Pleached trees/ Weeping pear questions
Hutchae84 Zone 8b/PNW
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Comments (2)Augustina, your rootstock will define the size of your tree. So, pick varieties that do well in your area, then try to find those trees on more dwarfing rootstocks. Pumiselect is very dwarfing rootstock often used for peaches/nectarines/apricots/plums. I have two trees on Pumiselect, a Weeping Santa Rosa plum and a Blenheim apricot. The apricot is going into it's 3rd year in the ground, and it is still quite small. If you can't find trees on Pumiselect, then the next best choice would be Citation rootstock. So, I would find a nursery that has the option of putting their stone fruits on very dwarfing rootstocks, then pick a good variety of peach or necatarine for your area. They can adapt well to container culture, we have one forum member (fruitnut) who has done phenomenal things with container stone fruits. I believe most of his trees are on Citation. Patty S....See MoreWeeping willow or any suggestions please?
Comments (12)Here is what another Garden Web member had to say about your choice of fast growing trees Chippy: Posted by cascadians Oregon City, 8 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 25, 07 at 11:17 Being able to plant a 30' weeping willow is impressive. Nursery stock is of course skinnier, but still, 30' is 3X taller than my house. I planted 3 weeping willows a year ago that were skinny sticks with no branches, about 6' tall. After 1 year they're both thriving, especially one which has continued to grow through fall winter and even snow. I have a serious water run-off problem and have planted oodles of willows of all sorts. Maybe I'll need a machete in a few years to try to get through the yard. A neighbor planted a little weeping willow 3 1/2 years ago, 4'. He said it didn't do much until just after the 3rd year when it shot up and branched out dramatically. He's 2 houses downhill from me and I watch his weeping willow growing noticeably daily over his fence. Willows need a LOT of water. Nothing quite so entrancing as sitting against the trunk of a massive weeping willow and being curtained by its swaying green curtain of leaves. Beautiful! There's a massive curly willow in my front yard smack over the neighborhood 8" PVC sewer pipe. The public works guy in charge of sewers said it won't be a problem. That surprised me. It's near the fire hydrant, water meter, and sidewalk too. Very beautiful tree. It's not in a standing water area so I water it a lot so its roots don't seek more water other places. A huge branch fell off beginning of fall so we put 15 thick long branches in water for 2 weeks, then planted them. Looks like all have rooted and taken. Planted 12 of them in the uphill neighbor's yard where the water comes gushing out of the ground in copious amounts. Yes willows are a bit a work, dropping twigs all the time, but if watered they give a lot of growth fast and a lot of greenery. The birds LOVE my willows!...See MorePleaching trees (stilted hedge) in Jacksonville?
Comments (23)I'm going to be blunt here. This whole idea is untenable. May I suggest something like confederate jasmine as opposed to trees? It blooms, is evergreen and very hardy. Trees are not a good choice for inside a pool screen. That screen is more fragile than it looks. I've seen palm fronds cut through it. I know you hate it now, but after awhile, you won't even see it. Pleached trees is not something for a beginning gardener anyway. Look into the jasmine. I think you'd like it better in the long run....See MorePruning a Weeping Japanese Maple?
Comments (16)In the top picture there is a narrow 'V' where the two main branches diverge. Narrow crotches like this split easier than branches that go out at a wider angle. Snow and ice usually do it as the branches get larger. Kids and dogs are also culprits, as is mishandling. If you look closely this has already happened at the very top of the maple. Choose a maple with a good structure that will hold a good canopy in the future. The lower left limb on my maple has no future as it will eventually be superceded by the branches above it. It does not contribute to supporting the canopy. It has subsequently been removed. I should have spotted it earlier....See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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