On 23/3/05 17:24, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

It's a gorgeous monster. I knew one that had overtaken a fully grown walnut
tree and come across into my garden and colonised a couple of trees in
there. It's not a rose to be planted lightly but it is wonderful when given
its head.

I may have been over-ambitious, but the hazel is actually several,
and there is a mature walnut tree next door - it is also 15 yards
from the nearest house.


Plant more trees! The first Kiftsgate I ever planted I put, in my
innocence, up a dead apple tree trunk. For years, I had bits of Kiftsgate
whipping around trying to claw the eyes out of anyone who came near it!
Your neighbour will bless you, I hope. I thoroughly enjoyed the one I had
in my last garden, which belonged to the neighbours but to which I had to do
nothing!
With regard to Halesia, I was recommended to plant it on a bank where one
could look up into it and see it at its best. My ex father in law had done
this in his Jersey garden and I have to say he was quite right. It's not
the only way to see it, of course! But it does add a certain something.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)