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I love cherry blossom but h\ve lottle space and don't want to restrict wuch bed around one as I love lots of cottage garden style flowers, I know I've asked before but I have the memory of a small goldfish... does anyone think I could get a small variety ( maybe a columnar shape?) and plant it in a large pot? or in a pot with the bottom cut out in a bed then turned every 6 months to chop off roots? all help gratefully appreciated
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I have a couple of cherries in very large pots. They don't seem to do very well, mainly because I dont give them enough water.
If I may make a furtive suggestion: there are many fruiting cherry trees sold as 'patio plants', which are meant to grow, flower and produce fruit in pots. Perhaps you could invest in one rosemummy, or do you primarily want a flowering (as opposed to fruiting) species?
If you are only interested in a flowering cherry, perhaps seek one out that was grafted onto dwarfing root stock. Even so, I have seen the flowering cherry 'Kojo-no-mai' and it seems to happily grow in pots. A large pot should make it even happier! Here are a few naturally smaller species to consider: https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/wisley/cherries-for-small-gardens
I have Kojo-No-Mai in a pot and it does seem quite happy. I also have an old (30ish) Ama,No-Gawa growing in a border with plants all round its feet and it doesn't seem to mind a bit. I don't deep dig of course, just tickle with a trowel ,but there are lemon balm, primulas, snowdrops and celandine round the trunk, with other things a little further away. The flowers have wonderful almondy scent too
bless you all for taking the time to reply i will check out suggestions asap!
That reminded me. I bought a Kojo-no-mai from Ashwood last year (I must keep away from that place, it does my bank balance no good at all). I bought it because at the time there was a big one in flower near the restaurant and it was absolutely smothered in honey bees. Mine is a small one in a six inch pot. I must find it a nice pot to bring it on in. I just checked, it is still in my "holding area" ( until I find a space for it.) I've pushed it in the unheated polytunnel for a bit of protection. The buds are already swelling.
love amanogawa thankyou all very much, so you don't think it'll starve plants underneath? would probably use bulbs in spring then in summer i like delphiniums lupins foxgloves nigella ... wouls i be able to plant fairly close round it?
The foxgloves and nigella would be fine as they are not deep rooted. Foxgloves and aquilegia selfseed in my garden and can pop up anywhere, including under the cherry tree. I rarely feed the border where my tree is and things do well anyway. The delphs would need better feeding for good flowers and staking so put them somewhere else and lupins have more of a taproot so again better further away. Low growing spreaders like veronicas and pulmonarias work well too.
thanks buttercup i have loads of aquilegias too