Recklessly: Cherry Tree In Front Garden

Cherry Tree In Front Garden

Planting cherry trees requires well drained fertile soil. The leaves are a delicate bronze colour when young before turning green and then a bright fiery red and orange in the autumn.

Magnificent Cherry Tree In Full Bloom In Front Of A Garden Cottage

I am looking to buy a small ish tree for my front garden.

Cherry tree in front garden. Every ornamental cherry tree is lovable in its spring finery but some like this one uplift the garden for an extra season. Prunus serrulata ornamental cherry the cherry tree is famed for its beautiful spring blossom and compact varieties make great trees for small gardens. Try prunus shogetsu for orange red foliage in winter and pretty white flowers in spring.

Water your cherry tree regularly to keep the soil moist especially during the warmer summer months. It is a very sunny spot. They also require about eight hours of sunlight daily so you cannot plant them where they will grow in the shade of other trees.

Cherry trees are very susceptible to root rot so the soil needs to be drain well. It needs a sunny spot and moderately fertile soil. The long leaves are bronze when they start out then turn fiery through autumn.

Seeing cherry blossom against a clear blue sky is a spring highlight even in london where there are some fabulous specimens to be found in front gardens and along tree lined streets. Prunus pink perfection is a charming cherry tree which has bright double pink flowers hanging in drooping clusters from the branches. The climax comes in may when it is frilly with double pink and white flowers.

The general guideline for cherries is that the roots will be about twice the size of what you see above ground which is why they can be so destructive. Cherry tree roots are very large and notorious for lifting up pathways damaging foundations causing subsidence or breaking underground gas and water pipes. Use a soaker hose or a garden hose for a deep watering letting the water run at a slow trickle for about two hours once a week.

I have a japanese maple and cherry tree in my back garden and so could go for one of these but i have fallen in love with the sweet gum liquidambar. It would be planted about 25 meters from front of house. Its unusual golden yellow flowers are produced in small clusters over the entire tree in early spring before the foliage appears.

The flowers are followed by small cherry like fruits that are edible but very sour so best used for making jam. Better for the smaller garden is the fuji cherry says matthew hall head gardener at batsford arboretum in gloucestershire which holds the largest collection of flowering cherries in britain. The misleadingly named cornelian cherry is actually a dogwood from central and southern europe.

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