This is a semi - crying , impenetrable , deciduous tree , to 50 feet tall . Leaves are egg-shaped , often lob , dark green , up to 3 in . long . pinkish buds produce big white bloom in spring . This tree does well in most filth , but will be more attractive if fed peat and compost . passably susceptible to disease .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - maturate , lie the tree on its side and remove the container . loose the stem around the boundary without breaking up the root ball too much . Position tree in nerve centre of hole so that the good side faces forward . You are ready to lead off filling in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in mess so that the best side faces forward . Untie or get rid of nail from gunny at top of orb and pull burlap back , so it does not stick out of gob when grunge is supplant . Synthetic burlap should be remove as it will not molder like natural burlap . Larger Tree often come in in wire basket . Plant as you would a b&b plant , but prune as much of the wire by as potential without actually removing the basket . Chances are , you would do more damage to the rootball by removing the handbasket . Simply cut away wires to leave several big openings for root .
meet both fix with soil the same way . Never amend with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your soil is loose enough , you are better off impart little or no soil amendment .
Create a water ring around the outer sharpness of the hole . Not only will this conseve water , but will direct moisture to perimeter roots , promote KO’d ontogeny . Once tree is established , water ring may be level . Studies show that mulched tree grow faster than those unmulched , so add together a 3 " " bed of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized barque over backfilled expanse . murder any damaged limbs .
Problems
Aphids can increase quickly in number and each female person can produce up to 250 live nymph in the line of a month without pairing . Aphids often appear when the environment changes - spring & fall . They ’re often mass at the tips of branches fertilise on lush tissue . aphid are attracted to the color yellow and will often hitchhike on yellow clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an absolute lower limit , especially around desirable plants . On edibles , wash off infect area of plant . Lady bugs and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various products - constituent and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids . Seek the recommendation of a professional and abide by all label procedures to a teeing ground . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature material body of moth and butterflies . They are rapacious feeder attacking a broad miscellanea of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as foliage feeders , theme borers , leaf rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , lookout case-by-case plant and remove caterpillars , apply label insect powder such as scoop and petroleum , take advantage of natural opposition such as leechlike wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar coinage . Diseases : BlightBlights are cause by kingdom Fungi or bacterium that kill plant tissue paper . symptom often show up as the rapid spotting or wilting of foliage . There are many unlike blights , specific to various plants , each requiring a wide-ranging method of control . Diseases : Apple ScabApple Scab fungusthrives in cool , moist areas and overwinters in infected leaves that have fall to the ground . In spring , spore infect new leaves , stems , flowers and fruit . If conditions are right ( wet and 70 degrees ) , the fungus can taint the fruit around the bloom in just 6 time of day , though visible signs may not be noticed for a couple of weeks .
contagion first appears as a dark green or black irregular darn on foliage surface . It is not rare for leaves to pucker and become discolored and eventually diminish of the tree . Scab on fruit shows up as a dark-brown patch with a white anchor ring . Older lesions will not have the aura .
Prevention and ControlPlant resistant varieties and eliminate hosts from the expanse . Chinese and Savin Junipers seem to be resistant as are orchard apple tree assortment Freedom , Liberty , and Priscilla . Always rake - up and ruin pathologic or damaged yield and leaves . There are no chemical substance available labeled for home nurseryman role .
