Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Will a magnolia damage house/concrete path? -Photos incl 6Aug 23, 2013 5:40 pm nobl The pittosporums are probably green pillar (though not exactly the same as those I see in nurseries), they have not grown much in the past 6 months. I did consider removing them as I am not a fan of hedges...but wasn't sure if it would look bare without them. So many decisions! I think I am really cramming the plants too much. I bought a Banksia spinulosa (dwarf) and a philotheca recently too.... I think I'd take the pittosporums out then. They don't look like they have a whole lot of space and I reckon they are small enough to pot up and sell or give away. After a few years they'll really take off and then you have a big regular pruning job. If you don't like the look of clipped hedges perhaps best to do something about it now? Especially if there's other plants you keep buying. I'm the same way, love visiting nurseries! What about some climbers or some tall pots of something against the fence? Re: Will a magnolia damage house/concrete path? -Photos incl 7Aug 28, 2013 2:37 pm I should take them out before they get too big! Yes, I spend too long at nurseries! I like a natural look so a formal clipped hedge isn't my thing, though I don't mind an informal hedge. Beyond the pittosporum is just grass (public land) so I worry that if I cultivate too near the fence the grass might start invading my native garden. So that is one of the reasons why the pittosporums are there (acting as guards). They haven't grown much in the past half a year even though I'm expecting them to get to 2m. JazzyJess, do you think the magnolia Kay parris might tolerate being in a big ceramic pot? I bought two plants and they are both so small now, but now that I am not planting them in the ground, I have to figure out what to do with them. I could possibly return them to the place I bought them but I feel so bad to do that . If I put a magnolia in a pot, I think they might grow so slowly and into a bonsai like tree? I know it doesn't match my native garden, but I have some sweet pea seeds (annual climber) that i need to use up. They will climb the fence and produce fragrant flowers...and will be gone before winter. Hope that will work out! JazzyJess nobl The pittosporums are probably green pillar (though not exactly the same as those I see in nurseries), they have not grown much in the past 6 months. I did consider removing them as I am not a fan of hedges...but wasn't sure if it would look bare without them. So many decisions! I think I am really cramming the plants too much. I bought a Banksia spinulosa (dwarf) and a philotheca recently too.... I think I'd take the pittosporums out then. They don't look like they have a whole lot of space and I reckon they are small enough to pot up and sell or give away. After a few years they'll really take off and then you have a big regular pruning job. If you don't like the look of clipped hedges perhaps best to do something about it now? Especially if there's other plants you keep buying. I'm the same way, love visiting nurseries! What about some climbers or some tall pots of something against the fence? Re: Will a magnolia damage house/concrete path? -Photos incl 8Sep 21, 2013 5:30 pm nobl JazzyJess, do you think the magnolia Kay parris might tolerate being in a big ceramic pot? I bought two plants and they are both so small now, but now that I am not planting them in the ground, I have to figure out what to do with them. I'm sorry, I don't know much about them so I can't say. I'm sure I've seen photos of gardens with them growing in pots though. I thought this would be a popular question but I haven't been able to find any similar posts. Perhaps I'm wording my searches wrong? When you have car insurance and the… 0 6957 hey there! 😊 so, it’s kinda common for standard drawer depths to be around 500mm since most cabinets use this size to fit the usual runners… 3 21352 Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 13280 |