Small trees for urban gardens

 

 

Small trees suitable for the front yard or a garden to plant.
Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Umbraculifera “in an avenue planted in the woods
Trees in the front yard
A tree in the front yard provides a great atmosphere and is both a landmark business. Such a tree should never be too big for the space available. He should be beautiful and preferably several times a year something extra to offer. Deciduous trees are often preferred because the winter sun is low over the house shine.
Shape and size are important
A front yard tree may attract attention, but never interfere. Nobody likes to have to stoop to low-hanging branches or roots to trip. Traditionally trained trees facades placed, eg trained lime trees (Tilia species). Trees with a rounded crown are very ‘in’: including maple Acer platanoides ‘Globosum, the beautiful Catalpa bignonioides’ Nana ‘Robinia pseudoacacia’ Umbraculifera ‘and even a sierkers (Prunus eminens’ Umbraculifera. Even topiaries are perfect eg a flat pruned sycamore (Platanus) or mulberry (Morus). Because once a year to prune keep their shape and moderation. The name of a tree sometimes says something about the habit. The terms’ Fastigiata ‘and’ Columnaris “betray such that the tree narrow column or column-shaped grow. Good examples are the red maple Acer rubrum ‘Columnare, the narrow, sturdy oak Quercus robur’ Fastigiata ‘and (most especially) the tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera’ Fastigiatum” . zuilvormers Other appointments include the Japanese sierkers Prunus serrulata ‘Amanogawa “and rowan Sorbus × thuringiaca’ Fastigiata ‘and even a special red beech (Fagus sylvatica’ Purple Dawyck).
In most cases, space is limited and preference will mainly go to very small residual trees, 5 to 6 m final height is often the maximum. It fit rowan and flour berries (Sorbus species and cultivars except orange, too red, yellow and even white berries), the beautiful Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum) with orange-yellow fall color, ornamental apples (Malus) with various leaf and fruit color, Catalpa bignonioides ” Aurea ‘gold-green leaves, maple cultivars as Acer platanoides “Deborah” and “drummondii”, hawthorn (Crataegus) and numerous other species such as gloss medlar Photinia villosa (white flowers, red fruit, orange autumn leaves) and the relatively unknown Stewartia monadelpha with white flowers, orange-red fall foliage and beautiful peeling bark. What more, the false christ thorn (Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Sunburst’, birch, willow, Zelkova, etc. Plenty of choice.
Good plants
Provide a wide planting hole. Improve the soil with compost (or turf for lovers of acid soil), if necessary, put a tree pole and make sure the soil around the root ball fits properly (gaaslap delete). After implantation generous watering.
The garden in March
Now, pruning roses. The dead material perennials remove (be careful not to damage young shoots). Any perennials share and re-implanted. It has plenty of time for planting trees, shrubs and perennials. Prune newly planted hedges sharply from below them tightly to unroll. Give your plants a good organic fertilizer base. Make water troughs for birds and birdhouses clean.

 

Pruning fruit trees in the garden: winter pruning of fruit trees (apple)

Annually by your apple and pear trees to cut you a good quality of fruit annually. The health of the tree and fruit is better and the lifetime is longer. To correct pruning fruit trees is the most important parts to be appointed. Explanation of the pruning is easier to understand and apply. Pruning always way: natural storage of the rootstock, to low-lying branches, belly wood, vertical growing rughout and competitors. The trunk and central leader should grow up mostly single. Too far to the growing fruit wood fruit laterals or branches is usually shortened to short twigs. Journal Buds are pointed and narrow. Flower buds are fat (round) and are mainly of short fruiting wood (twigs from 1 to 20 cm long).
Pruning of fruit trees: pruning of a simple (low strain) apple
(Malus domestica)


1.Onderdelen of an apple tree / fruit tree
  A normal fruit tree (spindle shape) consists of several major components:
Rootstock, graft union, tribe (1), central leader (H.), branches or laterals (2) and fruiting wood (3)

NOTE: The used simple numbers (1) (2) etc. refer to the numbers as used on accompanying drawing.

