Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Viburnum Lantana?

Yes maybe! Good shout. Now to decide whether to keep or not. Wonder where they came from...

I am looking for an ornamental tree, so any reccomendations to the following spec...
Final height of 3 - 4m
Interesting to look at all year round
One central stem, and quite a bushy foliage
Has to deal with a fairly windy exposed position

I do like cherry trees, but worry that when they are not in blossom they aren't that interesting, and it is so blowly here that the blossom won't last long (our magnolia suffers from this)
Would love an olive tree, but don't think it would like our soil, as it can get waterlogged, and that is an expensive mistake to make!

I guess an obvious choice would be something like an Acer, but wondering if there is something else I should be looking at.

How about a Tibetan Cherry tree? The translucent bronze like trunk looks great year round.

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I like Amelanchier - they flower, have nice open habits and good autumn colour. technically more of a shrub but can get to over 3m.

oh that is a nice looking bark! will add to the list.

Hadn't heard of it, but like this version https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/amelanchier-grandiflora-robin-hill-tree-p277 bonus points for it being nice and hardy.

Can anyone diagnose my palm problem? Was fine in a pot (green) , put it in the ground and this happened...
Also made a seating/ birdwatching area out of off cuts and stuff laying around

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The palm problem:

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You can get funny shaped cherry trees, but they're usually not very big.

We saw this awesome weeping fur tree in a park in Lile, that I'll see if I can ID. Not going to give any blossom, but one of the coolest and most visually enjoyable trees I've seen for a long time.

interesting! I'm keen on something that doesn't rely on blossom to be appealing, as it lasts about 48 hours up here before it is all blown away!

I know it doesn't fit the straight trunk remit but I reckon contorted Hazel is amazing.

Acer's don't like exposed positions or waterlogged soil.

Last year I planted a Prunus Shirotae Tree (small Mount Fuji Cherry tree) that has a nice flat canopy shape and the leaves go great colours in autumn. But not evergreen obs so drop in winter like Acers.

Oh that is 100% the shape that I am looking for, so is right in the mix. Also relatively cheap for a decent sized starter.

I put in a load of soil improver in our soil was a bit soggy and some Rootgrow
https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/rootgrow-p450

Seems pretty happy after a year.

Was going to go with rootgrow. Also have an endless supply of fresh manure, so will dig a load of that in too

self-seeded goat willow?

That might be a winner! I like pussy willow so maybe have to let them grow to see which are which. I can use them to infill gaps in the 'hedgerow' right? (Hedge of mixed things like hawthorn, blackthorn, hazel at the bottom of the garden - against a wall so not tons of light though.)

Handkerchief trees are quite entertaining.

Honeysuckle seeds came up in the fridge, now let's see if I can get them to full size.

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Away for a week and everything has gone mental. Apple tree blossoms, currants starting to fruit, mulberry starting to bud and even the late raspberries making an appearance.

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Apple tree looking on point. I was up my work allotment this lunchtime and the apple trees are blossoming like crazy. Going to be a good year for apples you feel.

Yeah, although we didn't get round to pruning it, so not sure how great it will be.
When we moved in in October last year it had loads of super tasty apples so fingers crossed.

It's pretty interesting seeing all the stuff in the rest of the garden that we didn't know we had come up too.

.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/29/no-mow-may-gardeners-not-to-cut-lawns-wild-plants-insects

Lol

Mowed the lawn yesterday.

Looks a million times better tho.