Why Is My Box Hedge Turning Brown? Few plants are as closely associated with the British garden as Box (which also happens to be one of a small club of native trees and large shrubs). Whether clipped into neat hedges, elegant topiary balls, spirals, or intricate...
Ash Dieback – Where Are We Now? 🌳 Over the past decade, Ash Dieback has dramatically changed the British landscape. Most people will now have seen Ash trees with thinning crowns, dead branches, or entire sections of woodland where the trees are clearly struggling. It...
So what is going on? Every year, around this time, we start to see the same two things happening in gardens. Fruit trees are suddenly shedding young fruit, and people are wondering whether they should be getting the secateurs out. If you’ve noticed small apples,...
The Hedge That Does Everything A closer look at the Common Hawthorn There are some trees that people go out of their way to see, and then there are those that get on with things in the background. The Crataegus monogyna firmly belongs in the second group. It’s the...
Caring for Young Trees A Small Investment Now Will Pay Dividends Later 🌳 Following on from my earlier email encouraging tree planting, it felt like a good moment to revisit something just as important: what happens after the tree goes in the ground. Planting a tree is...
Trees and Boundaries: A Straightforward Guide for Homeowners 🌳 When it comes to trees and boundaries, this is one of the most common sources of confusion we encounter. Who owns the tree? Who is responsible for it? And what can you legally do if branches or roots are...
The Hidden Life of Trees: Why Bugs Matter More Than You Think 🐞🌳 When we look at a tree, we tend to notice the obvious: the shape, the leaves, the blossom and perhaps the shade it casts on a warm day. But what we don’t often see is the extraordinary world of insects...