The best solution is to cut it back constantly (ideally now). The roots reach 2.5m or more so weedkiller has no effect. Q The horsetail weed is the bane of many a gardener’s life and nothing will get rid of it other than good drainage. The frost would have destroyed the flowers, hence no plums.Ī We’ve tried many ways to kill horsetail but nothing has worked. Why is this?Ī I suspect that the top of the tree was exposed to frost at blossom time, whereas the lower branches were more protected. Q My plum trees fruited well this year, but only on the lower branches. The best time for pruning of any maples is now, in autumn. palmatum ‘Dissectum’ often produces dead wood, which can be alarming but it should simply be pruned back. Maples shouldn’t need much pruning, although when they’re young they often produce some very vigorous shoots that should be pruned back to stop the tree becoming lopsided. The seeds were also gathered, boiled and eaten hot and the bark was used to treat sore eyes.
Native Americans used their maples for many medicinal and edible purposes, collecting the sap to make sweet syrup, and the syrup is, apparently, of a very high quality. saccharum, is famed for its explosion of colour in autumn, but it’s rare that the UK can provide the necessary combination of very hot August days and very cool nights. Whereas Japanese maples are all small, many of the American maples make for large trees. The greybacked leaves turn orange in autumn, but it’s the bark that is the real attraction as it peels into translucent curls and ringlets to reveal a cinnamon-coloured underlayer. griseum, the paperbark maple introduced from China.
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