[Help] Gardeners Question Time.

[Stat Brother]

alright lads and lasses? a know-nothing writes..


what am i doing with this then? just dead heading the old growth? or cut right back and let the new growth shine? Last years tops are clearly dead but the stems are still alive and bright green ... will they regrow or is it cut back time?

Burn it to the ground.
Concrete over the whole area.
Never speak of it again.

 

[Jack Straw]

I'll be impressed if anyone knows this species although there are one or two contenders here who may....

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I'm going Fothergilla moniticola. If it's not, I'm afraid I'm out.

 

[Jack Straw]

alright lads and lasses? a know-nothing writes..


what am i doing with this then? just dead heading the old growth? or cut right back and let the new growth shine? Last years tops are clearly dead but the stems are still alive and bright green ... will they regrow or is it cut back time?



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Stat is sort of right! Cut it back as hard as you can down to the ground.
This web site isn't British, but all the info relates to what you would do here.
https://www.thespruce.com/papyrus-plants-for-water-gardens-4125678

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I'm going Fothergilla moniticola. If it's not, I'm afraid I'm out.

Nope. Anyone else have a guess?

 

[Jack Straw]

Nope. Anyone else have a guess?

Stat will know. I'm sure he'll post his guess soon!

 

[Jack Straw]

I'll be impressed if anyone knows this species although there are one or two contenders here who may....

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Can you give us some clues? How tall is it? What (if any), do the leaves look like? When was the photo taken?

 

[WATFORD zero]

I'll be impressed if anyone knows this species although there are one or two contenders here who may....

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Is it a type of Mimosa Tree ?

 

[Stat Brother]

Stat will know. I'm sure he'll post his guess soon!

It's a sea.anenome the peanut is on the wrong thread.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Is it a type of Mimosa Tree ?

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Very good! It isn't Acacia dealbata which is the usual mimosa grown here, but Acacia pravissima. Here's a shot with its atypical acacia leaves. This was taken yesterday, although the flowers are just starting to fade a little.
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[WATFORD zero]

Very good! It isn't Acacia dealbata which is the usual mimosa grown here, but Acacia pravissima. Here's a shot with its atypical acacia leaves. This was taken yesterday, although the flowers are just starting to fade a little.
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Far more delicate than the ones you normally see

 

[Stat Brother]

Now I've moved my 10 year old raspberry plant to somewhere containable I guess I better investigate how to make it generate it's first ever edible raspberry.

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I've not read the link but did look at the pictures, so there's progress!

Here's the plan.

I stake and wire across the oddity at the back of le jardin.

Take a few strong looking shoots and attach them to the wire.

Now here's the question:-

Should I then remove the rest of the new growth bushy bits in order to concentrate growth on the keeper shoots, I hope to grow upwards.

 

[Jack Straw]

I've not read the link but did look at the pictures, so there's progress!

Here's the plan.

I stake and wire across the oddity at the back of le jardin.

Take a few strong looking shoots and attach them to the wire.

Now here's the question:-

Should I then remove the rest of the new growth bushy bits in order to concentrate growth on the keeper shoots, I hope to grow upwards.

It's all here! https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=148

 

[Stat Brother]

It's all here! https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=148

Nope, not reading all that!

I'm just back from my local purveyors of bamboo canes and cable tie emporium.

Fortunately they had plenty of ties and canes in stock so unless someone tells.me out of it my plan is set.

 

[WATFORD zero]

It's all here! https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=148

Pearls before swine, Jack

 

[WATFORD zero]

Nope, not reading all that!

I'm just back from my local purveyors of bamboo canes and cable tie emporium.

Fortunately they had plenty of ties and canes in stock so unless someone tells.me out of it my plan is set.

In simple terms, just knock up one of these with your canes and ties and you're away

 

[Jack Straw]

Pearls before swine, Jack

I've never heard this before, so looked it up. Spot-on!

Stat - It won't take you more than a few seconds to click on the link, click on the pruning or staking section, and off you go.
It has taken me longer to type this than it would doing the above!

 

[Stat Brother]

I've never heard this before, so looked it up. Spot-on!

Stat - It won't take you more than a few seconds to click on the link, click on the pruning or staking section, and off you go.
It has taken me longer to type this than it would doing the above!

I just don't have time.

I'm reading about chilli sauces*








*Narrators voice - He doesn't even like chilli sauce.

 

[Jack Straw]

I just don't have time.

I'm reading about chilli sauces*

*Narrators voice - He doesn't even like chilli sauce.

Have you still got any Poppy seeds?

 

[schmunk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgERJ1UOCFg

 

[Stat Brother]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgERJ1UOCFg

I wonder if she wants any poppy seeds?