Trees up to 5 meters high. Globular trees
Looks very good on field maple varieties, Acer campestre "Rozi" and "Nanum". Its leaves are smaller than the leaves of Norway maple, with soft outlines. Yellow-red in spring, dark green in summer, bright yellow in autumn.
High-quality maples form a spherical or ovoid crown without any special pruning. Such an Acer campestre "Elsrijk". A mature tree reaches a height of 3.5 - 5 meters and a width of about 2 meters. This maple is very resistant to drought and frost. It tolerates slight shading, although light-loving. And it feels great in alley and group plantings, it also lends itself very well to topiary haircut. From non-standard, that is, bush forms, amazing hedges are obtained. This maple is an excellent backdrop for flowering ornamental shrubs and flowers.
If you sit in a corner of your garden, keep in mind that most of the dome will shade the adjacent gardens. To help you choose, you may find it helpful to visit the gardens where you can see and appreciate a good range of well-established and mature ornamental trees.
If you'd rather browse through the full list of small trees, give it a try. Location in the British Isles and in the garden, soil conditions and prevailing weather will affect the maximum altitude. Spread 3m: Height 3m. Height and distribution 8 m: scarlet flowers with a white eye, late spring. Height and distribution 3-5 m: very thin, reddish-purple flowers, late spring. Height and distribution 6-8 m: pink flower buds open white, mid-spring. Height and distribution 6-8 m: dark red buds open to large dark pink flowers, mid-spring.
Acer platanoides “Globosum” variety of Norway maple is suitable for larger areas and for large alleys. This is also a globular maple. In spring, its leaves are bronze, in summer they are dark green, in autumn they are painted in yellow-orange tones. The tree is very stable, grows on any fertile soil, withstands frost and wind, and is durable. But he doesn't like flooding. Sanitary pruning may sometimes be necessary in early spring.
Height and distribution 4 m: single pink or white flowers, early spring. Height and distribution 6 m: abundant thin conchial pink flowers, early mid-spring. Below are some varieties of Shirinsky ordinary varieties with strong fragrant spring to early summer flowers in conical brooms.
Blooming trees with autumn color
Spread 4 m: large panicles of small yellow flowers, mid-summer and oil-yellow autumn color. Height and distribution 8-9 m: fragrant semi-double, shell-pink flowers, late spring, orange-red and yellow autumn shades. Height and spread 5 m: half-duplex fragrant, white flowers, mid-spring, rich orange autumn color. Height and distribution 7-8 m: white flower clusters, early to mid-spring, red-purple autumn color. Stuart rostrata: white late spring flowers, bright scarlet autumn color in favorable conditions.
Basic rules for growing
In order for the trees to be well-groomed and healthy, you need to adhere to the following care rules:
- Top dressing... For trees to grow strong and healthy, they need to be properly fertilized and fed. You can find special products at gardening, hardware or flower shops. It is important to choose the right fertilizer and correctly calculate its dose. The instructions on the packaging will help you with this, but if you do not understand until the end, then you can ask the sales assistant for help.
- Watering... Different types of garden trees require varying degrees of watering. In hot weather it is necessary to water the plants more abundantly, especially if you notice that their tops are beginning to dry out. This means that the leaves are not getting enough moisture.
- Crown pruning... To make the tree look beautiful and neat, its crown must be pruned regularly. Also, this procedure helps to provide more favorable growth conditions and good lighting. Pruning needs to be done very competently, it is a rather difficult job. If done incorrectly, you can damage the tree, reduce its frost resistance, etc.
- Weed control... Young trees especially need this procedure. Often, weeds interfere with their growth and development, so you need to get rid of them. Do not use various chemicals: they can not only destroy the weeds, but also damage the trees themselves. It is better to eliminate the weeds mechanically: just pull it out with your hands. After the procedure, you can slightly loosen the soil to saturate it with oxygen.
- Protection against garden pests... Insects can cause enormous damage to ornamental trees. It is important to be able to identify real pests and take timely measures: cut off damaged branches, collect insects by hand, treat plants with special protective mixtures.
Crown pruning rules
Watering the garden is a prerequisite in the summer heat
Low trees with a spreading crown. Choosing ornamental trees for the garden
Ornamental trees for the garden will be a great addition to a suburban area, will decorate the territory, make it more harmonious and beautiful. There is a wide variety of crops that are excellent for growing in our climatic conditions, and are also actively used by landscape designers. Let's consider the most popular among them.
