new tree decided and ordered

Lovely Sandra, there are a few Rowan trees near me in gardens and the birds love the berries in winter, one of the trees has yellow berries and the other red, they are a lovely shape to i think, good choice!! Do put a picture on when you get it settled in won't you

thanx sewing... glad you agree with choice, yes i will put pic up when i have it planted and probably when i unpack it to lol

I think that's an excellent choice - something all year round - doesnt grow too large - good for the birds and easy to grow. What more could you want. Bet you can hardly wait.

Oh good ! I'm glad you got your own way again lol. That's the only thing to do :o)
I think a Rowan is a brilliant choice. It has flowers in spring and then berries.. There are lots of wild ones on these hills here and I always like to see them. It will add interest to your lawn

thanx sarah, your right i cant wait, so excited ;o))

oops we crossed hywel sorry and glad you like my choice, not to boring for you i hope hahaha, just kidding you my friend ;o)) you spured me on to get one as ive wanted something for a while now x

Glad you are getting the tree Sandra. I have ordered a few plants from mail order trees, they are the best!!

Glad my silly comments were a help lol x

thanx michaella so glad you know of them and are pleased, makes me feel better ;o))

lol hywel x

thats great news Sandra ..cant wait for the pics ..of Baz ...digging it in for you now lol :o))

lol joan, i wont tell him that right now hahah ;o))

That's a fabulous choice of tree San!! I have three 'pink pagoda' they are absolutely beautiful...can't wait to see it in situ! well done!!

thanx karen glad you approve lol, i cant wait for it to arrive now ;o))

What is it like San? Mine have bluey leaves and white berries that turn pink. I love Joseph's Rock as well....lovely green leaves and yellow berries. There are some great white berried ones too. I hope you get a mistle thrush...we have one that visits every year for the rowan berries in the autumn and feasts on them for a couple of weeks before disappearing again! Of course the Rowan is a very common sight in these parts....native tree and all that. apparently you can make rowan jelly with the wild ones.

dark green leaves white flowers and red berries, grows a nice shape and not to big like some, i have a mistle thrush in winter which is lovely so he will be pleased i got him a tree ;o))

Oh, yes he will! Hell be singing loudly!! Sounds wonderful! :))

Brilliant choice Sandra....and as you say the birds just love the berries !

thanx karen;o)
cheers ray glad you think so, do any of you know how far roots grow as im thinking about my pond liner, whats a good distance from pond ;o))

Thats a great choice San,,,,,Mum has a very old one in her garden and the birds love it......Pretty white flowers in spring then those beautiful berries....just perfect!...:o)

does anyone else think the flowers really pong of something I wouldn't want to mention on this website..?

Good choice, Sanbaz. My little rowan tree is doing well now after its shaky start. I think you will be thrilled with it.

thanx janey glad you like the choice to ;o))
lol karen something to look forward to hahahha
thanx Gee and glad yours is doing well now ;o))

Erm, yes, well, let me know what you think!!

i will karen ;o)) phew!

The Rowan trees always look good around here where we live Sandra. I think they are also called 'mountain ash' Good choice. Make sure Baz has a good fry-up on the day he is planting it as he will have extra energy then...lol :-)

Yes, get it planted before it flowers or he might get some other ideas too!

thanx richard yes they are called that, lol i will give him a good breckie before working on the digging haha,
hoping it comes beginning of next week karen as we go away a week monday , lol karen ;o))

...no more comments until you sniff it!! lol x Off to watch the 'swingometer' for a while now......feel it would be churlish not to. I always watch the politics stuff on Thursdays...i know....and me a gardener too! goodnight GOYers!! Hope we have a better government tomorrow!

nite karen, i second that lol

nite san! Scott's eyes are great btw! thanks x

p.s. you could come and see me after you drop him off!! yey!!

oh snap Sandra, my hubby has just bought me a rowan tree:~)) my mum has one, really old and i`v always wanted one they are lovely specially for a smallish garden,hope you enjoy it as much as i do :~))))

Great Blog Sandra hope all goes well with your new Rowan tree once delivered and planted I'm sure you will love it :-)

good choice San. Although we inherited ours when we moved in, its the best & the birds just love it (and the squiggle to ;o)) can't wait to see it in situ. x

Good choice like they all say the birds will love it aswell, it should be here in a few days time.