See below for a detailed description of these terms. Table: "Some parts tree and pruning concepts in pome and stone fruit"

At the end of the trunk and / or central leader and the leaders is a strong one-year twig: the verlengenis (4). In the immediate vicinity, we usually have a strong twig we call competitor. (5). Usually, the competitor may be pruned or he will verlengenis replaced.

What we see clearly?

- Trunk (central leader) and main branches are sturdy;

- The fruiting wood is weak.

2.Waarom prune apple and other fruit trees? (Target?)
     The light must all parts of the fruit tree can reach
   
     We thus obtain each year the fruits of good quality and quantity.
   
     An open pruned tree is easier to pick.
   
     The health of the apple is better and the lifetime is longer.

3.When prune apple trees?

     Young apple trees (less than 4 years), it is best in spring (March / April) pruning. Early pruning (December or January) there can be frost occur. See also "Fruit pruning calendar"
   
     Mature apple trees can be pruned when the leaves dropped. This is usually from December to March. Pruning during the day while not freezing. (Frost damage is possible).
   
     Weak growers (with lots of mixed buds) can be the first pruning (December or January). Fast growth (with little mixed buds), one can prune the last (March). Early pruning fruit trees promotes growth. Late pruning (April / May) inhibits the growth off.
   
     Pruning preferably in dry weather. Pruning Wounds that long stay wet are very susceptible to infections of canker.
   
     Cutting is preferably if it is not or only little freezing. If it's too hard freezes the wound tissue can not grow.
 


4. The pruning of a spindle shape can be reduced to the following advice:

     A spindle shape is an apple / pear tree that is piramidaalvormig. (Tree Form).
   
     The central leader / intermediate branch remains singular: competitor / competitors prune (5).
   
     The main branches in apple trees (Malus domestica) previously implanted just because we get light to the central leader / strain.
   
     Central leader and main branches (fruit branches) periodically with fruiting wood lined.
   
     Pruning always at an outwardly directed button, so that a more open growth occurs.

     We prune the apple tree road:

     - The competitor (s) of the extension niches (5). These are removed because they are an open crown in the road.
     - Too steep placed branches (6), crossing, broken or rubbing branches.
     - Vergaffelingen (heavy ramifications of a gesteltak)
     - Dead and diseased wood and inward growing twigs.
     - Remove as much as possible rugtwijgen and belly wood. Fruit Wood that grows sideways, the best results.

     A spindle shape is an apple / pear tree that is piramidaalvormig. (Tree Form).
   
     The central leader / intermediate branch remains singular: competitor / competitors prune (5).
   
     The main branches in apple trees (Malus domestica) previously implanted just because we get light to the central leader / strain.
   
     Central leader and main branches (fruit branches) periodically with fruiting wood lined.
   
     Pruning always at an outwardly directed button, so that a more open growth occurs.

     We prune the apple tree road:

     - The competitor (s) of the extension niches (5). These are removed because they are an open crown in the road.
     - Too steep placed branches (6), crossing, broken or rubbing branches.
     - Vergaffelingen (heavy ramifications of a gesteltak)
     - Dead and diseased wood and inward growing twigs.
     - Remove as much as possible rugtwijgen and belly wood. Fruit Wood that grows sideways, the best results.
Prune the fruiting wood:

     The fruiting wood is as much as possible to the horizontal laterals (7) and top view in the view of a herringbone (8).

     Prune away: the fruiting wood that is too strong, on top of the main branches {rughout} (9) because a lot of light take away the fruiting wood on the bottom of the main branches {belly wood} (1O) because the lack of light received.

     - The pruning of a branch or twig can be done "by foot" (11) as the gesteltak sufficiently covered with fruit wood or "on foot" (= specific stub) (12) if we are new, weak fruiting wood needs at the site of pruning.
   
     - A special case: many strong branches, we will remove any twigs, while the remaining are deflected to the horizontal position (13).
   
     - Which is too long (frame), we cut best branch back to standing on a lower branch with the desired direction (14)
   
     - Spent, wood hanging fruit, we must rejuvenate by cutting back on a well-placed twig on the curve (l5)
   
     - It is obvious that we are already sick, dead or injured fruiting wood away. (For example, the timber is affected by canker.)




