Good advice, thank you. Having bought a house with a garden that was unkept for years I have some experience of discovering shrubs that only have tops left to them.
Maybe I should just concentrate on a really good hedge instead lol
I have an Oak at the back of my garden (100ft from house) which was a sapling in 1948 when this house was built. It has been coppiced twice, 1975 and 2003, and it currently has a height of 25 ft and a girth of 10 ft, so a substantial edifice indeed. Any 'forest' tree will in due course, become a monster. I have a self sown Scots pine in my shrubbery which I lop regularly and keep to 6 ft tall, it is the daughter of a tree next door which measures in excess of 40 ft, another denizen of the deep forest. Beware what you plant and where you plant it!!
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Hi Lyn,
Good advice, thank you. Having bought a house with a garden that was unkept for years I have some experience of discovering shrubs that only have tops left to them.
Maybe I should just concentrate on a really good hedge instead lol
Thanks
That's a good idea Russ, I have been known to tell it as it is.
I have an Oak at the back of my garden (100ft from house) which was a sapling in 1948 when this house was built. It has been coppiced twice, 1975 and 2003, and it currently has a height of 25 ft and a girth of 10 ft, so a substantial edifice indeed. Any 'forest' tree will in due course, become a monster. I have a self sown Scots pine in my shrubbery which I lop regularly and keep to 6 ft tall, it is the daughter of a tree next door which measures in excess of 40 ft, another denizen of the deep forest. Beware what you plant and where you plant it!!