I agree good choice Sandra, Marie next door has a large Rowan which hangs over into my garden I love it and so do all the birds!

glad youve made up your mind about your tree sandra a Rowan will be lovely...

karen how far from aberdeen are you ;o))
thanx mobee, nice to hear good things about the rowan tree as its a hard job decided what to have and will it be to big etc ;o))
cheers Gina ;o)
thanx Ali thats the great thing about rowan trees more birdy friend to ;o))
thanx carol yes im hoping before tursday , dont want it to ruin our day out ,;o)
cheers carole they do seem very popular dont they and i did want something that wasnt going to shade my lawn to much, so its ideal ;o)
thankyou to holly ;o))

thats true looking forward to Tuesday.

me to carol, if they call and are delievering my tree we will work round it, will give them my mobile number

Ok, think sometime or other i'll be going to fylde water on division lane for a couple of new fish. No names this time though.

think i will still try a couple to carol but when i get back from holidays, when you get them you wont be able to resists names for them im sure,

Well it was two of the grandchildren that picked their names, rang them and told them and they where upset but at same time they are now 11 &13yr old now.

they will be upset but soon get over it dont they kids.

Ye thats true, them two where only babies when they named them, so although up set, at there ages now will be thinking of other things.

Great choice San. I have Josephs Rock in the front garden. the colour in autumn is lovely. And yes, the flowers do smell a bit, (cat wee) but its only for a week or so until the flowers are pollenated and then you get all those wonderful berries

thanx mageth, lol dont like the sound of that scent haha, is it strong or just if you get close to it ;o(

well our tree is next to the path, so yes it is quite strong on a still day....just have to hope for a light breeze during flowering!

lol mageth ;o))

Looking forward to seeing your new tree San when will you get it?

im hoping it will arrive monday, tuesday or wed, thats what i asked when ordering because of work, going out with clarice tuesday so hope its not going to collide with our plans,

Oh San,am so pleased you decided which tree you would like to grace your lovely garden~it sounds perfect! Can't wait to see it in situ my friend!! :~))

thanx flori i thought i would have had an email about my order by now but nothing as yet ;o( if i dont hear anything tomoz i may call, dont want to miss delievery ;o))

Awesome!

SAN is getting a Rowan, SAN is getting a \rowan!!!

Looking forward to seeing it San. As Ali said, ours is inherited but it's great and we love it:o)

lol Dan, i called today as its not come yet, anyway they said would send for friday, i told them i hope so as im going away monday and dont want it left dying somewhere, so fingers crossed Dan, im looking forward to getting it and seeing it planted ;o))

WOO HOO!!

;o((( my tree hasnt come so i called and they said it would be monday grrr which annoyed me as i told them twice i wasnt going to be here, why do people not listen i ask myself, anyway i agreed to wait till im back off holiday then will call, they said they will send out right away for next day deliever,,,, lol we will see

Don't even go there San. EVERYTHING that either myself and/or Ali does, is guaranteed to go wrong.

Latest ones: Ordered 5 pieces of furniture for the living room, sideboards, tv unit etc and when they turned up, they had delivered a wrong piece and not only was it wrong but it was also VERY big and they asked if we could hang on to it until they could get the correct on edelivered - 12 days it took so there was no dancing in our living room for that period as no room!

The potting shed arrived with the guy to assemble it only for him to find that the 2 middle panels of glass were the wrong size. As he said he would have to come back on the Sunday, we offered to drive down and pick it up ourselves so he could finish the job that day! We returned and he finished the job only to inform me that the one panel was cracked - funnily enough, the crack started from where he had tapped a nail in above it to keep it in!!

He said he would return on Sunday......only he didn't and only after I phoned up and spoke to the owner, who apparently didn't know anything about this issue, did the chap return the following day, Tuesday, to finish the job!

Finally, Popped into town last Friday to collect my spare pair of glasses from Specsavers. Hadn't been down for a test in 5 years - naughty boy Dan! - but apparently my sight had not changed so I didn't need new glasses just yet. So, I decided on a cheap pair just to keep downstairs for tv and was told they would be back within 10 days. I didn't get a call, as stated to me at the time, but assumed they were just too busy. Last Friday was exactly a month from when I went in for the test and ordered but guess what.........you got it.......they weren't there!!

I held my tongue but was so peed off that I just walked out and said I would be back when I could due to work commitments. The woman said that the supplier had run out of that lens but would have on here next day.......gosh, that's so lucky then that I went in on the exact day when they must have found some!! I told her that I believed she was lieing. I said it was too coincidental for them to suddenly be able to have the lens there today so please don't patronise me and next time, I would rather them just say.....'we forgot to order them!'

All the above within the last 3 weeks!

SO, I know exactly what you'e feeling and it's just more examples of how bad the service is in this country!

There, I feel better now...lol!!

Hope it's a cracker now when you get it San:o))

lol Dan just got back and read this, poor you two, well im back from bad holiday, to dead plants and still no tree haha, which i will call about tomoz in hope they do as they said and deliever when i ask, anyway not staying on as so much to catch up on , so hope you got all your furniture sorted out and things are calm in your home once more ;o)) xx