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Small weeping trees
Seeing Janet's post about her poorly Kilmarnock willow made me think it's time to give another plug for my favourite
small weeping tree. Prunus incisa 'Pendula' in flower now pink in bud and just perceptibly pink when fully open. A proper weeping tree shape - not an umbrella. Not sure about ultimate size but most P. incisa clones are quite small so I'd guess around 3 metres max height and about 2 - 2.5 spread. You could experiment with training the leader vertical if you needed more height but the main thing is it's unlikely to outgrow its welcome even in the smallest garden and is the daintiest small weeping tree I know. Not easy to find I think I got the last one from Bridgmere last week. We have one that's been in a couple of years now and it's a real joy atm. Rod |
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On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:27:23 -0000, "Rod"
wrotc: Seeing Janet's post about her poorly Kilmarnock willow made me think it's time to give another plug for my favourite small weeping tree. Prunus incisa 'Pendula' in flower now pink in bud and just perceptibly pink when fully open. A proper weeping tree shape - not an umbrella. Not sure about ultimate size but most P. incisa clones are quite small so I'd guess around 3 metres max height and about 2 - 2.5 spread. You could experiment with training the leader vertical if you needed more height but the main thing is it's unlikely to outgrow its welcome even in the smallest garden and is the daintiest small weeping tree I know. Not easy to find I think I got the last one from Bridgmere last week. We have one that's been in a couple of years now and it's a real joy atm. Rod Prunus incisa is purported to grow to 6m. I have a P. incisa too and it is, as you say, a delight at this moment. It isn't a 'Pendula' it's a 'Plena' (and plena it is too - I've never seen such a mass of flowers). It's only a couple of feet high yet and seems to have quite an upright habit. it grows quite slowly I am told and it is already apparent that the internodal distance is quite short and the growth hardens rigid quite quickly. Anyway it seems as though it might lend itself to structural pruning. I wonder whether your 'Pendula' is created by the grafting I described in a previous message or is a 'natural'. I have a newly acquired P. spinosa too. Wow that is taking off strangely. Thorns out of all proportion to the plant - some pointing straight downward from near horizontal branches - are producing tiny green leaf axils all down their length. Huss Grow a little garden |
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"Hussein M." wrote in message Prunus incisa is purported to grow to 6m. I have a P. incisa too and it is, as you say, a delight at this moment. It isn't a 'Pendula' it's a 'Plena' (and plena it is too - I've never seen such a mass of flowers). It's only a couple of feet high yet and seems to have quite an upright habit. it grows quite slowly I am told and it is already apparent that the internodal distance is quite short and the growth hardens rigid quite quickly. Anyway it seems as though it might lend itself to structural pruning. I wonder whether your 'Pendula' is created by the grafting I described in a previous message or is a 'natural'. I have a newly acquired P. spinosa too. Wow that is taking off strangely. Thorns out of all proportion to the plant - some pointing straight downward from near horizontal branches - are producing tiny green leaf axils all down their length. Huss Yes the typical P. incisa is said to get to about 6m but the selected clones are all very different from the tiny short jointed bushy ones like 'Kojo-no-mai' (sp?) to the weeping form and your double. I think its probably on its own roots - at least I can't find any evidence of a graft union - this is one of the things I dislike about the more frequently seen weeping cherries like 'Cheal's Weeping', often top worked on P.avium so you get this silly umbrella perched on a great thick P. avium stem; plus you get the avium suckers everywhere. So no I don't know how this thing is propagated, I don't whether it would respond to growing on a stool system - where strong growing established plants are cut to the ground to force many strong basal growths, the stool is then earthed up during the growing season to enourage rooting on the bases of the stems, the individual stems are then detached and lifted with some root. A 2 year old stem done on this system would probably be a basis on which to form a saleable tree in another season or perhaps 2. I've not grown P. spinosa - sounds like a nice companion to Rosa omeiensis pteracantha with its huge translucent prickles. Then if you've got Berberis or Cacti you'll be able to amaze your friends and delight your family by knowing the difference between thorns, prickles & spines ;~))))) btw even Peter Beales on line catalogue gets that wrong ;~)) Rod |
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:50:52 -0000, "Rod"
wrotc: of the stems, the individual stems are then detached and lifted with some root. A 2 year old stem done on this system would probably be a basis on which to form a saleable tree in another season or perhaps 2. My spinosa arrived from Bluebell and I wonder whether it was propagated this way. There is no real vertical apical dominance and it has a 'flat top' about 1.5 above soil level. The laterals are fairly substantial but horizontal (some of those spines are sticking into the soil inches away from the plant). In fact it looks as if it was pruned for ground cover. Now there's a thought. No. I was hoping for it and can now see it coming - a little green sprout right on top of the heel atop. I think I will talk to it encouraging everyday and judiciously jostle the plant into putting the apical dominance up that little fellah. I know it will take years to get it progressing the way it will have to in order to occupy the space I want it to when it is mature. I think it is a little early to introduce it to a rather meaty sounding rosa which I am about to look up. Thanks for that. Yep. It's one of those species shrub roses. I'm a little iffy about them I'm afraid. I think they remind me of plantings I've encountered encircling the car parks of dentist's surgeries. :-( However "Spectacular thorns which are translucent on the young shoots and glow like rubies in the morning and evening light." does sound quite enticing! Huss Grow a little garden |
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"Hussein M." wrote in message ... Yep. It's one of those species shrub roses. I'm a little iffy about them I'm afraid. I think they remind me of plantings I've encountered encircling the car parks of dentist's surgeries. :-( However "Spectacular thorns which are translucent on the young shoots and glow like rubies in the morning and evening light." does sound quite enticing! This one's quite special - not yer dentist carpark type plant at all. Rod |
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:33:58 +0100, "Rod"
wrotc: However "Spectacular thorns which are translucent on the young shoots and glow like rubies in the morning and evening light." does sound quite enticing! This one's quite special - not yer dentist carpark type plant at all. Ok OK! It's those ones I don't like but this one's flowers are more dog rosy. Anyway I realised that my last message didn't make it clear that Spines was 1.5 feet high - not metres. So I think it will be around 7 -10 years before he/she would be allowed to go on a date with a houri from that tribe. Shoosh. Odd couple on the dance floor! :-) Huss Grow a little garden |
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