Small-cherry sakura cherry is a very unusual tree. For Japanese culture, it is a symbol of the country, beauty and youth. In nature, there are about sixteen species of sakura. In this article, the reader will get acquainted with one of them - finely sawn cherry and some of its varieties.
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Small-cherry sakura is a type of plant from the Pink family. The height of the trees of individual varieties reaches twenty-five meters. Their smooth bark is gray, with a brown or brown tint, and the bare shoots are yellow. On the crust horizontal cracks of small depth are visible. Wood has the elasticity that the resin gives. Crohn has an ovoid shape.
Leaves come in various shapes: ovoid, elliptical, obovate. Their length reaches thirteen centimeters and more, and the width is five. The top of the leaves with serrated edges is elongated, and the base is rounded, wedge-shaped or heart-shaped.
The flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences, each with two to four specimens. Small brushes, up to five centimeters in length. The flowers of the fine-sawn cherry sakura have different shades, but more often - white or pink.
Flowering is a bewitching sight. Delicate flowers bloom before leaves appear. Each species has its own flowering time and duration. This process is affected by the place of growth and weather conditions. In cooler climates, cherry blossoms longer. Rains and wind are extremely unfavorable phenomena for a plant; the time of sakura blossom is significantly reduced.
Cherry fruit - drupes, round, ovoid or ellipsoidal in shape with a pointed apex. At the beginning of ripening, it has a purplish-black color, and then it just turns black. Depending on the variety, the fruit is edible and inedible. The price of suitable fruits is very high.
Cherry decorative small-sawed sakura Kiku Shidare
This plant is a variety of small-cherries. Kiku Shidare is a low tree, about four meters high. The openwork crown is magnificent, sprawling, its diameter is the same in size as the height. It has a flat-circular shape and arched hanging branches, they are called weeping. The crown has a tendency to thicken, so it must be formed by removing excess branches.
The finely sawed cherry surprises with the peculiarity of elliptic leaves to change color throughout the entire vegetative period. In the spring, when the leaves just bloom, they have a bronze color. With the onset of summer, they turn green. In the fall they get an orange-yellow color. The length of the leaves reaches nine centimeters; there are frequent notches along the edges.
Cherry blooms in mid spring, in April. A huge number of pink terry flowers appear on the branches , which are collected in large brushes with a diameter of five to seven centimeters. The flowering period is short - a few days.
Growing conditions Kiku Shidare
Cherry, small-sawed sakura Kiku Shidare grows on different soils, but gives preference to moist calcareous soils. This cherry loves areas well-lit by the sun, not blown by a wind. In order for the plant to bloom abundantly, it should regularly and timely introduce superphosphate into the soil.
The tree of unusual beauty is used in landscaping of garden and park areas. Kiku Shidare is suitable for climatic conditions of steppes and forest-steppes. In these areas, its growth is comfortable.
Tai Haku Cherry
This ornamental plant is a type of finely sawn cherry. The British call it differently - Gorgeous White Cherry. Her homeland is Japan. Small-handed cherry Tai haku was exported from the country in nineteen hundred.
This is a deciduous plant. It occurs in the form of a large shrub or small tree. Very strong branches are funnel-shaped, grow quickly in the vertical direction. Plant height reaches a seven-meter mark. The crown is magnificent, its width is up to five meters.
Characterized by the alternating arrangement of very large leaves, finely sawed cherry tai haku. The description includes parameters such as length and width, which are respectively sixteen and ten centimeters. Leaves have the ability to change color. Freshly blossomed leaves have a reddish-pink hue, and in the fall, large leaves become yellow-orange.
Snow-white flowers are large, their diameter is up to six centimeters. Flowering is plentiful, but short. Decorative Tai Haku cherry is unpretentious in cultivation, resistant to diseases and frost. It is used in vertical gardening.
Sakura budding
It is held in May, in the middle of the month, when the time of frost threat will pass, but there will not yet be intense heat. It is necessary to make incisions in the cortex and bend it. Then, cut the peephole from the cuttings together with a piece of bark and insert into a previously made cut of the stock. The vaccination site should be rewound tighter with a polyethylene tape. After a couple of weeks, the garter should be loosened. With good survival of the eye, the tree will begin to grow rapidly. Flowering can wait in two years.
Care for decorative cherries
For landing, a sunny place not blown by cold winds is chosen. Sakura should not be planted in a hollow or on the north side, as the soil will warm up too slowly, and planting dates will have to be postponed to a later time.
Sakura prefer moist, well-drained soils of any composition, except for heavy, clayey. Floating soils need to be improved, for which baking powder is added: deoxidized peat, compost, vermiculite, manure, sand. But the most preference for finely sawn cherry still gives fertile and light soils.
Freshly planted plants are very sensitive to drought. Therefore, at first they should be watered more often so that the soil is always wet. The care for ornamental and other sakura is the same, with the exception of pruning. Young trees of small-sakura are only pruned in a gentle manner.
Small-cherries are subject to gum dropping. Prevention is better than cure. Therefore, as a preventive measure, trees are sprayed, regularly and timely watered and fed.
Wintering of small-sakura
In order for the fine-sawn cherry to winter successfully, at the end of the summer all feeding of trees with fertilizers containing a large amount of nitrogen ceases. But phosphorus and potassium will help to move the winter easier. Therefore, fertilizers with their content must be introduced. Before wintering, it is necessary to saturate the soil with moisture. To do this, tree trunks of trees are abundantly watered. As soon as the first frosts come, the stems and crowns are tied. For this, covering material is used.
To protect the trunks from sunburn and cracks, they need to be whitened or tied with agrofibre. With the onset of spring, while there is still no movement of juice, you need to prune the branches to rid the crown of thickening. Tool and cuts are disinfected. When the wounds are dry, they should be treated with var.