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I have two of the free Fuchsias from last year and am wondering what, if anything, I should do with them. They are in pots (about 8 inch ones) outside and are starting to put out new leaves. They look a bit straggly, so should I cut them back a bit, or hard, or just leave them? Also should I leave them in those pots or re-pot them or put them in the ground?
I planted 80m of potted green holly Sept 2010 to form hedge. well prepared trench compost and mosspeat, with leaky hose at back, used initially until plants settled in. did very well, lots of new growth in 2011. black leaves and branches appearing this winter in some plants with leaf loss.sheltered site, east facing beside old ditch. any advice
Last year I overfed (with liquid feed that was too strong) my viburnum davidii and I lost a lot of leaves and a lot of the remaining ones have turned black. It was a fairly mature shrub, there seems to be some fresh new growth on this year but around 3/4 of the plant is now bare. Will it ever recover?
Planted Portugese Laurel hedge in November and some plants are dying off - leaves gone brown. They are 3ft tall. Can I do ang thing with this?
I planted a bareroot Acer campestre hedge 12 months ago . For what i know is that Decidous trees start to get new leaves in April . Is it too early for my hedge to be coming into leaf ?. Most of the hedge is showing swelling green buds .
I inherited an old cornus and the new shoots are short and produced on the old stems. Can I hard prune and is this the right time to move the plant?
I have an Aucuba which is going black, I have cut out the dead branches but the rest of the plant is now going black. Should I dig out the plant and if I do will I be able to replace it with another Aucuba? It is planted in a shady spot and was doing very well. I have attached some photographs. Seppie
I recently planted some bare root willow slips to form a screen/hedge. I planted about 3ft apart. Can you give any advice on getting them going good? Can I put lawn cuttings around and between the willow? Thanks
My wife has 2 blue Hydrangeas at the front of the house ( north facing) for the last 8 years in large pots. But they have not florished and do not retain the blue colour for her....any suggestions?
Viburnums were killed by frost last winter. Problems if I leave roots in the ground? If so , remedy?I would like to plant Viburn again or Red Robin. Also I want to grow apple trees near where I cut down a Hibiscus the roots of which are in ground. Forsee any problems?
could you please advise what way to plant alder whips? do i need manure -compost etc in the planting of them now?
I wish to plant a hedge along a timber railing around the hse its almost 3/4 acre! It is exposed,and I've already lost red robin along one side 2 yrs ago I was thinking laurel but saw purple beech recently and thought thet were very nice what would you recommend?
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