Drawing simple apple tree pruning (low strain)

Araucaria araucana of slangeden, apeboom

Araucaria araucana is also slang oaths, or apeboom apeverdriet mentioned.
Hose Eden / Apeboom or Araucaria araucana
Monkey puzzle tree, Chilean pine (English)
Desespoir du singe (French)
Araukarie, Ande Tanne, Affenschwanzbaum (German)
Araucariaceae – eden snake family

 

The snake oaths, an evergreen conifer, sometimes we see in front gardens, once planted as a status symbol. He is not what you’d call a friendly tree, on the contrary: he makes an enemy that impressed with his stiff, hard serpentine branches and leaf-like needles that can hurt you if you touch them. Yet it is an interesting tree, because he hears as the giant sequoia (Sequoia and Metasequoia), the oldest living plants from prehistoric times.
Origin Araucaria araucana
The snake oaths by the botanist Archibald Menzies from Chile (the southern part of the Andes) to Europe. There he is twice that in forests with us (to 50m). He is also native to Australia, New Guinea, Caledonia and Norfolk Island. It grows there in rainy mountains with high humidity on nutrient-rich soil. In 1990 the serpent oaths by the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture declared a national monument.
naming Araucaria
The name is derived from Aurauco araucaria, a region in central Chile, where the Indians live Araucani.
plant Characteristics
The hose may oaths us reach a height of 25 meters. Those are the female trees, because most men reach 18 m. The broad, open pyramidal crown is composed of main branches in whorls standing. In older trees is more rounded top, the trunk free of branches. The older branches hang down while the branches in the crown tilted up position.
The needles were egg-to lanceolate, leathery, glossy green with a very sharp point. They stand close together, overlapping each spiral ronddom the twig.
The male flowers are cylindrical with many stamens standing spiral.
The female flowers are large, round, veelschubbige inflorescences that are raised up, brown spherical cones (like coconut) develop occupied with sharp scales. In the second or third year after flowering the mature cones are set.
The bark is gray-brown, strongly bent at the bottom and looks a bit like an elephant leg.
When the hose oaths to his sense, he is every year a new floor.
Araucaria species
There are 19 known species of pine snake.
Higher (up to 35 m) than the known snake oaths, is Araucaria bidwillii, native to Australia. Its cones are large and heavy (up to 8 kg). He was also an Bunya Bunya, False Monkey Puzzle Tree of-Tree called.
Location Araucaria
The snake grows oaths on all well drained soils and humid. He likes a sunny spot and is a slow grower.

Abies koreana Korean fir or a fine, slow growing conifer for small gardens or as solitary plants

General description of Abies koreana – Korean Fir
Latin name: Abies koreana
Dutch name: Korean fir / den Korean / Korean fir


Family: Pinaceae (pine family)
Leaf color: green, gray / silver
Height: 2 to 4 m
Evergreen: Evergreen
Hardiness: hardy
Location: Sun, partial shade
Crop type: conifer
Special Features: Striking purple cones, leaves striking
Habitat: Normal Soil
This fir is as the name suggests comes from the mountains of the southern tip of South Korea. Abies koreana is a prominent member of the fir family.
A stately, pyramidal, slow growing conifer that an adult height of 6 meters can achieve. The striking autumn purple upright cones are already large amounts of young firs are present. The 2 inch short, flat and soft-touch needles are towards the top and wider at the bottom while the top silver shiny green. The evergreen feature, combined with the fine needles and cones, this beautiful Korean fir is a very decorative plant. The beautiful Korean fir is the slow growth is ideal for smaller gardens and even in a planter on the patio or balkon.en is usually solitary focal planted. After ten years it is usually not higher than 2.5 meters.
On the ground are few requirements, but as well the water evaporates nutritious and slightly acidic. The Korean fir example, can not thrive in a rich clay and wet soils.
It is a very beautiful plant as a backdrop to the heather garden.
Qualities such as Christmas tree:
Very good needle retaining tree.
Abies Koreana is a beautifully shaped Christmas tree that almost no loss of needles in the living room. The soft needles are bright green and have a silvery white underside, giving the tree a very decorative value. During the Christmas period have these firs are often beautiful purple blue cones. Unlike most other pines, we find that even back upward cones on young, small specimens of only 1 meter high. The cut branches lose their needles and cones are so like the ideal Christmas decorations and for making Christmas pieces.

