Bit worried about neighbours tree

Rikki

islandman wrote: »

You think you've got problems. Not my next door neighbour but the other side of them, they have a eucalyptus tree which is double the hight of their house. I am quite confident that if it came down, dependent on which direction, it would hit our house.

I had my eucalyptus tree taken down some years ago because of the height it had got to and it was still young in tree years. These are the Australian equivalent to out leylandi

I saw one blown over in the high winds last year and I was surprised how small the root ball was.

Ephemera

If you can't beat it, eat it...

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rhus+typhina

Sumach fruits are edible...!

The website will also give details of other edibles... it's amazing what weeds you can eat!

Might as well make your neighbour's nuisance your advantage!

relay

Ephemera wrote: »

If you can't beat it, eat it...

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rhus+typhina

Sumach fruits are edible...!

The website will also give details of other edibles... it's amazing what weeds you can eat!

Might as well make your neighbour's nuisance your advantage!

That's a fascinating read but i would err on the side of caution as there are several types of Sumach & not all are safe to consume - the ornamental ones we grow in our gardens can actually be quite harmful, after 16 years as a landscape gardener & having suffered serious facial burns needing medical treatment fron the resin i certainly wouldn't even contemplate eating it.

However it's important to point out that just because one particular cultivar of the genus is harmful does not meen others will be.

Nix143

Is there a tree like that but with round orange balls as flowers? Because I have one of those at the bottom of my garden, everytime I hack a bit of it another bit grows! I'm just having it fenced and this tree is coming out as it is wild - am I going to have problems with it coming back? Assuming its the same type of tree - this is really wide and half dead but as quick as you cut bits off it new bits grow

Sue-UU

Nix143 wrote: »

Is there a tree like that but with round orange balls as flowers? Because I have one of those at the bottom of my garden, everytime I hack a bit of it another bit grows! I'm just having it fenced and this tree is coming out as it is wild - am I going to have problems with it coming back? Assuming its the same type of tree - this is really wide and half dead but as quick as you cut bits off it new bits grow

Yours sounds like one of the buddliea species and that particular orange one does grow out quickly. If you want to leave it there but keep it back in, then just keep the outer branches cut back at ground level. You can go out and do it on the next fine day we get, cut the entire shrub down as far as you wish, then start working on cutting the outer stems right down. All buddlieas are fast growers but they can be quite lovely shrubs and the davidii attract so many butterflies, bees and insects.

Sue

System

and here is where islandman excels himself, that would be Buddleia globosa google this and look at pics.

Nix143

This is a shrub????? Blow me down, I'd have sworn it was a tree, shows you what I know! The insects love it when it is in bloom, it's always crawling with bees but its in a right sorry state and has to come out - half the trunk (do shrubs have trunks???) is dead and has come down in the wind - so its coming out. Thanks, I've always wondered what it was but the pictures are spot on.

System

There are two buddlelia's that are prolific growers, this and buddleia davidii, this one has long lilac type flower heads. Both attract butterflies and both can be seen growing from roof guttering's, masonry etc and they will grow wherever seeds are deposited. Buy a small plant yes, but expect a monster plant/shrub or almost tree within a few years if left to it's own devices.

borntobefree

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/

This is a great web site here. It will tell you where you stand legally - it's called Garden Law. At least you'll know where you stand.

All the Best

BTBF

Sue-UU

islandman wrote: »

There are two buddlelia's that are prolific growers, this and buddleia davidii, this one has long lilac type flower heads. Both attract butterflies and both can be seen growing from roof guttering's, masonry etc and they will grow wherever seeds are deposited. Buy a small plant yes, but expect a monster plant/shrub or almost tree within a few years if left to it's own devices.

If you DO wish to have another buddliea for the garden Nix, don't bother buying from your local garden centre, get a cutting from someone's shrub (yes shrub, not tree!) plant it in the autumn, it'll soon 'take', then you'll have a lovely shrub in summer. No they don't have a trunk, more of a multi one!!! Sounds as though you're doing well in getting rid of yours if it's dyeing anyway. Sue