live and learn.
The other two trees are going to be exchanged. I'm thinking now of some wildlife friendly hedging or bush/shrub.
..........I can't believe is was so stupid and just bought three trees because of how they looked now, without thinking properly about the future. Well you live and learn...........
That's how garden centres make their money - they make the plants look so tempting How many times have you read that one of us has gone to the GC for come compost and come back with a car load of plants
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know Dove, what are we like.. I'm a sucker for it, I'm turning into a bit of a plant addict. In the last month alone I've bought, Spirea, Esta, Salix, Pyracantha, Clematis Montana, and a new Rosemary, Not to mention others. This time though I had a particular mission, to get something that would fill a gap to create some privacy from the neighbours garden, so when I sit in my shack, it's secluded, and I didn't even manage to keep to that plan.
..the small trees you've bought are very nice... it ought to be pointed out I think, that it will be many years, perhaps 20 or more, before these trees are at the heights you might see in photos...and even then they're not that big as trees go... I wouldn't worry about it, enjoy them while they're young... as you are... in all probability you will have sold up and moved on long before they reach maturity...
..I've got a Cornus kousa Chinensis in my garden... in about 20 years or so it will push my house over... by which time someone else will have come along and chopped it down.... I shall enjoy it for now...... don't worry about it...
iGrow, I would be. I'd probably try and dig them out as the tree's are quite young, if that's impossible I'll have to resort to methods mentioned on this thread.
Salino, I like your thinking! Maybe I just worry too much.
Thank you! I'm such a silly arse, I've actually been stressing about this. The other day I enjoyed my garden so much, then all of a sudden I've got problem sycamores, then I'm worrying about things I've bought, so silly.
I sacrificed buying a shed to get those plants, so I'm going to enjoy them. Had a lovely garden day today, sorting out all my seedlings, and mowing the lawn with my new, push along non electrical lawn mower, all is good!
About those Sycamores though, I don't know how I'm going to deal with the little ones that are growing up in the middle of a thick Winter Jasmine hedge, suppose I'll just have to keep lobbing them off
Thank you all so much for your kind help though, one day I might make a gardener!
Think you are putting your finger on several excellent points, Jack. We should after everything enjoy the positives in our gardens. Hard to do sometimes, we focus on the problems. I need to keep telling myself that our decisions are not always between good and bad options, but between good and good ones.
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Hi Jack, yes, Crataegus will trim up fine.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ah, thank you, that is a relief to know! I can't believe is was so stupid and just bought three trees because of how they looked now, without thinking properly about the future. Well you live and learn.
The other two trees are going to be exchanged. I'm thinking now of some wildlife friendly hedging or bush/shrub.
That's how garden centres make their money - they make the plants look so tempting
How many times have you read that one of us has gone to the GC for come compost and come back with a car load of plants 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know Dove, what are we like..
I'm a sucker for it, I'm turning into a bit of a plant addict. In the last month alone I've bought, Spirea, Esta, Salix, Pyracantha, Clematis Montana, and a new Rosemary, Not to mention others. This time though I had a particular mission, to get something that would fill a gap to create some privacy from the neighbours garden, so when I sit in my shack, it's secluded, and I didn't even manage to keep to that plan.
..the small trees you've bought are very nice... it ought to be pointed out I think, that it will be many years, perhaps 20 or more, before these trees are at the heights you might see in photos...and even then they're not that big as trees go... I wouldn't worry about it, enjoy them while they're young... as you are... in all probability you will have sold up and moved on long before they reach maturity...
..I've got a Cornus kousa Chinensis in my garden... in about 20 years or so it will push my house over... by which time someone else will have come along and chopped it down.... I shall enjoy it for now...... don't worry about it...
iGrow, I would be. I'd probably try and dig them out as the tree's are quite young, if that's impossible I'll have to resort to methods mentioned on this thread.
Salino, I like your thinking!
Maybe I just worry too much.
Don't worry Jack, enjoy it all
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you! I'm such a silly arse, I've actually been stressing about this. The other day I enjoyed my garden so much, then all of a sudden I've got problem sycamores, then I'm worrying about things I've bought, so silly.
I sacrificed buying a shed to get those plants, so I'm going to enjoy them. Had a lovely garden day today, sorting out all my seedlings, and mowing the lawn with my new, push along non electrical lawn mower, all is good!
About those Sycamores though, I don't know how I'm going to deal with the little ones that are growing up in the middle of a thick Winter Jasmine hedge, suppose I'll just have to keep lobbing them off
Thank you all so much for your kind help though, one day I might make a gardener!
Think you are putting your finger on several excellent points, Jack. We should after everything enjoy the positives in our gardens. Hard to do sometimes, we focus on the problems. I need to keep telling myself that our decisions are not always between good and bad options, but between good and good ones.