Winter color trunks

Columnar shaped trees in the garden.
Trees in column form
Trees provide height effect in the garden. This works much better with live trees than any construction too. A tree always has more to offer. And it’s really not that high at the same tree, the garden will take. There are plenty of trees that are very narrow, columnar grow like the famous cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) from the Mediterranean and Italian poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) that are planted for thousands of years.
Whoever discovers entire series looks fantastic for a small upright silhouette. Let your choice is not restricted to small trees remaining (very nice!), But demand for sleek elegance of the trees for your garden. There are quite a lot of thin arrow conifers. Then we will not go into because the changing of the seasons that columnar deciduous trees show, is even more attractive, especially if the flower or fall color is a striking role.
Good columnar form, for example, the aforementioned Populus nigra ‘Italica’, the beautiful flowering sierkers (light pink to white) Prunus serrulata ‘Amanogawa, the oak Quercus robur’ Fastigiata ‘, the white flowering Robinia pseudoacacia’ Pyramidalis “and rowan Sorbus aucuparia ‘Fastigiata ‘(white flowers, orange-red fruit, yellow fall color).

ROSE GRAFTING

Tools and materials
■ cutting from a rose rootstock
■ sharp knife
■ shears
■ semi-ripe shoot from rose cultivar
■ rubber band
■ pot and compost
■ plastic bag
1 Start hardwood cuttings, taken from one-year-old shoots of a rose rootstock, into growth in a warm greenhouse in midwinter. Remove the lower buds, then heel in to a soil bed (voice of the trees). Graft in spring, when semi-ripe shoots of the rose you want to propagate are available. Prepare the rootstock by culling it down to 6 in.
2 Make a single shallow, upward-slanting cultivar in. long at the lop of the rootstock, thereby exposing the plan! tissue responsible for healing (the cambium), which allows the slock to heal together.
3 In long from the rose cultivar you want. Remove all of the leaves apart from the uppermost one.
4 Make a single downward-slanting cut approximately half in. long on the bottom section of the scion, just behind a bud. This cut will expose the cambium.
5 Gently place the two sections of plant together, so that the cut surfaces match. then they arc correctly positioned, carefully bind I he graft with a rubber hand. This will hold the graft firmly until the two sections join.
6 Place the graft into a pot of compost. Water it well, cover with a plastic bag, and place on a warm windowsill. By The Garden of Eaden

Beautiful autumn colors in October

Beautiful autumn colors in October with the color-changing leaves of many deciduous trees.
Beautiful autumn colors in October.

