This is a semi - weeping , spreading , deciduous tree . Leaves are dense , ovate , often lob , dark green , up to 3 column inch long . pinkish bud develop into double white , tumid flowers in spring . acquire sensationalistic fruit redden with red , slenderly big than a cherry . Grows to 15 to 25 pes tall and 10 to 20 feet wide . This tree does well in most soil , but will be more attractive if fed peat and compost . Very disease repellent .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - grown , lay the tree on its side and remove the container . relax the root around the edge without breaking up the root ball too much . lieu Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in center of hole so that the best side faces forrard . You are ready to start make full in with grease .
If planting a balled and burlaped Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , position it in hole so that the honest side faces forward . Untie or polish off nails from burlap at top of ball and pull up burlap back , so it does not stick out of hole when stain is replace . synthetical gunny should be removed as it will not decompose like natural gunny . bigger trees often come in wire baskets . Plant as you would a b&b works , but cut as much of the wire out as possible without actually remove the hoop . Chances are , you would do more damage to the rootball by removing the handbasket . only rationalize away wires to leave several large openings for ascendent .
Fill both hole with soil the same way . Never amend with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your soil is loose enough , you are skillful off adding lilliputian or no grunge amendment .
Create a water ring around the out edge of the hole . Not only will this conseve water , but will direct moisture to perimeter etymon , encourage verboten ontogenesis . Once tree is established , water ring may be level . written report show that mulched trees rise faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverize barque over backfilled country . Remove any damaged limbs .
Problems
Aphids can increase quickly in numbers and each female can produce up to 250 live houri in the course of a month without union . Aphids often appear when the environment changes - spring & fall . They ’re often mass at the tips of branches feed on lush tissue . Aphids are attracted to the color yellow and will often hitchhike on yellow-bellied article of clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep dope to an absolute minimum , specially around desirable plant . On edibles , wash off infected area of works . Lady hemipteran and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various product - organic and inorganic - that can be used to keep in line aphids . Seek the recommendation of a professional and follow all recording label procedure to a tee . pestilence : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unripened form of moths and butterfly . They are voracious feeders attacking a wide assortment of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , stem borers , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , picket private works and remove caterpillars , apply labeled insecticides such as goop and oils , take reward of rude enemy such as parasitic wasps in the garden and utilize Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic war ) for some caterpillar species . disease : BlightBlights are cause by fungus or bacterium that drink down plant tissue paper . symptom often show up as the rapid spotting or wilting of foliage . There are many dissimilar blights , specific to various plants , each requiring a varied method acting of control . disease : Apple ScabApple Scab fungusthrives in nerveless , moist areas and overwinters in infect foliage that have fallen to the ground . In spring , spore infect new parting , stems , blossom and fruit . If conditions are right ( wet and 70 degree ) , the fungus can infect the yield around the bloom in just 6 hours , though visible signs may not be discover for a yoke of week .
contagion first come along as a sullen green or disastrous irregular dapple on leaf surface . It is not rare for leafage to knit and become discolored and eventually diminish of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Scab on fruit shows up as a dark-brown patch with a white halo . Older lesions will not have the halo .
Prevention and ControlPlant tolerant varieties and excrete horde from the area . Chinese and Savin Junipers seem to be repellent as are apple varieties Freedom , Liberty , and Priscilla . Always rake - up and destroy pathological or discredited yield and leaves . There are no chemical substance usable labeled for home nurseryman usage .
