Acer

Good strong colour :o)

I love acer's and they grow quite quickly when happy..

This looks happy but it does not grow fast. This is 4years old but still small:)

Must be the chicken pellets i use then, I bought one from wilkies a 3 or 4 years ago at about 12 inches and now is nearly 6ft.

I will also try but my garden soil is very very clay and sticky,that is why plants grow very slow,Now i just buy those plants which can survive in boggy soil.

My soil is the same Shahida. I bought a couple of tonne of soil improver and gravel and double digged and mixed it all in..