Undersized ornamental trees
Dwarf ornamental trees for the garden look great, they can complement small areas. The most famous are:
- Warty birch. An elegant variety of small sizes, it looks very delicate. This variety of birch develops extremely slowly, the maximum height is 5 meters, which it reaches only after 20 years. The plant is unpretentious, resistant to various influences (heat, cold). The culture prefers light-loving areas.
Warty birch (Betula pendula)
- Prickly hawthorn "Paul Scarlett". A miniature tree, the height of which is 5-6 meters. It has double flowers of a dark pink color, they are formed into voluminous inflorescences. In rare cases, the culture bears fruit. The blooming of the thorny hawthorn begins in May and lasts until June. The crop can withstand pruning very well, so it can easily be shaped to the desired shape. For the winter period, it is better to cover the plant, since it is very afraid of cold weather.
Prickly hawthorn "Paul Scarlett"
You can find out more about hawthorn in this article.
Juniper Daurian. The tree has thick branches with microscopic needles and needles. Height - 1.5 meters, width - no more than 3 meters. The plant is frost-resistant, perfectly withstands high temperature conditions. It is unpretentious in leaving.
Types of fast-growing fruit trees
Fruit trees grow slightly slower than regular ornamental trees.... It is a very decorative and valuable fruit tree. In the spring, the tree will decorate the site or garden with a beautiful and lush flowering, and in the fall - with clusters of bright orange berries. White mulberry. A tall fruit plant that can reach 20 meters in height. The spherical crown consists of trunks with brown bark.
Mulberry fruits are black-purple in color, taste sweet and sour, juicy. They are used for food not only processed, but also fresh. Maclura. A tree with a rolling, large crown and thorny. The leaves give the tree a special decorative effect - dark green on the outside and light on the inside. The tree has a round fruit that resembles an orange in shape and has healing properties.
Decorative trees for Siberia. Ornamental shrubs for Siberia - the best varieties
When choosing ornamental shrubs, be sure to take into account the climate of the region in which they will grow. The harsher the climate, the more responsibility is required for planting and caring for such plants. In addition, you need to consider the shape, color and flowering period.
For planting in Siberian regions, you can use a large number of plants that are frost-resistant. It is best to choose those that are unpretentious in care. What are the ornamental shrubs for Siberia?
What are we for?
To the fact that, if the size of the site is small, the selection of trees must be taken very carefully. Do not expect that naturally tall, stumpy representatives of the fauna will grow slowly or, at the sight of the owner with a delimber in their hands, will meekly form picturesque crowns of the required volume by themselves. Most often, hopes are not justified, and you have to part with overgrown specimens.
A strict height restriction will help to avoid disappointment - no more than 5-6 m, and these are dwarf varieties.
Choose them from reliable, proven nurseries. One of the practical options: weeping forms, grafted onto a stem, are a successful combination of an expressive spectacular crown and small stature. The tent-shaped crown grows extremely slowly in height, while its diameter can be quite impressive.
If there is room for a wide, weeping crown, choose cultivars with branches that fall almost vertically to the ground parallel to the trunk. Of course, such trees will not cover the company of vacationers with their blessed shade and will not protect them from prying eyes.
However, on a small-sized plot, pergolas, arches and awnings successfully cope with these tasks, and decorative dwarf forms acquire an independent value as a durable landscape decoration with all the signs of an adult tree In miniature.
Weeping forms are propagated by grafting on a stem, therefore the size of the tree is determined by the height to which the graft is made. You can purchase either a completely miniature tree, which in the composition will replace a tall herbaceous perennial, or a higher tree, under the crown of which you can even hide from the sun.
True, it is not worth arranging a permanent area for receiving guests under a green tent, since soil compaction will not benefit more demanding decorative forms. The umbrella or tent crown is naturally inherent in a number of garden cultivars, but corrective pruning is still needed to maintain a characteristic silhouette.
Mainly, poorly positioned branches and shoots growing in an undesirable direction are removed. For some tree species, candelabra pruning is used.
The general rule for all grafted plants is to prevent rootstock growth. If kidneys spill out on the stem below the inoculation site, remove them immediately. In garden design, weeping standard trees attract attention from afar.
