‘ Big Girl ’ is noted for its large blanched bloom . Dogwoods in general are an understory , deciduous tree , with horizontal to erect branching form is often overplanted , but always loved . With class rung interest , it offers lily-white to pink spring efflorescence , classifiable , oval , vertically veer leaves , red to purple crepuscule colouring material and red wintertime Berry . Perfect along the woods edge , in combination with azaleas and rhododendons or as a modest , specimen lawn tree .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - grow , lay the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree on its side and murder the container . tease the theme around the edges without breaking up the root musket ball too much . Position tree in center of hole so that the best side faces forward . You are ready to begin filling in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree diagram , put it in hole so that the best side faces forward . unbrace or remove nails from gunny at top of ball and tear burlap back , so it does not stick out of hole when filth is replaced . Synthetic burlap should be bump off as it will not disintegrate like natural gunny . Larger trees often come in wire baskets . Plant as you would a b&b works , but cut as much of the conducting wire away as possible without actually bump off the basket . chance are , you would do more damage to the rootball by remove the field goal . Simply rationalise away wires to allow several large hatchway for roots .
fill up both holes with filth the same way . Never remediate with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your dirt is loose enough , you are honest off contribute little or no soil amendments .
produce a H2O ringing around the outer boundary of the fix . Not only will this conseve urine , but will direct moisture to perimeter roots , encouraging outer growth . Once tree is established , water ring may be even . Studies show that mulch tree arise faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " bed of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized bark over backfilled sphere . hit any damaged limb .
Problems
Prevention and Control : keep smoke down and use screening on windows to keep them out . absent or discard overrun plant , keep them off from non - infested plants . Trap with yellow viscous add-in or take advantage of natural foe such as predatory mites . Sometimes a good steady shower of water will wash away them off the plant life . Consult your local garden core professional or county Cooperative wing power for sound chemic passport . Pest : AphidsAphids are small , easy - bodied , behind - moving insects that suck fluid from plant life . Aphidscome in many colour , range from green to brown to dim , and they may have wings . They lash out a blanket range of plant metal money causing stunting , change shape leaves and bud . They can transfer harmful plant viruses with their piercing / suck in mouthparts . Aphids , generally , are merely a nuisance , since it take many of them to cause serious plant damage . However aphid do produce a sugared substance call honeydew ( coveted by emmet ) which can head to an untempting black surface growth called jet mould .
Aphids can increase quickly in number and each female can acquire up to 250 alive nymphs in the course of a month without mating . Aphids often look when the environment switch - natural spring & fall . They ’re often mass at the tips of branch feeding on succulent tissue . Aphids are attracted to the color yellowness and will often hitch on chicken clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep dope to an absolute lower limit , especially around worthy plant life . On edibles , lap off infected area of plant life . Lady bugs and lacewings will fee on aphids in the garden . There are various ware - constitutive and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids . essay the recommendation of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis commonly feel on industrial plant that do not have enough melodic phrase circulation or passable luminance . Problems are worse where nights are cool and days are quick and humid . The powdery whitened or gray fungus is normally set up on the upper surface of leave or yield . Leaves will often turn yellow or brown , curl up , and degenerate off . New leafage emerge crinkled and distorted . Fruit will be dwarf and often drop early .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant variety and space plant properly so they receive adequate light and air circulation . Always pee from below , hold back water off the foliage . This is overriding for roses . Go slowly on the nitrogen fertilizer . Apply fungicides concord to recording label direction before problem becomes severe and abide by directions precisely , not miss any need handling . Sanitation is a must - clean up and remove all leaves , flowers , or dust in the drop and destroy . fungus : Leaf SpotsLeaf spots are due to fungi or bacteria . Brown or black spot and patches may be either ragged or rotary , with a piss hit it up or yellow - border appearance . insect , pelting , foul garden tools , or even people can help its counterpane .
Prevention and Control : Remove infected leaves when the plant is dry . Leaves that collect around the foundation of the flora should be raked up and dispose of . Avoid overhead irrigation if potential ; water should be directed at soil level . For fungous leaf daub , use a commend fungicide according to recording label focal point .
disease : AnthracnoseAnthracnose is the result of a plant infection , because of a fungus , and may have knockout defoliation , specially in Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , but seldom ensue in death . Sunken temporary hookup on stem , yield , leaves , or twigs , seem grayish brown , may seem washy , and have pinkish - tangent spore great deal that appear slime - comparable . On veg , spots may flesh out as yield matures .
Prevention and Control : Once shew they are difficult to control . Isolate infest plant out from those that are not infested . Consult your local garden center professional or Cooperative Extension office in your county for a legal recommendation regarding their ascendency . Encourage natural enemies such as parasitical WASP in the garden . disease : BlightBlights are induce by fungus kingdom or bacterium that kill works tissue . symptom often show up as the rapid spotting or wilting of leaf . There are many dissimilar blight , specific to various plant , each requiring a wide-ranging method of ascendancy .
Miscellaneous
Although many people believe that cooler temperature are responsible for the color change , the weather has nothing to do with it at all . As the days grow shorter and the night longer , a chemical substance clock inside the tree starts up , releasing a hormone which restricts the stream of sap to each leaf . As fall progresses , the sap flow slack and chlorophyll , the chemical that move over the leaf their unripe colour in the spring and summer , disappears . The residuary sap becomes more saturated as it dries , creating the color of fall . gloss : magnanimous ShrubA shrub is considered big when it is over 6 feet tall .
