Egypt4u

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

Now that is a really nice tree and a typical Christmas to boot it looks like a Spruce of some variety to me.

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.

Thank you folks

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.

Sorry about the "c" word

Your (ahem) 'C' tree looks lovely! And if it was only that big when you planted it it has done extremely well to grow that much. It is really full too

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.

Excuse me Kiya - "thinner than my cranny", was this a typo or do you have a really skinny granny ?

I think it means her little finger

Jayway wrote:Excuse me Kiya - "thinner than my cranny", was this a typo or do you have a really skinny granny ?

Jayway.... skinny granny

Of course Horus is right it is my little finger or pinky or cranny

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

Thats a real Eco Warrior post, Kiya, but actual growing poles would need elastic wires ? - ask me, I am a problem solver ! ! !

Jay, you just leave more slack in the wire