Kousa Dogwood Loooking Sad :(
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Magnolias, Malus, Dogwood... advice and suitability???
Comments (13)Thanks, folks. My choices so far have all been from local nurseries catalogs.... there's not really anyone there to talk to this early so I'm just catalog shopping. I know people on my road grow all manner of Magnolias (saucer and star) but they're mostly people with professional gardeners, so just the fact that they look great in the neighbors yard doesn't mean they're right for me :) I did notice some of the nurseries catalog entries noted "very disease resistant" Malus varieties, so perhaps thats due to the cedar rust. I'll have to look into that. We have two very old, very overgrown, very tall crabapples in another part of the yard: what does cedar rust look like? Ammelanchier looks great! Love that it has fruit and fall color, too. It might be a little big for my space, but will investigate further... thanks for the idea!...See MoreHelp my Dogwood
Comments (4)In my experience most trees take a bit of time to get going, and three years would be the earliest I would expect it to start blooming. For perennials I think the saying is year 1 sleep, year 2 creep, year 3 leap. For woody plants I've found that they spend the first couple of years mostly reestablishing roots and then a couple of years starting to put on growth above ground and you won't see much in the way of flowers for 5 or 6 years. I have a couple of Kousa dogwoods that have followed that schedule, so if your dogwoods are leafing out well and look healthy, I'd not be concerned at all about no flowers yet. I think that because plants sell best when flowering, garden centers & nurseries tend to follow practices that ensure blooming in the pot, but we can't expect that for a few years after transplanting as the plant has to adjust to new soil, root disturbance or in the case of ball & burlap plants lots of root removal. Gardening gives us lessons in patience, though in my case I'm a rather slow learner. ;>)...See MoreAnyone had success with flowering dogwood trees?
Comments (10)Hi Emily, It seems you are writing about Cornus Florida which often is affected by a fungus I read, and I therefore did not buy it. I live in eastern NY state, zone 5b, north of Albany, and have good success with the Korean Dogwood, Cornus Kousa, for around 10 years. They are profusely blooming white in late May, I believe. One is situated in the sunny open and needed initially much watering, but blooms the most. The second Cornus Kousa is in partial to full shade, never needed much watering, really likes it there. No wonder because they are understory trees. Pink Cornus Kousa are also being sold. Both of my Korean Dogwoods are trouble free trees, have no dry branches. Good Luck! Bernd...See MoreIs our dogwood going to make it?
Comments (15)Just to touch on something Nigel said above-and which gets repeated ad infinitum.......removing portions of a tree's crown , ie branches, due to root loss from being transplanted is a very bad idea. Briefly said, chemicals called auxins-which are a type of plant growth hormone-are produced in living branch tips. Auxins send a chemical signal to the roots to grow. Remove lots of branch tips and you are actually reducing the capability of the plant to form roots. So the exact opposite of that old wive's tale, which really need s to die. Whenever and wherever possible, leave a new transplant alone as far as pruning goes, excepting if there's an obvious gross deformity or a broken branch. In all other respects, leave the plant be when first planted. Leaves=food factories, as well as the item mentioned above. So no, don't routinely prune top portions of newly transplanted trees....See MoreUser
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