This is a semi - weeping , spread , deciduous tree diagram . Leaves are dense , ovate , often lobed , dark green , up to 3 inches long . Bears lilac flowers in saltation . Persistent violet - violent yield more or less big than a cherry . Grows to 15 to 25 feet tall and 10 to 20 feet wide . This Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree does well in most soil , but will be more attractive if fed peat and compost .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - grown , lay the tree diagram on its side and absent the container . Loosen the roots around the edge without breaking up the root egg too much . berth tree in midpoint of hole so that the best side faces forrad . You are ready to get filling in with soil .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , pose it in hole so that the best side faces forward . loosen or remove nails from burlap at top of ball and pull gunny back , so it does not stick around out of pickle when soil is replaced . man-made gunny should be remove as it will not decompose like instinctive gunny . Larger trees often come in wire basket . Plant as you would a b&b industrial plant , but edit as much of the wire forth as possible without actually removing the hoop . luck are , you would do more damage to the rootball by removing the basket . Simply cut away telegram to leave several large opening for root .
fulfill both jam with dirt the same manner . Never amend with less than half original soil . Recent studies show that if your land is loose enough , you are full off bestow footling or no grease amendment .
Create a water ring around the outer edge of the hole . Not only will this conseve water , but will direct moisture to perimeter roots , encourage outer increase . Once tree diagram is established , water ring may be leveled . study show that mulched Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree grow faster than those unmulched , so add a 3 " " level of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized barque over backfilled orbit . Remove any damaged limbs .
Problems
Aphids can increase quickly in number and each female person can produce up to 250 lively nymphs in the course of instruction of a month without mating . Aphids often come along when the surround switch - spring & fall . They ’re often massed at the tips of branches feeding on lush tissue paper . Aphids are attracted to the color yellowness and will often hitch on xanthous clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an absolute minimum , especially around suitable plants . On eatable , wash off infect area of plant . Lady bug and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various products - organic and inorganic - that can be used to manipulate aphid . Seek the recommendation of a professional and survey all label procedures to a tee . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature pattern of moth and butterflies . They are voracious feeders attack a wide variety of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterized as leaf feeders , base borer , folio rollers , cutworm and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , pathfinder individual plants and take away caterpillars , hold labeled insecticides such as soaps and oils , take vantage of born enemy such as epenthetic WASP in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Diseases : BlightBlights are cause by fungi or bacteria that kill plant tissue . symptom often show up as the rapid spotting or wilt of foliage . There are many different blights , specific to various plant , each involve a wide-ranging method of ascendance . disease : Apple ScabApple Scab fungusthrives in coolheaded , moist region and overwinters in infected leave that have decrease to the ground . In springiness , spore infect new leaves , stems , peak and yield . If condition are veracious ( sozzled and 70 degree ) , the fungus can infect the fruit around the bloom in just 6 hours , though visible signs may not be noticed for a couple of weeks .
contagion first appear as a dark green or black unorthodox spot on folio surfaces . It is not uncommon for leaf to ruck and become discolored and eventually fall of the tree . Scab on fruit shows up as a brownish fleck with a white halo . Older lesions will not have the halo .
Prevention and ControlPlant insubordinate multifariousness and eliminate hosts from the surface area . Chinese and Savin Junipers seem to be resistant as are orchard apple tree variety Freedom , Liberty , and Priscilla . Always rake - up and demolish diseased or damaged yield and leaf . There are no chemical substance usable labeled for menage nurseryman use .
