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.I planted 78 x 3 and 4 yo different varieties 17 years ago and have trimmed them every year with hedge trimmers .SANY0258.JPG
Only 30 remain today as i was told i the early day to feed them with dynamic lifter, bloody big mistake listening to garden center experts . Some of them have 100-200mm bases with 30-40 mm trunks , most are multi trunk plants but they could easily be split into twin and single trunk .SANY0256.JPG
Numerous style options here that's for sure . They are growing in clay and shale so the only soil around them is decomposed pine bark and mulch which i dressed the terraces with over 200 tonnes of it in the first 10 years i was here . They have grown very well most have been maintained at around 900mm in diameter . I will use this natural blend and will add some scoria to the mulched soil , Digging these will take place in 4 weeks hopefully before the surgeon decides re-set the leg Cheers Alpineart