Does anyone know anything about gardening?

No

This was my thought process.

Need to build a pergola now

Someone will take that straight to ‘overheard at the golf club bar’

The fruit tree website I was reading a couple days ago said to trim if replanting at a non-ideal time, because the damaged roots won't be able to sustain the stuff above ground, so sounds like you did the right thing. Good luck!

On tree moving, we moved a leylandi last move (about 5'tall) and it's not looking too healthy with lots of browning leaves. Any suggestion on how to rescue it?

A leylandii?

Surely you want that to die before it gets out of control

Chainsaw @aggi coupled with a wood chipper and you can get all the leaves to go brown in a few days.

Actual alternative definition for Country.

One down, several million to go.

It IS possible to keep the bloody things under control, but people start out with good intentions and don't. Top of the treeweed list followed closely by silver birch and sycamore.

Ash tree (Fraxinus) are a big seeder here in Boggy Belfast, already dug up three and more to go.

And of course plenty of Sycamore nearby too.

Shovel, battery saw off the exposed roots and repeat...

The Rescue Rose from the now sadly tarmacced over neighbours front garden is blooming. Not so bad as it wasn't too happy at theirs.

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No ash die-back in Norn yet? I am sure Boris will sort that out when he has finished his border renegotiations.

As Country Joe Mcdonald sang

the only good leylandii is one that's dead

https://youtu.be/eRl6-bHlz-4

😂

It has hit areas here, but Belfast seems to have escaped it so far.

Our agapanthus is like a fantastic super-slow-mo firework.

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Love it!

Found a snap from when we moved in, same spot, 8 years apart, almost entirely from cuttings, sanctuary.

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Our newly acquired no-mow-no-anything garden looks quite nice in bloom.

We’ve got a lot of work to do, and a lot of paving to lift, hopefully keep the roses and a wisteria on the back of the house.

Any idea what this variegated thing is?

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Lovely!

silver birch

What's your beef with silver birch?

Wow!

Any idea what this variegated thing is?

Is it just a variegated sycamore seedling?

There are two types of silver birch, those that have just fallen down and those that will, with their final destination being on a house. They're shallow rooted and don't live long and their timber is pretty useless. Decorative for a while, I would agree, but best left in woodland.

their timber is pretty useless

Good firewood.

OK for starting a fire, but with the density of balsa it doesn't last 5 minutes and tends to rot before it has even seasoned. Give me a mix of oak, ash and apple any time.

Had one in my dad’s garden when I was a nipper. Have fond memories of climbing it in a wind storm and being whipped around as it bent and flexed. Probably exaggerated by memory.