This little tree gives so much pleasure. Bought as a tiny shrub many years ago. Pale pink blossom in spring, fantastic autumn colour. And a safe place for a little bird to build it's nest in summer.....
Thank you @pansyface. It did take time, I'd guess twenty years but I'm not very accurate with my guesses. I planted nerines behind the little shrub, at the base of the wall where they got baked while the shrub was small. Now they are shaded by the trunk and foliage in summer -- but they flower better than ever, and just peep out cheekily!
It's the only cherry I grow. Actually too large now. Am considering 'raising the head' to make it more tree like and allow me to grow plants beneath it. Fantastic spring flowers plus autumn colour which is as good as an Acer.
Curiosity got the better of me so I had a look in my records ( I used to be so well organised.....) It was planted in March 2004. The next comment was in October 2020, to say that it was 10 feet tall with glorious autumn colour. Patience is a virtue. As is keeping notes! 🙂
There's no shortage of moss here @micearguers! I sometimes wish we could run our cars or heat our homes with it...... It doesn't do to stand still too long!
Did you prune lower branches/twigs @Woodgreen ? I did it last year for my 9 year old incisa, and got quite a bit of resinous flow and then gunk. Yours looks like it had the hem raised as well a bit, or did that happen naturally?
The lowest twiggy bits were thinning out naturally @micearguers, but about two years ago I took it back a bit as it was overhanging the grass a bit too much. The odd big vehicle would catch it when parking or reversing too. I had no issues with resin or anything. It does put out leafy sprouts lower down sometimes and I just remove them to keep the trunks clear.
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I planted nerines behind the little shrub, at the base of the wall where they got baked while the shrub was small.
Now they are shaded by the trunk and foliage in summer -- but they flower better than ever, and just peep out cheekily!
Fantastic spring flowers plus autumn colour which is as good as an Acer.
It was planted in March 2004.
The next comment was in October 2020, to say that it was 10 feet tall with glorious autumn colour.
Patience is a virtue.
As is keeping notes!
🙂
I sometimes wish we could run our cars or heat our homes with it......
It doesn't do to stand still too long!