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Robinia Trees
I have a young Robinia tree - it's just over 2 years old now and the 1st year's growth was quite vigourous and all looked well. However this year's growth seems a little strange to me - new growth seems to have started some way up the branches from last year and it has bare branches above this new growth - these bare branches above are about 12- 18 inches in length. I was wonderding if this is normal for this type of tree, and will last year's bare branches sring forth any new shoots this year?
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Robinia Trees
"wheator" wrote I have a young Robinia tree - it's just over 2 years old now and the 1st year's growth was quite vigourous and all looked well. However this year's growth seems a little strange to me - new growth seems to have started some way up the branches from last year and it has bare branches above this new growth - these bare branches above are about 12- 18 inches in length. I was wonderding if this is normal for this type of tree, and will last year's bare branches sring forth any new shoots this year? Any advice would be appreciated. Our large R. pseudoacacia "Tortuosa" always has branches, both big and small, that die off each year. Lots of twiggy bits died off this winter and have been shed and I've had to cut off some dead larger branches that might fall and cause damage. Flowered well though but strangely still not fully in leaf, possibly the dryness around here. I'd say it was normal from our experience. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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Robinia Trees
"Sacha" wrote after... "Bob Hobden" answered "wheator" I have a young Robinia tree - it's just over 2 years old now and the 1st year's growth was quite vigourous and all looked well. However this year's growth seems a little strange to me - new growth seems to have started some way up the branches from last year and it has bare branches above this new growth - these bare branches above are about 12- 18 inches in length. I was wonderding if this is normal for this type of tree, and will last year's bare branches sring forth any new shoots this year? Any advice would be appreciated. Our large R. pseudoacacia "Tortuosa" always has branches, both big and small, that die off each year. Lots of twiggy bits died off this winter and have been shed and I've had to cut off some dead larger branches that might fall and cause damage. Flowered well though but strangely still not fully in leaf, possibly the dryness around here. I'd say it was normal from our experience. This is one of the reasons that we tend to recommend Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst' for people who want a tree of that colour. It doesn't suffer from the brittle branches and died back bits Robinias seem to get. That's OK if you want a tree like R. pseudoacacia "Frisia" with lime green foliage. :-) "Tortuosa" has normal green leaves but in ringlets/bunches, slightly contorted branches and ours flowers beautifully every spring and is over 30ft high. (about 20 years old) http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/c...udoacacia.html shows a normal green R. pseudoacacia and the flowers, can't find one of "Tortuosa" but some of the info about that variety on the net ( to10ft and doesn't flower ??) is patently wrong unless ours is a "one off". -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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