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Too many trees?
SparklesJD
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We have inherited a garden where previous owners seem to have been on a mission to get as many trees and shrubs into one bed as physically possible.
Even to my inexperienced eye, there are too many, but the question is, which can/should be moved and when?
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What are they? Are they all worth moving/keeping?
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'd keep the holly and clip it into a decent pyramid shape, and I'd keep the one on the left - looks like a pear - and get rid of the rather mediocre prunus-looking red leaved one in the middle.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry, photos went a bit wrong.
Right to left:
Cherry
No idea, we think it might be a plum
Laurel
Magnolia?
Holly
Rose, Queen Elizabeth
Pear (or might be apple)
Hydrangea
Another rose, don't know species
Apple (or pear, if the other one is an apple).
I would keep the fruit trees and see what they are.....they may be good ones.
Thanks all.
I love magnolia and I was very excited to find one, but I'm not sure it's got enough room there (it's the small tree between the laurel and the holly) and although it's a sheltered spot, it's not particularly sunny. Would it do better in a patio pot or we have a raised bed in full sun in front of the back fence, (although it's not ready for planting yet)?
Should I wait until it's finished flowering before attempting to move it?
Don't move any trees now as they are all growing. Digging them up now will probably kill them, wait until autumn.
Cool, will wait. Thanks.