These hedges look damaged due to a harsh winter. Are they worth the trouble to try and save them? And what do we do to save them?
Our new hedge has made an excellent start this spring but now a few of the older leaves are going yellow what can we do?
This can be a few different issues, depending on the species of shrub that it is. Some plants show this as a deficiency of calcium or magnesium, although it can be an iron deficiency in some species. If you can provide the plant name, I will be more than glad to help.
You have a picture of this on your website. I am looking for small shrubs that can be pruned to look like trees. Can you help! https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tree-jasmine.jpg Thank you! Mike Hadden mikejh2323@gmail.com
You can do this with almost any shrub. It just takes careful planning, and a thorough knowledge of exactly how plants will grow. You will want to trim all but one main leader, and then prune where you want the first split. After you will be maintaining where branching splits occur. You will then keep any growth below your original split trimmed off. This will be a constant process.
Hello, I’m wonder if anyone has any advice on how to correct the way this tree is leaning. It does seem to have a crack in the trunk of the weight on one side. I have pruned the tree a little to take the load of one side. Also should I be worried about the crack?
This article will help with a cracked tree: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/cracking-tree-trunks.htm
This article will help with a leaning tree: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/straighten-tree.htm
Has anyone got any idea what’s wrong with this bush.
Yes, this time of year is quite common for fungal infections. This can usually be cured with wettable sulfur and dolomitic lime. These are handy to keep around, and add once or twice per year.
Hello, I need some advise how to change my hedge to it’s old glory. Image attached Thankful for every advise Cheers -Greg
From this image it appears you have large die back of your English Ivy.
Dieback could be due to age, pests or disease. Is this growing on a wall or structure of some type?
More information or inspection will be needed to rule out these issues.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/groundcover/english-ivy/english-ivy-pruning-tips.htm
When an ivy plant becomes large and overgrown, it is possible to remove the older vines and rejuvenate the plant with new growth. Severe pruning in the late winter or early spring allows you to see and remove the most aggressive vines and encourage new, controllable growth. Cut stems back to a more manageable size and pull out the excess vines. Leaving at least 18 inches on each healthy vine gives them plenty of encouragement and room to grow.
Tree is great but 12 feet tall and I can no longer use a pole cutter. Want to reduce height to 8 feet or so friends can cut oranges for me with the least work by them. Thanks for any ideas of how to go about this. John Fritsche
I discourage you from doing the extreme topping like you are suggesting. It can be detrimental and expose the stems to sunburn and decay.
There are long handled fruit pickers available. Or hire a neighbor kid to climb and pick the fruit for you.
If you are set on the radical crown reduction, it would be best to hire a professional arborist to do selective reduction prunin. It's impossible to teach it in a text message like this.