Mainly deciduous trees and shrubs have now shown that the winter is beautiful. Everyone thinks their foliage breathtaking spectacle. A walk through the deciduous forest is great for the eye (all those colors!), Your nose (wonderfully crisp autumn air and the smell of mushrooms) and your ears (run by a crackling carpet of fallen leaves). The garden is the equally. With the right plants, it is there now a warm color opulence.
Many trees and shrubs that belong in our kind of climate, go into hibernation and shed their leaves. They get there first have many useful substances (mainly sugars) and store it as starch (carbohydrates) in their trunks, branches and roots. Sugar acts like antifreeze in their juices and protect from frost. The chlorophyll breaks down, especially red and yellow dyes come in its place. Moreover, various toxins in the leaves stuffed for disposal. All this together makes everyone fall back to an unparalleled flaming colors. The best is that after a sunny and warm autumn, a so-called ‘Indian Summer’.
enjoying the autumn
Now is the perfect time to garden centers, nurseries and in your area to see which kinds you like best
If they are bald and at rest, you can buy them in your garden and plants (plants as it never freezes!). You know what colors you expect next year. Shades of yellow and orange to orange-red often dominate. This is especially the case with maples (Acer), dried tree (Amelanchier), birch (Betula), poplar (Populus), beech (Fagus), but also in Liriodendron, Carya and deciduous conifers and Ginkgo Larix.
Red predominates in some maples (Acer) and American oak (Quercus) of Eastern America and Liquidambar. If leaves show bright colors they still live. Only after they die and wither they are usually brown.
Few recommendations that provide intense colors (though there are many more):
Orange: Acer japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’ and ‘Vitrifolium’, Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’, Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’, ‘Red King and Scanlon, Amelanchier lamarckii and A. laevis; Berberis thunbergii ‘Electra’, Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’, Fothergilla major, Prunus kurilensis ‘Ruby’, Prunus sargentii ‘Rancho’.
Red: Aronia arbutifolia; Berberis ‘Red Tears’, Berberis thunbergii ‘Emerald’, Cotoneaster horizontalis ‘Robustus’, Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Indian Summer’, Nyssa sylvatica.
Pair of Red: Calicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’, Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’, Euonymus bungee anus.
Purple Red: Euonymus grandiflorus, Fraxinus americana ‘Autumn Applause’, ‘Autumn Purple’ and ‘Rose Hill’, Fraxinus angustifolia ‘Raywood’, Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Worplesdon’.

Beautiful autumn coloration of the Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Worby Rose
TIP: many beautiful perennials discoloration (eg, Bergenia) and even have many conifers’s a different shade of winter than in summer. Who should watch: plenty of surprises!
Garden Tips for October
Bring the last container plants to their wintering area.
Plenty of water hoses and nozzles to dry.
Put pots of parsley and chives for the kitchen window: you have fresh greens all winter.
Vulnerable furniture clean and store.
Green tomatoes can ripen inside.
In sensitive plants winter protection application.
Organic mulch spread on the floor gives extra protection, a layer of fallen leaves as well.
Remove fallen leaves are evergreen plants regularly and your lawn.

Catalpa – trumpet tree

Catalpa bignonoides – trumpet tree
tree with trumpet tree pods
Catalpa bignonioides (Bot.)
Indian bean tree (Eng.)
Catalpa commun (French)
Trompetenbaum, Zigarrenbaum (German)
Bignoniaceae – Trumpet family tree
Every year I look in amazement at the bean tree at the beginning of summer flowering when most trees and shrubs are blossoming around long. He is festively adorned with large blooming tree in meiwitgele flowers.
From the long brown pods which fall storms soon be torn and scattered you a bundle as a decoration hanging in your living room or conservatory.
This special, deciduous deciduous tree usually find in our gardens and large private gardens. The trumpet tree can, under favorable location and care, and when not cutting, to 18 m high and 10 meters wide. With us, people plant a trumpet tree usually decorative heart-shaped light green, yellow or red leaf, or because they bolcatalpa like. On pruned trees will be no flowers appear.
That is unfortunate, because if we let it go trumpet tree, appear late June impressive white flower clusters that are yellow and purple drawn.

Most members of the family of Bigoniaceae grow in the (sub) tropics. The bean tree is native to the temperate regions of North America and East Asia. He was imported from China via England.
Naming
If you own a flower viewing, you discover that it has the shape of a trumpet. Hence the name ‘bean tree. The word is derived from Catalpa Catawba Indian name. The Indians used parts of this tree as medicine. Bignonioides indicates that this tree resembles a family of tropical trees.
Botanical characteristics
The leaves are opposite or in whorls three-digit and very large, ovate with a cordate base. The top is pointed. At the bottom are the leaves softly hairy. They start from April to sprout. When she smells unpleasant friction. The flowers appear in erect, broadly conical plumes that are androgynous. They are 3-5 cm. The color is white, yellow stripes inside and violet spotted. She smells light and resemble orchids. The pistil is brown in color. The fruits are thin-walled pods with small, pointed wings and hairy seeds. They remain until spring in the tree. The bark is gray-brown.
The thick stems of the bean tree are brittle and have a remarkably large, light colored pith. During a mild autumn grow the immature pods tops long. There is a risk of frost damage. Nevertheless, the tree in the spring without problems again.
Types
There are species with green and golden leaves.
Catalpa b. ‘Aurea’ is about 12 m high. Its leaves are golden yellow leak. Catalpa b. ‘Nana’ is a small tree that lasting at most 4.5 meters high. The leaves are bright green. A small tree or shrub with a persistent broad, oval crown and white flowers Catalpa bungei. Catalpa speciosa grows as a shrub-like on screen. The bark is sometimes burst by frost. The flowers are white with no yellow and purple spots.
Catalpa ovata is a large tree 12 m high and 18 m wide can be. The leaves have prominent orange stripes. The black-brown fruits hang in late summer when pods on the tree. Its flowers are yellowish white.

