![]() Pruning trees to give an open canopy, maximising light to the leaves and increasing the photosynthetic rate is likely to minimise the fruit drop. Cherry blackfly will not affect fruiting, but looks unsightly Cherries will shed fruit that they do not have the resources to bear, known as cherry fruit drop or cherry run off. Attract natural predators like blue tits or use soap based sprays before the leaves curl. Cherry blackfly is an aphid that sucks sap from the foliage of fruiting cherries during spring and early summer. Prune susceptible plants in summer when not only are there fewer spores, but pruning wounds, the main point of entry for the spores, heal more quickly. The fungus produces most of its infectious spores in autumn and winter. Cherries can also be affected by Silver Leaf, a fungal disease of the wood and leaves, causing a silvering of the leaves and death of the branch. Spray when the flower buds are pink, when the flowers are open, when the petals fall and once again about 14 days later. Sulfur is an organic method for brown rot. This can be prevented by pruning in between branches to allow good air flow, be scrupulous about cleaning up blossoms, fruit and leaves that might have been affected. Sweet cherries are susceptible to a disease called brown rot. Established trees are pruned from late July to the end of August. Formative pruning takes place in spring as the buds begin to open. ![]() Stella- a popular sweet variety that is self fertlile Sweet cherries will fruit on one-year old and older wood. cut the stems to the base) each spring to encourage new growth, which once the leaves have fallen (these are also very colourful in the autumn), reveals bright red, orange and yellow- green stems, which really glow in the winter sunshine. sericea ‘Flaviramea’ (some grown easily from hardwood cuttings). These are just coming into their own in winter gardens around Britain – including Old School Garden. sanguinea = blood-red- the twigs Cornus are either grown for their flowers, interesting leaves (some both of interest during summer and autumn) or for their colourful winter stems. fragifera = strawberry-like – the fruits C. capitata = headed- the grouping of flowers C. candidissima = very white- the flowers C. A whippletree is also a part of a horse – drawn cart the link between the drawpole of the cart and the harnesses of the horses lined up behind one another, and commonly carved from the Whippletree or Dogwood.Ĭornus mas – flowers Some of the Cornus species names are: C. Chaucer refers to the “whippletree” in The Canterbury Tales (‘The Knight’s Tale- verse 2065). Another, earlier name of the dogwood in English is the whipple-tree. ![]() The plants may have become known as ‘dogwoods’ from the Old English word dagwood, which refers to the ways it’s slender stems of very hard wood were used to make “dags” (daggers, skewers, and arrows). After this the plants soon became known as the Hound’s Tree, while the fruits came to be known as dogberries or houndberries(the latter is also the name given to the fruits of the black nightshade- alluding to Hecate’s hounds). ![]() The name “dog-tree” was recorded in 1548, and this had changed to “dogwood” by 1614. Cornus is the latin word for ‘horn’ referring to the hardness of the wood. Most are deciduous, but a few are more like herbaceous perennials (subshrubs) and some are evergreen. ![]() Cornus is a genus of about 30- 60 species of woody trees and shrubs, commonly known as dogwoods. ![]()
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