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Post by purplejulia on Feb 23, 2008 15:45:45 GMT
We are all a bit nosey I think so I am starting a new thread posting pics of neighbours gardens. To start here is a pic of next doors lovely salix - I don't know which variety. Someone may be able to identify it for me?  PJ |
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Post by andy on Feb 23, 2008 16:00:50 GMT
Yep...that lovely "salix" is a Hazel....corrylus avelana 'contorta'
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Post by Barbara on Feb 23, 2008 16:11:46 GMT
ooops ;D
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Post by andy on Feb 23, 2008 16:21:17 GMT
 Easy mistake to make but if you put the two side by side, there's a distinct difference. Willows tend to be more upright and slightly less twisted than hazels which form a more round shrub. I have a twisted hazel at work that is 20 feet tall 
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Post by purplejulia on Feb 23, 2008 16:37:02 GMT
Easy mistake to make but if you put the two side by side, there's a distinct difference. Willows tend to be more upright and slightly less twisted than hazels which form a more round shrub. I have a twisted hazel at work that is 20 feet tall Andy, thank you for identifying it for me. I was surreptitiously taking photo over the fence and I wasn't sure what it was! No laughing at me, Barbara PJ |
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Post by Barbara on Feb 23, 2008 18:57:09 GMT
i wouldn't dream of it pj  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 24, 2008 7:57:23 GMT
I only have one neighbour next to me; the other side is a field and dont think either would inspire anyone - they tend to be non-gardeners and dont know anything about plants Last year HE cut down my flowering cherry - it wasnt in bloom - he thought it was an ash tree - we share a drive so he thought he was doing me a favour  |
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Post by Barbara on Feb 24, 2008 10:20:47 GMT
my next door neighbours dont garden either, i tend to get all there dandilion seeds  we have to keep the privet hedge trimmed or it would be 90ft tall, they get off lightly folk like that, dont they. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2008 21:33:15 GMT
that's the trouble with neigbhours plants, ther's always somewhere in you'r garden that would
be soooooo much better for their plant, thank god i don't have a JCB......
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2008 18:11:13 GMT
My next door neighbour does not garden either, she buys wonderful plants but keeps them trapped in pots, the soil is just full of uninteresting weeds. Still she is a lovely neighbour.
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Post by Dutchy on Feb 28, 2008 18:50:55 GMT
How come us garden fanatics have non gardening neighbours? Both sides are not interested  Do you think we suck up all the plantlove that lingers about in the air? |
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Post by Amo on Feb 28, 2008 19:20:04 GMT
My both sides too.  |
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Post by Barbara on Feb 28, 2008 19:53:42 GMT
you could be right there dutchy, or maybe we are so good at it, ;D they feel scared to try in case there's doesn't look as good |
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