no2 looks like berberis, can be shaped into a beautiful hedge or screen with a pair of lopers and generally responds with lots of small flowers and then berries. yours looks enormous it must have been ignored for years! lovely plant that you can be brutal with and it doesn't seem to mind
I would tackle it myself - probably over the course of several months! Now you know the plants you can prune them appropriately, e.g. the Hebe won't like to be pruned and needs a bit of caution, but the Lonicera and Berberis can be treated brutally. Remember to leave some height and variety though, or you'll end up with a supermarket carpark looking garden. It's easy to go a bit mad with mechanical shears
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
LOL Edd. It's like a field! The farmer who owns the surrounding land is known for his great pasture so I think some of his fertiliser must be making it over the fence.
Hi - second image plant at front looks like a prostrate golden Juniper. Second image second batch is a Berberis, provided I am looking at the correct plant, it is just starting to produce berries. Most Berberis have thorns in 3's at the leaf base. First image third batch looks like a Viburnum, second image looks like the Hebe and the third image looks like the same Juniper. Juniper often has juvenile and adult foliage on the same plant which can be confusing.
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no2 looks like berberis, can be shaped into a beautiful hedge or screen with a pair of lopers and generally responds with lots of small flowers and then berries. yours looks enormous it must have been ignored for years! lovely plant that you can be brutal with and it doesn't seem to mind
Yes, it's absolutely huge! Good to know it will cope with some serious trimming.
The first of the second group is Lonicera pileata
the third a hebe
In the sticks near Peterborough
I would tackle it myself - probably over the course of several months! Now you know the plants you can prune them appropriately, e.g. the Hebe won't like to be pruned and needs a bit of caution, but the Lonicera and Berberis can be treated brutally. Remember to leave some height and variety though, or you'll end up with a supermarket carpark looking garden. It's easy to go a bit mad with mechanical shears
You're all brilliant. That's only about a third of the main shrub bed! There are two more big beds but it gives me a start position.
I'll post more pics when I get them.
Thanks!!!
Oops, missed a few from the first section. Sorry if I'm repeating pictures:
LOL Edd. It's like a field! The farmer who owns the surrounding land is known for his great pasture so I think some of his fertiliser must be making it over the fence.
Hi - second image plant at front looks like a prostrate golden Juniper. Second image second batch is a Berberis, provided I am looking at the correct plant, it is just starting to produce berries. Most Berberis have thorns in 3's at the leaf base. First image third batch looks like a Viburnum, second image looks like the Hebe and the third image looks like the same Juniper. Juniper often has juvenile and adult foliage on the same plant which can be confusing.
Id's by others look good to me.
looks like a garden you can really enjoy, and play cricket
A garden is perfect, when it isn't!