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I've been watching you all for a long time now with your garden skills which I'm useless at.
But I'm always chuffed with my Xmas tree outside (not sure of proper name) as I watch it grow so much each year from a tiny sprig a few years ago.
I've nothing to do looking after it as it seems to manage very well on its own............just the kind I need around my garden maybe I should plant more of this kind, it seems to thrive on the salty air around here.
The fence in the background is 6ft in height so you can see the height it is growing
That really is a nice looking tree Kiya, is it in a pot or planted?
BTW, I wish you ladies would stop mentioning the 'C' word. First it was LLL with her 'C' plant and now your 'C' tree.........will you both stop it.
Grandad it is planted, when I first got it from a neighbour years ago it was thinner than my cranny & about the length of my hand now the trunk is thick & very strong.
A beautiful tree, enjoy it while you can, but bear in mind it's potential height and spread. As it gets older it will grow faster, maybe 3 feet or more a year. Think of the C trees in big city squares...........
They make telegraph poles out of trees like this eventually, don't forget.
You might find it easier to plan it's much regretted removal while it is still possible without calling in the professionals with chain saws and lorry to take it away.
Awe MD I don't really want to get rid of it, surely it can be trimmed back at some point.
I did notice its getting wider too, if you look at the picture again you'll see over the fence in my neighbours garden there is the telegraph pole, BT tried to replace it a few years ago but my neighbour at that time moaned that BT was ruining his garden (not) he was only trying to get some compo from them.
He failed & it ended with no new pole because of him.
Maybe when it can get to a certain size it could be used as the new BT pole
When I moved in here this tree was flourishing. Last summer we had record drought and the entire back half of the tree went brown. This summer the front half closest to the fence budded out nicely...
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Doesn't seem there is much that can be done. IF it does totally die I'll think about what I can do to make it look OK. We're not even allowed to cut down dead ones here but if it does die I might...
I am sure that I have mentioned The Westgate Gardens, in my home city, before. It is one of several public parks within the city and one that has a changing image as the council gardeners fill the...
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Wonderful photos Grandad. I particularly like #7 as I quite like the combo of flowers and all the boats. Quite fancy #8 too.
I always like spring flowers and tulips give off such great colour - BUT...
Years ago sometime into the first week of December my dad would take us out and we'd go find a real live Christmas tree. Once we got it home after taking 'hours' to make a selection - I'm mean - long...
I only found out about this place a few weeks ago, had a quick trip up there today before the rain came. I will venture back one day when the weather is better, it sits on a hill over looking...
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no grandad, it is powered by a small wind turbine near by
I bought a small apple tree called Goodland. Nothing special about the variety of apple tree except it was 'on sale' at a decent (ok really cheap) price.
Now I have it home and it is about 1.5m high...
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LLL, Raspberries are fine where they are just so long as you cut back the last fruiting wood (after fruiting) and leave the new wood to fruit the following year and so on. :up
maybe I should plant more of this kind, it seems to thrive on the salty air around here.
it looks like a Spruce of some variety to me.
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