Hi Folks
Sorry for the delay - Had a few things to do, as promised here is an update
about moving the pear tree, as you can see its still in its pot and has been
watered twice a day since the move on the 23rd of June, unfortunately there
is no shade in the new garden after 11am

http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/movepear.jpg

still seems ok but when to plant it out, do I water constantly in the pot
until it becomes dormant in the autumn or do I plant it out as soon as its
position is prepared??

Thanks for all your help


Another issue, in the new house we have inherited a handsome hedge which
does a great job of sheilding us from the road
http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedge.jpg

What is it - any ideas, heres a close up shot

http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedgecloseup.jpg

it appears to have some disease any clue would be useful, I was planning on
cutting it right back to the dark green healthy leaves. In the dry it has
no smell at all but as soon as it gets damp IT SMELLS, initially I thought
we had a cracked sewer but it is definitely the hedge, dampening a few of
the leaves produces the revolting smell - what is causing it (nothing
rotting underneath)


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.·°·. NIK .·°·.
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Looks rather like viburnum tinus. Problem with v tinus as a hedge is that you can only give it a light prune immediately after flowering or you lose next year's flowers, so it is hard to have both flowers and avoid it getting bigger. You will also discover the wood is very hard if you have to cut it back hard. But you can cut it right to the ground and it will come back, but will take a couple of years to flower. No idea why it smells, ours doesn't. But ours doesn't have the holey leaves either.

"NikV" wrote in message
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Another issue, in the new house we have inherited a handsome hedge which
does a great job of sheilding us from the road
http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedge.jpg

What is it - any ideas, heres a close up shot

http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedgecloseup.jpg

It looks like a laurel to me, I'd cut back to whatever pleases you. The
leaves do get old, brown and brittle.

No idea about the smell but laurel does have its own odour, which I wouldn't
describe as revolting. Can't say I've ever smelt it when wet, I usually keep
away from hedges when it rains!

If you crush the leaves they produce an almondy scent - it's a cyanide (it
won't kill you). We used to use them in insect killing jars.

Mary


it appears to have some disease any clue would be useful, I was planning
on cutting it right back to the dark green healthy leaves. In the dry it
has no smell at all but as soon as it gets damp IT SMELLS, initially I
thought we had a cracked sewer but it is definitely the hedge, dampening a
few of the leaves produces the revolting smell - what is causing it
(nothing rotting underneath)


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(º·.¸(¨*·.¸ ¸.·*¨)¸.·º)
.·°·. NIK .·°·.
(¸.·º(¸.·¨* *¨·.¸)º·.¸)

Mary Fisher writes

"NikV" wrote in message
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Another issue, in the new house we have inherited a handsome hedge which
does a great job of sheilding us from the road
http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedge.jpg

What is it - any ideas, heres a close up shot

http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedgecloseup.jpg

It looks like a laurel to me, I'd cut back to whatever pleases you. The
leaves do get old, brown and brittle.

Don't think it's a laurel - leaves not quite the right shape and not
quite glossy and waxy enough. An evergreen Viburnum?



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Kay

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"NikV" wrote in message
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Another issue, in the new house we have inherited a handsome hedge which
does a great job of sheilding us from the road
http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedge.jpg

What is it - any ideas, heres a close up shot

http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedgecloseup.jpg

It looks like a laurel to me, I'd cut back to whatever pleases you. The
leaves do get old, brown and brittle.

No idea about the smell but laurel does have its own odour, which I
wouldn't describe as revolting. Can't say I've ever smelt it when wet, I
usually keep away from hedges when it rains!

If you crush the leaves they produce an almondy scent - it's a cyanide (it
won't kill you). We used to use them in insect killing jars.

Mary


doesn't have the hydrogen cyanide smell of laurel - chopped leaves in
butterfly killing jars of my youth - the brown leaves are on the outside the
dark green are inside so I would guess older?

thanks for the ideas
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(º·.¸(¨*·.¸ ¸.·*¨)¸.·º)
.·°·. NIK .·°·.
(¸.·º(¸.·¨* *¨·.¸)º·.¸)

"NikV" wrote in message
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"NikV" wrote in message
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Another issue, in the new house we have inherited a handsome hedge
which
does a great job of sheilding us from the road
http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedge.jpg

What is it - any ideas, heres a close up shot

http://www.nasuwt.net/~nikvenn/hedgecloseup.jpg

It looks like a laurel to me, I'd cut back to whatever pleases you. The
leaves do get old, brown and brittle.

No idea about the smell but laurel does have its own odour, which I
wouldn't describe as revolting. Can't say I've ever smelt it when wet, I
usually keep away from hedges when it rains!

If you crush the leaves they produce an almondy scent - it's a cyanide
(it
won't kill you). We used to use them in insect killing jars.

Mary


doesn't have the hydrogen cyanide smell of laurel - chopped leaves in
butterfly killing jars of my youth - the brown leaves are on the outside
the
dark green are inside so I would guess older?

thanks for the ideas
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(º·.¸(¨*·.¸ ¸.·*¨)¸.·º)
.·°·. NIK .·°·.
(¸.·º(¸.·¨* *¨·.¸)º·.¸)
Viburnum tinus possible, I had no idea it had a pong though!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

On closer examination, my Viburnum tinus does have a few holey leaves just like yours.

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echinosum Wrote:
No idea why it smells, ours doesn't. But ours doesn't have the holey
leaves either.
On closer examination, my Viburnum tinus does have a few holey leaves
just like yours.




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echinosum

but does it smell when wet ?


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.·°·. NIK .·°·.
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Nik - I think I have the same kind of hedge - it STINKS when wet (but only in the summer). It loooks the same but the leaves seem to have fine hairs on them - does yours. Also mine doesn't flower.

Does any one have any idea what it is and what ails it?!

Hopeful for hedge rehabiitation
l
HappyMorag