Willow tree
We have just moved into a house with a very overgrown garden
and my mum and me dont know anything about plants. There is a willow - i think - tree that looks as if it has been chopped off half way up and there is a lot of thinner branches growing from it. My mum says that it has to be kept small because it blocks out the sun but we dont know when we can cut the branches off and not kill the tree. Can you help me. Thomas. |
Willow tree
If it is a willow (ask neighbours or borrow tree book from library for
identification) they can be regularly trimmed (coppiced) almost back to ground level if necesary and will regrow. Best time would be Autumn though. Alison |
Willow tree
I suspect it is a willow thats been kept small as is my neighbours
........just trim it right back every autumn .......you will find it nigh impossible to kill it "Thomas Ashton" wrote in message ... We have just moved into a house with a very overgrown garden and my mum and me dont know anything about plants. There is a willow - i think - tree that looks as if it has been chopped off half way up and there is a lot of thinner branches growing from it. My mum says that it has to be kept small because it blocks out the sun but we dont know when we can cut the branches off and not kill the tree. Can you help me. Thomas. |
Willow tree
I suspect it is a willow thats been kept small as is my neighbours
........just trim it right back every autumn .......you will find it nigh impossible to kill it "Thomas Ashton" wrote in message ... We have just moved into a house with a very overgrown garden and my mum and me dont know anything about plants. There is a willow - i think - tree that looks as if it has been chopped off half way up and there is a lot of thinner branches growing from it. My mum says that it has to be kept small because it blocks out the sun but we dont know when we can cut the branches off and not kill the tree. Can you help me. Thomas. |
Willow tree
bnd777 wrote in message ... I suspect it is a willow thats been kept small as is my neighbours .......just trim it right back every autumn .......you will find it nigh impossible to kill it I've taken a 15ft tortuous willow down to 6" this year as it was in the wrong place, took a load of cuttings first, the stump keeps throwing up new shoots which I am rubbing off until I can remove it. Mike www.british-naturism.org.uk |
Willow tree
bnd777 wrote in message ... I suspect it is a willow thats been kept small as is my neighbours .......just trim it right back every autumn .......you will find it nigh impossible to kill it I've taken a 15ft tortuous willow down to 6" this year as it was in the wrong place, took a load of cuttings first, the stump keeps throwing up new shoots which I am rubbing off until I can remove it. Mike www.british-naturism.org.uk |
Willow tree
In message , Michael
Berridge writes bnd777 wrote in message ... I suspect it is a willow thats been kept small as is my neighbours .......just trim it right back every autumn .......you will find it nigh impossible to kill it I've taken a 15ft tortuous willow down to 6" this year as it was in the wrong place, took a load of cuttings first, the stump keeps throwing up new shoots which I am rubbing off until I can remove it. I removed a big willow stump about a month ago. It's still siting in the garden awaiting removal - the stump is sprouting again. -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
Willow tree
In message , AlisonAPg
writes If it is a willow (ask neighbours or borrow tree book from library for identification) they can be regularly trimmed (coppiced) almost back to ground level if necesary and will regrow. Best time would be Autumn though. Yep, hard to kill a Willow. The willow has currently been pollarded - which is like coppicing, but they are cut back at a higher height. It is a a traditional way to manage Willow -you can often see old willows by rivers that used to be pollarded, though often aren't anymore - they have a big 'lump' where the pollarding used to take place. Personally i don't like it in a garden as I think it looks pretty ugly, but you can continue with it if you want. you don't have to cut it back hard each time though, you could remove just some of the branches each year - say over a 4 year cycle so that the tree keeps some cover, all the time, but has got some new growth coming on and doesn't get to big. Autumn/winter is the best time for this, but Willows are so tough ands easy going you could do it now if they want to get on top of it now. -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
Willow tree
Thanks for the replies. It is definately a willow, actually
a twisted willow. So we are going to take some cuttings and hopefully some will live and can replace the big one if we kill it. I'm not sure how long it takes for them to grow but at least there will be something to take its place. thanks again Thomas |
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