Can anyone help me with my Dwarf Italian Cypress trees??
3 years ago
planted these trees a few months ago, followed the direction of the nursery while planting them. i have been deep watering them 3 times a week. slow trickle from the water hose for about 15 mins. one of them is doing great, but the rest look like they are starting to fail on me. any help or tips is very appreciated. thanks in advance.
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Comments (18)I live in NW MN and have sucessfully ordered nice dwarf citrus from EdibleLandscaping for years. Mine have all fruited in pots in my windows with never moving outdoors. FourWinds is very reputable and is actually the original "improved" Meyer stock producer, but the are pricey and most larger than quart container sized trees are shipped bare root. Both EdibleLandcaping and Cliftons Nurseries ship potted in their orig soil. I just ordered a Meyer, Bearrs and Limequat today after losing some of my mature trees to spider mites....See MoreDwarf Italian Cypress
Comments (11)Thanks, Ricky & Artenvy. Ricky, I have found at least 3 online nurseries that sell dwarf Italian Cypress, which they SAY tops out at about 10' but can be kept a bit smaller. I'm just not sure how it will do in Florida, as these are all northern nurseries. But thinking of it is a Mediterranean plant, I was guessing it might handle heat okay? Artenvy, Blue Point juniper was one I was told about by a local nursery, however, when I Googled it, I found out it can reach 60 to 70 feet! Yikes! I will check on Spartan juniper. Ricky, I will also check the Jamaican caper. I have no idea what that is like...does it do well in Zone 9, or is it a South Florida kinda tree, I wonder? And if the podocarpus looks anything like the big one, I'll pass. I really don't like podocarpus. Like Norfolk Pines, there is just something about the structure of them that really annoys me. (Sorry you Podo lovers...it's just a personal aesthetic. Nothing wrong with having them, if you enjoy them.) I'm going to check out the caper and the Spartan juniper after I fix my first cuppa tea. (Yep, it's 8:30, and I'm still in my robe, checking email and the forum before even heading to the kitchen. Only the dogs come before checking my email!) An aside...I see houses with cute little conical evergreens by their doors all the time. Are all of these folks going to end up with 25' monsters they have to remove? Whatever I decide, I sure don't want to make THAT mistake! Thanks for the input! Marcia...See Moredwarf apple trees and italian cypress
Comments (4)Wow, a 200-year Oak! It must have left behind a *lot* of space! And a lot of feeling! I stumbled on a description of dwarf apple trees in a book on kitchen gardening (called "Kitchen Garden"), and it recommended the M-27 as being a true dwarf. In the book, it was shaped into a single trunk with a flat canopy, and the whole thing looked about 3-4 feet tall. You can also shape into other shapes such as cordon, espalier, etc. I contacted Raintree Nursery in WA, and they emailed back something about a "combo mini tree." I'm guessing it's two or three varieties on a single rootstock, so that you don't have to plant 2-3 different varieties for them to cross-pollinate. I haven't had the chance to follow up with them and verify. I found your link to the Extension Service really helpful and wonder why I didn't think of it! I might call them first. The extension service listed Edible Landscaping of VA -- I might call them also. I'll post on what I find out next week. deepti...See MoreCan anyone help me with my little lemon tree?
Comments (13)You're welcome Tracy. LOL, yes it is information overload but you can try using the search box and include pot or potted in your search. Sometimes I have better luck using a Google search and including "Gardenweb" in the search. Your tree in the photo does not look overwatered. The main sign of overwatering is yellowing leaves that drop. Our lemon lives outside on a deck where it gets automatically sprinkled each morning and it does not develop yellow leaves out there. Of course I am in an extremely dry climate. My overwatering problems have all been when the tree is inside for the winter. I hope I have finally learned not to water it too much in the house. My tree is in a much too large self watering pot. That's another thing I learned from reading on the net. I should have left it in the two gallon nursery pot for probably the first two years before increasing the pot size. Another major tip that I got , I think from dcarch, was to use a daylight corrected LARGE CFL bulb for additional light in the house. This is a much cheaper solution than a grow light. I got mine on Amazon and have it in an ordinary clamp light fixture without the reflector. Even though it is covered by shades, it is pretty bright from the outside of our house at night and Max feels it is offensive from the street. I don't think I could get another one for the other side of the tree without a major argument so I rotate the tree, which is on a wheeled stand, every couple of days. Mine is in an East facing window and doesn't get enough natural light. I'll take a couple of photos later in the day of the tree and the food I have been the most successful with. Lee...See More- 3 years ago
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