BolcatalpaAanbeveling:
If you have a trumpet tree in your front – or back to plant, choose a spherical shape, unless you have a large garden where he lived until his natural, lush size can grow!
Location and plant
The trumpet tree something like loamy, rich, moist soil and likes a sunny spot to thrive. He also likes to partial shade. It can heat well tolerated and is usually hardy. At first it grows fast, but with age comes a bit slower.
He is best when imposing solitary on a large lawn. The crown size can be 15-20 m in free outgrowth.
Pruning.
The trumpet tree goes without pruning. It is recommended to regularly remove dead branches and old. If space is tight in the garden, it can end in January briefly cut back (pruned) and even be cut. He will definitely leak again, even it takes so long that you think that Bob has made! That has certainly not, because he always runs late in the spring and loses its leaves in early autumn.
Diseases and pests
Unfortunately this tree is also susceptible to voracious insects and fungi.
Thus, the catalpa sphinx moth larva of the large amounts of leaf eating. The caterpillar is yellow with black spots.
Another culprit is mildew, identified by brown spots on the leaves that fall off after a while. This is due to humid and hot weather affected the condition of the tree is not very appealing.
Worse is that wilt at Catalpa quite common. In these leaves curl and wilt it will dry out. As a mold of the vascular bundles do slip close to the trumpet tree, even to perish. This fungal disease can be combated by an infusion of moss in your garden that you have 24 hours water soak.
catalpa flower speciosaToepassing as medicine
Tea made from the ground bark, works antiseptic, laxative, sedative, vermifuge and is used against snake bites.
The bruised leaves help in the treatment of wounds and bruises.
Tea made from the seeds, are given for asthma and bronchitis.
The juice from the seeds, mixed with that of the plant eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis) and rue (Ruta graveolens) is a lotion for tired eyes and eye diseases.
A special feature of the bean tree is that it flies and mosquitoes at a distance.

Spring Flowering Trees

Spring-flowering trees spring to announce
Blossom Splendor in the spring
When the cherry trees bloom or beautiful, it’s really spring. A full flowering tree in spring is as impressive as all fields crocuses, daffodils and other flowers. A flowering magnolia tree against a blue sky is breathtaking. Early last century there were three essential types of trees in a garden, a magnolia, a sierkers cedar and gray. The beauty of the trees gave, you can now relive in new forms that fit well in small gardens. The following trees have flowers have something in common: you have little to do once you’ve planted them. Pruning is hardly necessary (only remove frost damage)

Hanami – cherry blossom festival Japanese
Late March / early April in Japan the cherry blossom (sakura). This explosion of color as a national celebration. They meet in a mass picnic in the parks under the flowering trees. Japanese symbol for the short, exuberant bloom wealth and transience of life. We enjoy it even without this symbolism no less.
Some flowery ideas
Cherry (Prunussen) come in dozens of shapes and they bloom in April incredibly wealthy (and often in May) with white, light yellow, pink, lilac or purple flowers. Some are shrubs, sometimes real pedigrees. The choice is yours. Very beautiful is the acclaimed weeping form Prunus serrulata ‘Kiku-shidare “already in early April rose blooms with hot pink flowers. A close relative is the famous P serrulata ‘Kanzan’, which blooms later and as well as logs and shrub is grown (the latter to 10 m high). The elegant vase shape of the crown branches is very typical. Also ‘Kanzan’ rich and pink flowers. “Amanogawa ‘grows from a slender columnar shape and very light pink flowers (geurend!). “Taihaku ‘is a big shrub that already in early April with huge white flowers bloom.
Many species of magnolia
Perhaps the most famous group of fake beaver or dogwood trees, like the fabulous flowering magnolias are also called, is the Magnolia soulangeana Group. They are large shrubs or small trees to 5 to 8 m high and they bloom (April-May) with masses of large, upright, bell-shaped flowers on bare branches. Very nice example ‘Lennei Alba’ and ‘Amabilis’ (both white), the small remaining ‘Genie’ (3 m, red hot!) And lots of pink flowers, such as Brozzoni “and” sundew.

