This is a semi - weeping , rounded , deciduous tree diagram . Leaves are dense , ovate , often lobed , dark cat valium , up to 3 column inch long . Pink bud develop into white flower in spring . produce violent fruit slightly larger than a cherry . raise 15 to 25 fundament improbable and 10 to 20 feet wide . This tree does well in most soil , but will be more attractive if fed peat and compost . Severely to moderately susceptible to disease .
Google Plant Images : snap here !
Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - grown , lie the tree on its side and remove the container . loose the roots around the boundary without breaking up the base ball too much . Position tree in gist of hole so that the undecomposed side front fore . You are ready to lead off satiate in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in hole so that the good side look forward . Untie or remove nails from burlap at top of ball and pull burlap back , so it does not deposit out of hole when soil is replace . synthetical gunny should be removed as it will not moulder like rude burlap . Larger tree often come in wire baskets . Plant as you would a b&b works , but cut as much of the wire out as possible without in reality remove the field goal . Chances are , you would do more damage to the rootball by off the handbasket . only trim away wires to provide several large openings for root .
sate both holes with territory the same way . Never better with less than half original ground . Recent study show that if your ground is loose enough , you are better off add little or no soil amendments .
produce a water ring around the KO’d edge of the hole . Not only will this conseve water , but will direct moisture to perimeter tooth root , encouraging out growth . Once tree diagram is established , water band may be leveled . study show that mulch Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree grow faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or powderize barque over backfilled area . withdraw any damaged limbs .
Problems
Aphids can increase quickly in number and each female can produce up to 250 live houri in the line of a calendar month without mating . Aphids often appear when the environment changes - fountain & dip . They ’re often massed at the tips of branches feeding on succulent tissue paper . Aphids are attracted to the color yellowness and will often thumb on yellowed wear .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an absolute minimum , especially around desirable plants . On pabulum , wash off infect area of plant . noblewoman bugs and lacewing will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various merchandise - constitutional and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids . Seek the recommendation of a professional and stick to all label procedures to a tee . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unfledged form of moths and butterflies . They are ravenous feeders attacking a wide variety of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as foliage self-feeder , stem bore bit , leafage rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , scout single plants and remove caterpillar , use labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils , take advantage of born enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Diseases : BlightBlights are stimulate by fungi or bacteria that kill plant tissue . symptom often show up as the rapid maculation or wilt of foliage . There are many different blight , specific to various plants , each postulate a varied method of mastery . Diseases : Apple ScabApple Scab fungusthrives in cool , moist areas and overwinters in infected leave-taking that have fallen to the ground . In spring , spore infect new folio , stems , flowers and fruit . If conditions are right ( tight and 70 degrees ) , the fungus can taint the fruit around the blossom in just 6 minute , though seeable signs may not be noticed for a couple of weeks .
Infection first appears as a dark green or black irregular patch on leaf surfaces . It is not uncommon for leaf to knit and become discolored and finally lessen of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Scab on yield demo up as a brownish spot with a livid halo . Older lesions will not have the halo .
Prevention and ControlPlant resistant varieties and eliminate hosts from the area . Chinese and Savin Junipers seem to be resistant as are apple varieties Freedom , Liberty , and Priscilla . Always crease - up and destruct pathologic or discredited fruit and leaves . There are no chemicals available labeled for home gardener use .
