Trees

Doubt it, unless you did it every other year. It will want to grow, so unless you are determined it will get ahead of you.I grow a few large trees that I cut back every other year quite drastically, but not Cherry, so not sure how that responds to cutback.

That's a big old one. Nice size stem.Not sure if you actually prune for fruiting, so cant help, they are mostly ornamental in the UK.I do remember someone remarking about having to go through a fairly lengthy process with the fruit to make them edible but I'm not well up on the subject.

We have 2 so named Victoria plums. One of them most definitely is not. However we have had a great harvest for some years from it. This year the flowers were all over the tree and then.......the pigeons started on taking the new growth followed by the tree now looking very dead (not blaming the...

I’m about to try air-layering and cuttings on another acer, as it’s in an area to be bulldozed for the renovation work.

Thank you for the advice

As an aside, assuming it was raised by a Dutch nursery, 'Mokum' is likely the common nickname (of yiddish origin; mokum/maqom meaning place) used for 'Amsterdam'.

If no growth showing and we are into May yes cut it out

Thank you for your advice everyone. I wouldn’t have thought to remove any fruit this year. We will follow the advice given and hope for the best

Thanks I pruned it down by about a 3rd last winter ... will aim to keep then.

No, france and I can(t get these things here so I order from Belgium

I will try that, watch this space, thanks

Acer palmatum Enkan should have wine red leaves. Green is not the norm. I would suggest you pinch any tips off which have new green leaves.Acer palmatum 'Enkan' (L) | Japanese maple 'Enkan' Trees/RHS

Ah super. I'll try that out and see how bad it is. May come back for more advice if it's still showing green in the upper trunk. Cheers

Cheers for replies all. I shall extend the cane and see what happens. It is pretty rigid at the top but I can bend it to secure to a taller cane. Ideally I want it to keep growing taller yet.

That's a handy warning thanks, I have young self seeded (or more likely bird pooped) ones all over the place!

This is a chimera or graft hybrid between laburnam and broom. Interesting because the tissues remain seperate so you get yellow and pink flowers on seperate branches. I wonder if they would be happier planted in the ground if possible?

A group of friends and myself had a Red Sentinel planted as a memorial tree for a friend who died. The description said everything you have commented on, including that it holds the fruit all winter. If you leave it the new growth will push the old fruit from the branches, unless you pick the...

Have a look at summer pruning of the new growth

We had this willow pollarded in Dec 2023/Jan 2024, which took two thirds off its height. During 2024 there was vigorous new growth as expected. However, in late August or early September, all the leaves darkened and fell within a matter of days. I posted on here at the time, and people thought...

It looks very similar to the type I see around here with flowers varying in colour from pink to almost purple, from a distance.They are also the white flowered short bushy types.That one looks a bit thin, either its nearly finished flowering or the surrounding trees are affecting its growth.