A beautiful, the Judas tree Judas tree (Cercis) are a genus of seven species of deciduous trees from Europe, China and North America. One of the most beautiful is the new Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’, a beautiful, roodbladige Judas tree (soft velvety red in the course of the season is a bit greener) that eventually about 3 meters high. In April-May appear beautiful, pink, edible flowers on the still bare branches. The flowers taste slightly sour. Delicious in a salad. This tree (also suitable as espalier) with its special color always attracts attention. Ideal as a solitary and suitable for any size garden. Plant it in a sunny, sheltered spot in well drained soil.
More flowering trees
In April-May bloom among other things: ornamental apples (Malus), the beautiful snowflakes tree (Halesia carolina), the Anna Pavlovna tree (Paulownia tomentosa) with large, blue flowers, cherry trees like the white flowered Amelanchier arborea ‘Robin Hill’, chestnuts: nice the Aesculus x carnea red flowering ‘Aureomarginata “with gilt-edged blade.
April Garden Tips
Mowing the lawn.
Moss in the lawn fight.
Box hedges cut.
Balcony boxes ready.
Perennials clean and run after a loss due to frost.
Pruning shrubs.

Fruit trees in the garden pruning and bend of plum trees (stone fruit)

Plums are among the stone fruits. Plum Trees questions generally low maintenance and are relatively easy to grow and prune. Usually, the plum trees with a more limited pruning. By pruning plum trees will give you a better tree, less fruit and fewer branches that break. The fruit can grow better and tastier flavors by pruning. Some plum varieties can be pruned as little better because they can die from severe pruning. Pruning in winter is generally not recommended for stone fruit. Prune in summer a dry day so the wounds can quickly dry up.


Plants of sweet cherries (Prunus avium)Plums are among the stone fruits. Plum Trees questions generally low maintenance and are relatively easy to grow and prune. Usually, the plum trees with a more limited pruning. By pruning plum trees will give you a better tree, less fruit and fewer branches that break. The fruit can grow better and tastier flavors by pruning. Some plum varieties can be pruned as little better because they can die from severe pruning. Pruning in winter is generally not recommended for stone fruit. Prune in summer a dry day so the wounds can quickly dry up.Naming plum - Prunus domestica:- The ordinary European plum has the scientific name: Prunus domesticaThe plums are like cherries, cherry, peach, nectarine and apricot to the group of stone fruit (Prunus species).

 Meaning of scientific name: Prunus domestica insititia- Prunus: From prune (Gr.), cherries and plums, plum tree. Several stone fruits.- Domestica: From domus (L = house, home, native). Domesticated or cultivated plant. Is common in culture.- Insititia: From to (= L. in, on) and situs (L = places) used for grafting, rootstock. Lower part of a grafted plum tree that bears roots.- Cerasifera: From cerasus (L. = cherry) and ferre (= bear), bearing cherry.Read more about the origin and explanation of Greek and Latin plant names: "ABC of Latin plant. The use of botanical names"

Plant Family: Rosaceae or Rose family.Rootstock: Prunus domestica insititia 'Saint Julien A', Prunus domestica 'Brompton, Prunus domestica cerasiferaKnowledge of scientific plant family name is useful because some fungal diseases (bloesemmonilia, galena fungus) also in the closely related stone fruits may occur.Fruit trees pruning: Prune plum trees in winter!Pruning Time:

Pruning plum trees may only occur between mid-April and mid-September. Often after picking plums in August the necessary pruning. Prune plum trees and stone fruit Never in wintertime!
Choose a warm, dry days for the pruning so that the pruning wounds quickly dry up.

