When and how does that make sense?

Seldom cut the flowering cherry

The ornamental cherry forms as a shrub or Treetop a stable framework with blossom wood that remains vital for many years. Their lavish clusters of flowers appear on short annual shoots that sprout from biennial and older branches. In connection with a pronounced cut sensitivity, this growth results in a low need for cutting.

Thinning out occasionally in spring

So that an ornamental cherry can shape its characteristic habit undisturbed, you should not carry out any pruning measures in the first five to six years. This applies regardless of whether you cultivate the flowering wood as a tree or a shrub. After the years of construction, check every year whether dead shoots are obstructing or shading the valuable blossom wood. With a Clearance cut ensure a light-flooded, flower-rich growth. How to proceed professionally:

• The best time is in early spring when temperatures are above freezing point
• Thinning out dead and unfavorably growing shoots
• Deadwood in the ornamental cherry tree Astring Cut off, remove at ground level in the shrub

Careful pruning is important so that a clearing cut does not destroy the characteristic growth form of an ornamental cherry. After each cut, please take a few steps back in order to plan how to proceed.

Moderate topiary after flowering

Over the years, an ornamental cherry tends to have long, heavily drooping branches with dense whorls at the tips. Under this load, the tree crown and bush seem to fall apart, which is not conducive to the well-groomed appearance. This behavior is the most common reason for a regulating shape cut. The best time is after the flowering period, before the buds are planted for the next year.

Shorten overhanging branches to the desired length by using the cutting technique of Derivation use. To do this, keep an eye out for a young instinct that is further inside and that is pointing outwards. Use the scissors where the young wood branches off.

They are sitting on an older cherry tree Buds sometimes close together at the shoot tips and sprout like whorls. Slim down these shoots by cutting off the strongest side shoots.

Remove wild shoots immediately

The most splendid ornamental cherries flourish as a refinement on a robust wild base. As a result, wildlings sprout below the thickened processing point. These shoots strive powerfully to overgrow the noble ornamental cherry in order to gain the upper hand in the race to light. Please check the bush and treetop regularly for wild growth in order to remove the nasal shoots as soon as possible.