The planting season is closing in. Generally hedging and trees are planted between the beginning of November and the end of March. The reason for this is that plants move better if they are disturbed when dormant – a bit like a small child asleep on a sofa being moved to a bed upstairs. In the morning it has no memory of the move – indeed it has little memory of where it fell asleep. This applies particularly to bare-root hedging plants and trees (plants that have been grown in open ground and are then lifted and have the soil shaken off their roots before being sold).

Continuing the theme….

1. Don’t cut your grass so short. If you let your lawn stay a bit longer – raise your lawnmower’s cutting height – your grass will be less thirsty

2. Aerate the lawn so water reached the roots of your grass more easily. Scarifying in autumn is also beneficial.

3. Make sure that any new plants you bring into your garden are happy in drier conditions.

There is actually not much difference between gages and plums.  Gages are generally considered to be green to yellow, while plums are red to purple.  But there are yellow plums such as Prunus domestica Pershore.  And Prunus domestica Jefferson is almost red….

English Yew has a reputation for being indestructible, and given fair treatment, there are yew trees planted today that will still be alive when mankind (if we survive) will have escaped the solar system.

At the same time, and like any living organism, english yew can die prematurely, but because it is tough you may be able to save your tree or hedge with swift action. Here are a few reasons why yew dies when it should not.

Tags: Hedging, Yew Hedge