 

 

 

 

Bend of branches to prune fruit quicker to have:

A total of 4-5 system branches to the trunk in a position of 65-80 ° to the stem stand (Just above the horizontal). The older the plum trees, the more the leaders may drop slightly, but remain preferably just above the horizontal.

The fruiting wood in the trunk, branches above that 4-5 frame should have a horizontal position.

 

 

 Photo: When should bend the rope lace up. Have a large loop around the branch holds.
Prune trees prune many or few?




A plum tree that bears little or no fruit, does not bear fruit by pruning! Even the opposite! Pruning promotes vegetative growth and thus get (slightly) less fruit.

Pruning up to 1 / 3 of the branches. Try to pruning neglected trees over three years to distribute.

      Plum trees should not be pruned much! Compared with apples and pears to plums with a lot less further pruning.

      Prune if possible, or even as little as possible. Some plum varieties such as 'Reine Victoria' (= 'Queen Victoria') tolerate pruning well and not die easily.

      A neglected plum trees it is better not to drastic pruning, but pruning spread over 2-3 years. (Up to 1 / 3 cut). Too drastic pruning is sometimes badly ....

      Gestel branches bend almost horizontally is better than pruning. Choose a warm day for this bend, otherwise more takbreuk occur. Bend reduces local growth curves branch out and obliged to give more fruit.

       Cut a large branch off better than many small branches to prune away.


How strong plum twigs treated?

      Growing Strong rugtwijgen can break away as early as possible. That might happen if they are still herbaceous, the first year of growth.

      Growing Strong zijtwijgen that aside from the leaders, it is best to grow horizontally bend. The horizontal bend reduces the strong growth and more flowers buds are produced.

      Growing strong twigs to the trunk to grow and grow straight up it is best to remove. Let the takkraag (about 2-5 cm), so that a new shoot below which may arise naturally grows horizontally.

      Extensions of frame branches bend slightly so it is best to grow almost horizontally. (65-85 ° angle from the central leader t.o.v. / strain). In young plum trees, the position 65 °.

      Strong branches that are at the bottom of the stem of the rootstock and game storage is best to completely remove. Do this regularly so that the pruning wounds as small as possible.


Fruit trees pruning. How to remove the prunes pruning?

      Storage of the wild rootstock

      Broken and dead branches

      Too thick branches at the top of the trunk or central leader.

      Branches that bend at the outbreak can best be pruned away. Mainly steeply growing branches break off easily. Do not include a small takstomp of 3-15cm stand.

      crossing branches

      Vertical growing rugtwijgen remove that too much light.

      Branches growing straight up the trunk. This too sharp implanted top of the tree branches, seem half cup or stem to form.

      Too long and hanging fruit wood

      Too low hanging branches on the tree

      A branch that is affected by the fungal disease galena. Perhaps it is good for the life of your tree a little stretch.

      Trees that were fruiting bodies (mushrooms) show the galena fungus it is best to completely clean! They are a major source of infection for other trees! Let the prunings are not in the area, but destroy it!

      Also remove dried or moldy fruit, they are an important source of infection for the next harvest.

   

 

 Photo: Prune branches growing vertically timely way. Try the smallest possible pruning wound through over takkraag pruning.
Pruning equipment and wound care for pruning plums:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: 1. Grinding Stone for 2 shears sharp. Right-handed shears 3. Trimmer waist belt holster to hang 4. Pruning Saw.

      Use sharp pruning material so pruning wounds are so small and clean as possible.

      Pruning is not too close to the main branch. The takkraag should be preserved wherever possible, for proper wound healing.

      Small pruning wounds should not be smeared

      Large (saw) to be recommended for wounds to rub with a wound healing agent for infection of the galena prevent fungus.

      Disinfect your pruning equipment, when you suspect a plum tree (loodglanschimmel) have been cut.