This is my hypericum hedge which was planted over five years ago and was a pleasure to look at until Johnny decided to trim it. Not only did he trim it while it was in flower he completely devastated a large part of it before I realised what he was doing.
He razed several plants to the ground. leaving just a thin ‘hedge’ of the plants which had propagated themselves from the parent plants!!!
What on earth possessed him to do a thing like that? When I saw what had happened I was visibly shocked but contained my anger and just said I was terribly disappointed that he had ruined a hedge which had taken five years to grow.
He didn’t seem to see what a daft thing he had done but I made it clear he was to ask me before cutting anything down in future. In fact, if i see him bringing in a chainsaw again I may be tempted to confiscate it!
He is such a good worker – usually – that I wouldn’t want to frighted him away by telling him off but tomorrow his first job will be to plant the hypericum I bought today.
July 14, 2015 at 7:43 pm |
Oh dear, you must have felt like trimming him down a bit! I grew a santolina hedge once trained into a box shape, it took years to grow and I was proud of it, When I was in hospital once my wife decided to re-vamp the garden as a welcome home surprise and she had it removed and a picket fence put in it’s place!
July 15, 2015 at 7:13 am |
It makes you wonder if a ‘welcome home’ surprise was really her intention!
August 11, 2015 at 3:55 pm |
I was so mad, she nearly finished up under the patio! Trouble was that there it was already too crowded. . . . .
July 15, 2015 at 5:33 am |
I think I may have put him on the compost heap 😀
But like you said you have found someone who is willing to do some work so its hard. Hubby is not a gardener and I remember once asking him to trim a bush back and I left him too it, it’s not a mistake I would make again.
July 15, 2015 at 7:14 am |
Well, I can forgive one mistake but he’d better not do anything else drastic.
July 17, 2015 at 8:37 pm |
Give a man a chainsaw, or even a pair of loppers, and he may lose all reason. I’ve had my wisteria razed to the ground and I remember a weeping willow that was chopped to a crew cut.
July 18, 2015 at 7:52 am |
I think you’re right, Zoe.
December 23, 2015 at 1:19 pm |
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all
July 14, 2016 at 2:24 pm |
How are you and your family? I hope you bring us up to date sometime soon. Miss everyone including gardeners, plumbers and chickens.
Genie