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Hi all,
Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ The final picture is of an apple tree that looks to have had aphids on it for some time. I've washed the worst of them off but is it beyond saving? There's another apple tree within touching distance that is in great health although they look more like cookers than eaters - have to try some apple wine :-) -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 |
New garden - help req
mike. buckley writes
Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ The final picture is of an apple tree that looks to have had aphids on it for some time. I've washed the worst of them off but is it beyond saving? No, there's no problem. Apple trees can take a lot worse damage than this. There's another apple tree within touching distance that is in great health although they look more like cookers than eaters - have to try some apple wine :-) Way too early to tell which they are at the moment! A few apples are ripe in August, but the rest won't ripen until the autumn. At the moment they all look green and unappetising ;-) -- Kay |
New garden - help req
"mike. buckley" wrote in message ... Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ Picture four looks very much like a plant in my neighbour's garden. He calls it "The Triffid", which is possibly of no help at all :-} If it is the same, it produces lots of nasty sharp leaves and silly little flowers on long stems. Oh, and "Toastyhamster"?!? -- Kathy It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider. |
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In message , K
writes mike. buckley writes Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ The final picture is of an apple tree that looks to have had aphids on it for some time. I've washed the worst of them off but is it beyond saving? No, there's no problem. Apple trees can take a lot worse damage than this. Tempted to prune heavily in winter to remove the damaged areas and go a year without any fruit. Good idea? Lots of advice for controlling aphids on the Net but not a lot for helping a tree to recover. Not many comments on the photos, seem to have stumped a few people :-) -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 http://www.toastyhamster.plus.com |
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In message , Kathy
writes "mike. buckley" wrote in message ... Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ Picture four looks very much like a plant in my neighbour's garden. He calls it "The Triffid", which is possibly of no help at all :-} If it is the same, it produces lots of nasty sharp leaves and silly little flowers on long stems. That one has been ID'd as a Phormium and it'll probably be staying after a tidy up. Oh, and "Toastyhamster"?!? Long story - I desperately needed a unique posting name for a hotmail account and I'd just been playing the Day of the Tentacle PC game. In effect you played three characters, one in the past (George Washington I think), one in the present and one in the future. The character in the present had to put a hamster in deep freeze so the person in the future could find it and thaw it out (I forget exactly why, it was possibly require to power a generator) - unfortunately after thawing the hamster was shivery and cold, so you had to shrink a woolly jumper in the tumble dryer and fit it to the hamster. Hey presto one toasty hamster! It was a bit of a quirky game. -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 |
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mike. buckley writes
In message , K writes mike. buckley writes Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ The final picture is of an apple tree that looks to have had aphids on it for some time. I've washed the worst of them off but is it beyond saving? No, there's no problem. Apple trees can take a lot worse damage than this. Tempted to prune heavily in winter to remove the damaged areas and go a year without any fruit. Good idea? Aphids will only damage the leaves, not the wood. Next year the tree will grow new leaves. So jut do the normal winter prune. Lots of advice for controlling aphids on the Net but not a lot for helping a tree to recover. They don't do enough damage for the tree to need to recover. -- Kay |
New garden - help req
"mike. buckley" wrote in message ... Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ Picture 5 (3896) is probably Piptanthus, an evergreen shrub with yellow pea-like flowers followed by pods which are about 7cm. long. Phil |
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Picture 1 = possibly a laurel Picture 2 = Smoke tree Picture 3 = Phormium Picture 4 = Tree lupin |
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beccabunga writes
Picture 1 = possibly a laurel No - because a laurel wouldn't have the light coloured undrside to the leaves. Picture 2 = Smoke tree Picture 3 = Phormium Picture 4 = Tree lupin -- Kay |
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On 2009-07-20 10:03:05 +0100, K said:
beccabunga writes Picture 1 = possibly a laurel No - because a laurel wouldn't have the light coloured undrside to the leaves. Could be a Griselinia littoralis? Picture 2 = Smoke tree Yes. Cotinus coggyria. Picture 3 = Phormium Picture 4 = Tree lupin I don't think the last is a Tree lupin - the leaves aren't right. It's just possible it's a Cytisus battandieri with little flower on it. If the OP lives in a warmish place within striking distance of the sea the Griselinia tolerates salt air and the Cytisus (if that's what they are) will survive in a garden that gets only mild frost for short periods. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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On 19 July, 12:33, "mike. buckley" wrote:
Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ The final picture is of an apple tree that looks to have had aphids on it for some time. I've washed the worst of them off but is it beyond saving? *There's another apple tree within touching distance that is in great health although they look more like cookers than eaters - have to try some apple wine :-) Apple wine? Surely that's cider. Anyway, briefly de-lurking: I've no idea personally but there are some people very knowledgable about apple tree management over in the Cider Workshop group: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/cider-workshop Matt |
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In message , Sacha
writes On 2009-07-20 10:03:05 +0100, K said: beccabunga writes Picture 1 = possibly a laurel No - because a laurel wouldn't have the light coloured undrside to the leaves. Could be a Griselinia littoralis? Picture 2 = Smoke tree Yes. Cotinus coggyria. Picture 3 = Phormium Picture 4 = Tree lupin I don't think the last is a Tree lupin - the leaves aren't right. It's just possible it's a Cytisus battandieri with little flower on it. If the OP lives in a warmish place within striking distance of the sea the Griselinia tolerates salt air and the Cytisus (if that's what they are) will survive in a garden that gets only mild frost for short periods. Have to have a good throwing arm - Nottingham :-) -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 |
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On 2009-07-20 11:47:42 +0100, "mike. buckley" said:
In message , Sacha writes On 2009-07-20 10:03:05 +0100, K said: beccabunga writes Picture 1 = possibly a laurel No - because a laurel wouldn't have the light coloured undrside to the leaves. Could be a Griselinia littoralis? Picture 2 = Smoke tree Yes. Cotinus coggyria. Picture 3 = Phormium Picture 4 = Tree lupin I don't think the last is a Tree lupin - the leaves aren't right. It's just possible it's a Cytisus battandieri with little flower on it. If the OP lives in a warmish place within striking distance of the sea the Griselinia tolerates salt air and the Cytisus (if that's what they are) will survive in a garden that gets only mild frost for short periods. Have to have a good throwing arm - Nottingham :-) I don't know anything much about the climate in Nottingham being a wimpy southerner! Do you have a very sheltered garden? I'm thinking of the Cytisus which is pretty touch and go in real cold. I've even lost one in Jersey and here in Devon. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes In article , says... Hi all, Just moved to a new house, the garden is a little un-cared for - but only for a year or so while the move completed. Before I start hacking around too much I need some plant IDs, photos he http://www.flickr.com/photos/3966580...7621553462651/ The final picture is of an apple tree that looks to have had aphids on it for some time. I've washed the worst of them off but is it beyond saving? There's another apple tree within touching distance that is in great health although they look more like cookers than eaters - have to try some apple wine :-) Mike 3893 = Ceanothus arborea Trewithan Blue 3894 = Cotinus coggygria 3895 = Phormium tenax 3896 = Cytissus battendeiri Excellent - thanks. Unless you want lots more apples ignore the aphid problem it will be self regulating in the long run (put up some tit boxes) Hmm never thought of bird boxes, will maybe give that a go. -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 |
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