UK gardening - Prunus incisa

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Prunus incisa

Sacha

2007-03-30, 9:25 am

I'm afraid I don't remember who recommended this but I'm in their debt! Ray
had to go down to the Duchy Nursery the other day and he brought me back a
Prunus incisa Kojo-no-mai. It's a gorgeous plant and a good one for people
looking for smaller trees as it's slow growing to 3 metres. We've planted it
among the acers by the wildlife pond and it's in full bloom now, so it
flowers at a 'useful' time of year, too.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
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Rod

2007-03-30, 9:25 am

"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C232A3B7.48207%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> I'm afraid I don't remember who recommended this but I'm in their
> debt! Ray
> had to go down to the Duchy Nursery the other day and he brought me
> back a
> Prunus incisa Kojo-no-mai. It's a gorgeous plant and a good one for
> people
> looking for smaller trees as it's slow growing to 3 metres. We've
> planted it
> among the acers by the wildlife pond and it's in full bloom now, so
> it
> flowers at a 'useful' time of year, too.
I'm not sure if it was me who recommended that one, but I have
certainly in the past recommended P. incisa 'Pendula' Ours is still a
delightful miniature weeping tree and in full bloom now - a soft
delicate pink that will fade to white soon.
Our 'Kojo-no-mai' looks as if it will take a great many years to reach
anything like 3 metres - a lovely little plant though.

--
Rod

My real address is rodthegardeneratmyisp

Sacha

2007-03-30, 9:25 am

On 30/3/07 13:10, in article euivl2$pni$1@news.datemas.de, "Rod"
<rodneverread@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> "Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C232A3B7.48207%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> I'm not sure if it was me who recommended that one, but I have
> certainly in the past recommended P. incisa 'Pendula' Ours is still a
> delightful miniature weeping tree and in full bloom now - a soft
> delicate pink that will fade to white soon.
> Our 'Kojo-no-mai' looks as if it will take a great many years to reach
> anything like 3 metres - a lovely little plant though.

Well, if it was you, thank you! Ours is tiny, only around 2' but it's still
a thing of beauty. And to my real delight a customer brought in a whole lot
of Stachyurus cuttings the other day - another thing that was on my 'want'
list.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

MikeCT

2007-03-30, 9:25 am

"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in a message:
> I'm afraid I don't remember who recommended this but I'm in their debt!
> Ray had to go down to the Duchy Nursery the other day and he brought me
> back a Prunus incisa Kojo-no-mai. It's a gorgeous plant and a good one
> for people looking for smaller trees as it's slow growing to 3 metres.
> We've planted it among the acers by the wildlife pond and it's in full
> bloom now, so it flowers at a 'useful' time of year, too.
> --

Hi Sacha,

I wrote the original message to the group. My little tree is five years old
this year, just over 7 feet tall and like yours, in full flower now. I have
it growing in a semi shaded position where it receives sun in the early
morning and late afternoon/evening during the spring and summer months. The
rest of the time it is in shade. As recommended, I give it a slight trim in
the early autumn to keep it in reasonable shape. It IS a super little tree,
coming into its own in spring and early autumn when the leaves change colour
to all shades of brown. Just a word of caution however, don't be too heavy
handed with the trimming, remember the trunk grows with the tree and can,
after a few years, make your Prunus's trunk look too big for the rest of the
tree. Look after it well, and I hope you and your husband Ray enjoy it
throughout the seasons.

MikeCT

Sacha

2007-03-30, 1:25 pm

On 30/3/07 14:43, in article Kt8Ph.25426$0Z1.17741@newsfe7-win.ntli.net,
"MikeCT" <mikect@virginsnow.net> wrote:

>
> "Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in a message:
<snip>[color=darkred]
> I wrote the original message to the group. My little tree is five years old
> this year, just over 7 feet tall and like yours, in full flower now. I have
> it growing in a semi shaded position where it receives sun in the early
> morning and late afternoon/evening during the spring and summer months. The
> rest of the time it is in shade. As recommended, I give it a slight trim in
> the early autumn to keep it in reasonable shape. It IS a super little tree,
> coming into its own in spring and early autumn when the leaves change colour
> to all shades of brown. Just a word of caution however, don't be too heavy
> handed with the trimming, remember the trunk grows with the tree and can,
> after a few years, make your Prunus's trunk look too big for the rest of the
> tree. Look after it well, and I hope you and your husband Ray enjoy it
> throughout the seasons.
>
Very many thanks, Mike. We're so pleased with it because the Daphnes are
over, as is the mimosa and this is flowering at just the right time. It's a
dear, delicate little thing.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Janet Tweedy

2007-03-30, 8:25 pm

In article <C232A3B7.48207%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk>, Sacha
<sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>I'm afraid I don't remember who recommended this but I'm in their debt!

Me!

--
Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net

Janet Tweedy

2007-03-31, 9:25 am

In article <Kt8Ph.25426$0Z1.17741@newsfe7-win.ntli.net>, MikeCT
<mikect@virginsnow.net> writes

>
>I wrote the original message to the group.

And me!

a friend got it for me from Wisley and I must say it is really pretty
and no great ambitions to be a forest tree! It even looks pretty with no
leaves and is especially good in the autumn.

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Sacha

2007-03-31, 9:25 am

On 31/3/07 11:13, in article $4j$uoAeRjDGFwve@ukonline.co.uk, "Janet Tweedy"
<jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <Kt8Ph.25426$0Z1.17741@newsfe7-win.ntli.net>, MikeCT
> <mikect@virginsnow.net> writes
>
>
> And me!

> a friend got it for me from Wisley and I must say it is really pretty
> and no great ambitions to be a forest tree! It even looks pretty with no
> leaves and is especially good in the autumn.

Another one I'm indebted to. ;-) Thank you.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

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