BARE ROOT SEASON IS CLOSED FROM 1st APRIL, STARTS AGAIN NOVEMBER 2024
Mature Bare Root Trees, click here mature bare root trees 180-400cm tall.
Bare Root Shirofugen Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree Options Explained (Click The Link For Containerised Shirofugen)
100+cm: 1-year maiden, 100-150cm tall.
125:150cm: 2-3 year tree, 125-150cm tall.Usually feathered and Colt rootstock.
150+cm: 2-3 year tree, usually half standard.
Bare Root Shirofugen Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree
The most important things you need to know about our bare root Shirofugen flowering Cherry tree are:
- Fragranted, large double white blossoms which change to pink as they age.
- Bronze-coppery leaves turn to dark green in summer and then to copper red in autumn.
- Attractive spreading habit
- Fast grower
- Latest and longest to flower
- May start to droop or arch downwards as it gets older.
- Only growing to around 6m at the ten year point.
- Shirofugen is supplied at a height of between 125+ cm
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Do I Need To Stake My Bare Root Tree?
9 out of 10 times the answer will be no, especially if under 200cm tall. However our article on Tree Staking should help guide you.
Planting In The Corner Of A Garden
Air and light is reduced in this location which could promote fungus and bacterial issues. If the corner is of the house and a fence then you also have leeching issues to contend with from cement and wood preservatives. Also when it rains, that area would experience higher water levels so we advise against it unless the plant is very hardy.
1 Year Maiden Bare Root Trees
If you plant a 1 Year maiden tree and do not prune it at all, it will grow a little more upright and have more clear stem.
Ornamental Tree Roots In The Shade e.g. Behind A Fence
It is more important that that foliage (posh term for leaves) receives the sunlight than the roots.
Have good drainage as water and no sun is the start of algae and other issues.
Planting In The Corner Of A Garden
Air and light is reduced in this location which could promote fungus and bacterial issues. If the corner is of the house and a fence then you also have leeching issues to contend with from cement and wood preservatives. Also when it rains, that area would experience higher water levels so we advise against it unless the plant is very hardy.