Therefore, they can serve as an independent decoration, for example, for a single planting on a lawn or near a reservoir, and as a central element when creating landscape compositions in combination with herbaceous perennials and low shrubs. Tip: Plants will take root better in the garden and winter safely if planted in the spring. Regular watering is required in the year of planting.
Method one: pruning
This method provides for the gradual formation of a standard tree by cutting off lateral shoots and branches. While this process can be time-consuming, the end result will be amazing and beyond your expectations.
The first thing that needs to be done is to monitor the growth of side shoots, removing them in a timely manner. As soon as the planted tree reaches the required height (usually about one and a half to two meters), its top should be cut off. From this moment on, the crown will need to be pinned with the help of young shoots.
This procedure is laborious and painstaking, since it is recommended to wait one month between each pinching. In addition, new shoots will need to be added to the already split shoots.
However, you should not be afraid of difficulties. The result is worth it.
How can you grow a standard tree with your own hands using grafting? This will be discussed below.
Planting a "raspberry tree"
First of all, the raspberries should be planted correctly. For this, a well-fertilized soil is used. The place is chosen damp, slightly shaded, without drafts and groundwater.
Shrubs are planted close to each other, preferably a meter from the fence, on its southern side.
It is not recommended to place this berry plant among fruitful trees or next to garden crops such as tomatoes and potatoes.
The method of planting standard raspberries is very unusual. Here is an indicative principle of operation:
- Dig a deep trench, at the bottom of which to place humus, peat, compost, ash and other mineral supplements.
- Cover fertilizers with earth.
- Prepare a pit for each shoot: at a distance of one meter, form cells with a diameter of 40 by 15 cm and lay them out with slate.
- Cut raspberry seedlings to a height of forty centimeters and plant in cells. The root system should be deepened by four centimeters.
- Every two to three days, the shrubs must be watered with water using liquid fertilizers.
Standard raspberry is an unusually tasty berry of large size. With proper, good care, its yield per season can reach two kilograms per bush.
Before planting
Above, we determined which specific plant species are best suited for standard trees and shrubs. Now let's find out how to choose the right seedling.
First and foremost, the trunk of the plant should be straight and even. Remember: if knots and bends are found on the planting material, then in the process of growth they will not go anywhere, which means that the tree will lose its originality and attractiveness.
Moreover, when choosing seedlings, you need to pay attention to the healthy appearance of the bark and root system.
And one more thing - immediately after planting, a young tree needs support. Fix its trunk along with a wooden peg placed next to it.
Aronia and Irga
These are another favorites, which, along with currants and gooseberries, suffered the fate of decorating garden plots in the form of a bush on a leg. For chokeberry and irgi, it is no longer necessary to use golden currant as a rootstock (it will not give a result), but a plant that is more compatible with them. Rowan is ideal for this. Compatibility is almost 100%, no sagging and breaks are observed at the junction of the scion and rootstock.
Inoculation of chokeberry and irgi on a stem former is carried out in the same way as in the case of currants and gooseberries - in the spring, when the sap flow is most active.Vaccination is carried out on a cloudy day or in the morning by the method of improved copulation with a handle (with a tongue), the places of the cuts are isolated with garden pitch and wrapped with plastic wrap. Watering after vaccination is not necessary, but if there is such an opportunity, then it can be carried out, feeding is also not needed. The scion grows together with the stock quickly, after a few days the buds on the scion (and at least three of them should be left on the cutting) begin to wake up, shoots are actively growing. As soon as the trunk of the scion and stock (now common) begins to thicken, the film must be removed. A positive point in using these crops and rowan as a rootstock is that supports are absolutely not needed. Rowan ordinary can suffer from the action of only very strong gusts of wind, when even the supports will not help, it has a high degree of elasticity and bends, rather than breaks. In view of this, the standard forms of chokeberry and mountain ash can be planted quite calmly in any part of the garden. Flowering plants of these crops will add charm and grace, and ripe fruits will decorate the upper tier of the site.
Well, if the process of plant formation is too complicated for you, then go to nurseries or autumn exhibitions and buy the specimens you like there, because autumn is ahead - the time of laying a new fruit garden.
Nikolay Khromov, Researcher, Cand. Sci., Scientific Secretary of ANIRR,
member of the All-Union Society of Geneticists and Breeders
GNU VNIIS them. I. V. Michurina RAAS
Photo: N. Khromov, E. Koveshnikova, T. Zhidekhina, T. Zavodianaya
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Stamper tree
