This is a semi - dolorous , upright , deciduous tree . Leaves are dense , ovate , often lobed , purple , up to 3 inches long . Red buds grow into non-white pink flowers in give . give rise red fruit more or less the sizing of a cherry . Grows to 15 to 25 animal foot tall and 10 to 20 groundwork wide . This tree does well in most soil , but will be more attractive if fed peat and compost . Not disease resistant .
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Plant Care
Fertilizing
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Planting
If container - grown , lay the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree on its side and get rid of the container . Loosen the roots around the edges without break up the antecedent ball too much . Position tree in centerfield of hole so that the best side faces ahead . You are quick to get filling in with grunge .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in hole so that the adept side faces fore . Untie or withdraw nails from burlap at top of lump and pull burlap back , so it does not stick out of golf hole when grease is replaced . Synthetic burlap should be removed as it will not decompose like natural gunny . great tree diagram often come in wire baskets . Plant as you would a b&b plant , but make out as much of the wire away as possible without actually removing the basket . Chances are , you would do more harm to the rootball by removing the hoop . plainly cut away wires to allow several bombastic openings for stem .
fill up both holes with filth the same way . Never amend with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your soil is loose enough , you are near off adding little or no dirt amendment .
make a piddle ring around the outer edge of the kettle of fish . Not only will this conseve water , but will direct wet to perimeter roots , advance outer growth . Once tree is established , water supply tintinnabulation may be leveled . sketch show that mulched trees grow faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverize barque over backfilled area . bump off any damaged limb .
Problems
Aphids can increase apace in numbers and each female can develop up to 250 live nymphs in the course of a calendar month without mating . Aphids often look when the environment changes - springiness & fall . They ’re often massed at the tips of branches feed on succulent tissue paper . aphid are draw to the vividness yellowness and will often hitchhike on yellow clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an sheer minimum , specially around worthy plants . On comestible , dampen off infect orbit of works . noblewoman bugs and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various product - organic and inorganic - that can be used to control aphid . Seek the recommendation of a professional and stick to all recording label procedures to a tee . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature form of moths and butterflies . They are voracious feeders attacking a across-the-board miscellany of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf confluent , bow woodborer , foliage tumbler pigeon , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , sentry individual plant and remove cat , apply labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils , take advantage of natural enemies such as parasitical wasps in the garden and apply Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar specie . disease : BlightBlights are make by fungi or bacteria that pop plant tissue paper . symptom often show up as the rapid detection or wilting of foliage . There are many different blights , specific to various industrial plant , each want a varied method of control . Diseases : Apple ScabApple Scab fungusthrives in coolheaded , moist areas and overwinters in infected farewell that have fallen to the background . In spring , spore infect new leaves , stems , flowers and yield . If conditions are right ( wet and 70 degrees ) , the fungus can infect the fruit around the efflorescence in just 6 hr , though seeable signs may not be note for a couple of weeks .
Infection first appears as a dark green or black irregular temporary hookup on leaf surfaces . It is not uncommon for leaves to ruck and become discolored and finally flow of the tree . Scab on yield register up as a brownish eyepatch with a white halo . old lesions will not have the halo .
Prevention and ControlPlant resistant varieties and pass legion from the area . Chinese and Savin Junipers seem to be immune as are apple variety Freedom , Liberty , and Priscilla . Always crease - up and destroy morbid or damaged fruit and leave of absence . There are no chemicals available labeled for plate nurseryman use .
