Pruning cherry blossom, willow choice? Id like direction on how to prune my cherry blossom. It is...
Id like direction on how to prune my cherry blossom. It is a small willow, pink flowered variety,6ft elevated. I havent tried to prune it since I moved into my home 3yrs ago. The brances are near the ground.
Please take heed on this one... Many of these type of plants (some Plum, cherry, apple and other rosaceous fruits) will produce the flower buds in summer... So if you prune it surrounded by the wrong time, you might loose some of the blossoms... I think you can prune it without risk after blossom fall sour...
Leave it 30 years until it no longer produces blossom, later saw it down to a stump
Well, that's what I do, but they are hopeless for good firewood
I a moment ago say "appreciation for all the lovely colours"
Answers: Hi.
Shirley B is slightly correct. Cherry and Willow are entirely different species. If it blossoms with pink or white flowers after it probably is a Cherry. They tend to have depressing reddish brown smooth yelp with huge brown horizontal streaks (lenticells) on it.
If it is a Cherry then you should prune it within the very unsettled Spring or Summer to avoid Silver leaf (Chondrostereum purpureum), which is a fungal disease that infects accessible wounds on Prunus (Cherry) species during the autumn and winter.
If it's a Willow, which may have catkins but no distinct flowers, then you can prune that pretty very well when you like, but during the dormant season (winter) would be best.
There is a Willow (Salix integra `Hakuro Nishiki`) which have pinkish stem tips and is a popular dwarf ornamental. Shown here:
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You can prune this more or smaller quantity any time, but again the winter is better. I've shaped many of these near a hedge trimmer and have excellent results.
Anyway hope this helps answer your interview and I wish you every nouns. Give it a feed and a mulch near a couple of inches of compost in the Spring and it will love you for the rest of the year.