{"id":46641,"date":"2017-03-04T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-should-i-make-space-for-my-strawberry-tree\/"},"modified":"2017-03-04T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T11:10:34","slug":"ask-alys-fowler-should-i-make-space-for-my-strawberry-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-should-i-make-space-for-my-strawberry-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Alys Fowler: should I make space for my strawberry tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur gardening expert has the answerWe planted a strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) in our small garden seven years ago. It is now just over 2m x 2m, and is touching a birch tree on the north side, and a\u00a0smaller pittosporum to the south. Should we consider getting rid of the pittosporum, and hope to train the tree southwards?Arbutus are very easy to prune and respond well to being clipped; I\u00a0regularly give mine a haircut. I\u00a0find crown-lifting the canopy to get more light underneath particularly useful.But perhaps you like the shape and want it to branch out? In this case, removing the pittosporum would work, because the arbutus will expand into the space. Saying that, pittosporum is easy enough to prune, so perhaps you could just reduce that in size, so everyone has more room. Then, in a year or two, if\u00a0you decide the pittosporum has to\u00a0go, you can dig it out. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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