Gardeners!

[Dave 123]

@User16390

Also what's lovely about your picture is that it's a front garden. With multiple car ownership the front garden is a rare creature.

 

[User16390]

@User16390 lovely. No bare soil. Just how it should be!
The cardoon will be looking through the upstairs window in a minute.

The cardoon reached a height of nearly six feet in the first year I planted it, its a lovely architectural plant with flowers that bees adore and very easy to grow from seed.

I can never understand loads of bare soil between plants, its an open invitation for weeds to grow.

 

[keithmac]

All coming together now!.

Chopped the legs off the "play house", me and the wife lifted it onto the no-mans-land. Managed put all the childrens tut and car washing stuff in there which has freed up my shed for proper man work. (First job is diff bolt kitin my MK2 16v Golf 020 gearbox..)

What would people suggest to kill these trees/ shrubs off?. I can't dig them out due to Virgin Media cables nfortunately. Pruned them down but don't want either coming back after I've fenced the front?. Sure oneof them is Hawthorne?.

 

[furball]

If you keep cutting them back they may eventually give up. Failing that, cut back a such as possible then use stump killer.

 

[keithmac]

Cheers, I'll have to google stump killer but sounds like a plan!.

 

[keithmac]

Bought some Resolva stump killer, just lools like weedkiller on steroids!.

Might drill the stumps as well.

 

[PaulSB]

@keithmac it looks like you have two different stumps? The one in the first image is probably hawthorn, the second a willow of some description. I think you’ll have years of these two regenerating from below ground.

The strap like leaf is Crocosmia. This is a perennial which grows from corms. The leaf type and shape means it’s unlikely you’ll get any chemical which will stay on the leaf long enough or be sufficiently powerful to kill these. Add to this there will be plenty of young corms forming underground which will regrow.

I appreciate what you say about cables but you should be able to get these out with a fork. Expect to go down about 10-12”


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=c..._AUIESgB&biw=320&bih=492#imgrc=0DX7U5AGXYbn5M:

 

[keithmac]

Cheers, the Crocosmia can stay as they wont cause any issue.

You where right it is two different stumps, they both need to go!.

The Virgin cables have been buried within a few inches by the look of it and don't want to take next doors tv and internet down!.

Maybe stump killer and then keep on top of any new shoots with the loppers as said above will kill them off?.

How long can they survive with no branches/ leaves?.

 

[Lullabelle]

According to Monty Don, olive trees can grow in this country but they cannot stay out in winter. I would like to have 1 but we don't have anywhere to put 1 in winter.

 

[Dave 123]

According to Monty Don, olive trees can grow in this country but they cannot stay out in winter. I would like to have 1 but we don't have anywhere to put 1 in winter.

Don't always trust Monty. They can survive in sheltered spots. In Spain and Italy they get minus temps and snow.
You see them regularly in that London especially in and around office block courts with microclimates that are suitable.

If in the midlands you could plant one in a pot- take it inside in the winter, or even build a temporary mini greenhouse round it in the winter.
If you did this you could cover the frame in fleece or polythene. If you use polythene then leave the south side open, or attach a batten to the bottom of that side so you can roll the elevation up to allow for ventilation.
Bubble wrap or hessian around the pot and stem of tree.will be beneficial .

I left 2 small ones out at work in terracotta pots with no protection at all this winter in Cambridge, they are fine.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=w...K9LTbAhXkLMAKHShEBCYQ_AUIEigC&biw=768&bih=937

 

[Lullabelle]

Don't always trust Monty. They can survive in sheltered spots. In Spain and Italy they get minus temps and snow.
You see them regularly in that London especially in and around office block courts with microclimates that are suitable.

If in the midlands you could plant one in a pot- take it inside in the winter, or even build a temporary mini greenhouse round it in the winter.
If you did this you could cover the frame in fleece or polythene. If you use polythene then leave the south side open, or attach a batten to the bottom of that side so you can roll the elevation up to allow for ventilation.
Bubble wrap or hessian around the pot and stem of tree.will be beneficial .

I left 2 small ones out at work in terracotta pots with no protection at all this winter in Cambridge, they are fine.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=w...K9LTbAhXkLMAKHShEBCYQ_AUIEigC&biw=768&bih=937

You disagree with The Don

 

[Tin Pot]

According to Monty Don, olive trees can grow in this country but they cannot stay out in winter. I would like to have 1 but we don't have anywhere to put 1 in winter.

I thought he said “protect them if you can” rather than move them. So I’m thinking a winter coat on standby.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

@User16390

Also what's lovely about your picture is that it's a front garden. With multiple car ownership the front garden is a rare creature.

Our front garden

 

[Heltor Chasca]

You disagree with The Don

I do too. I look after one that is 8 foot tall in Bath. It fruits too. The only time it showed any signs of ill health was when it was moved from one house to another. Root disturbance no doubt.​

 

[PaulSB]

@keithmac the hawthorn you might defeat in 3 years, the willow could keep going for much longer.

Here’s an idea which I’ve literally just thought of. Try clearing around the stem with a trowel to a depth of 5-6”. With luck this will expose the main roots, cut these and you may well finish the plants off this year.