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| This Nyssa 'Sheri's Cloud' was planted from a 1 gallon container with no girdling roots and intact tap root two springs ago.
Its shaded from the south completely so only gets a couple hours sun from the east and west. It has only put out leaves. What your thoughts? A) This one is just very very slow to establish?
If I transplant I'm a bit nervous the foilage might burn in full sun. I rotated the image in photobucket but it must be posting the master file. Doesn't make sense to me.
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 3, 12 at 11:34
| planted this year.. and its alive.. and its only real issue is that it hasnt done much?? .. me thinks you protest too much ... on moving it and burning the leaves.. move it after the leaves fall off ... or when all the other trees leaves turn color.. because they will fall off soon enough.. or spring ... all i expect the first year.. is that it live.. and frankly.. with all your watering issues this summer.. that darn thing looks pretty good ... and finally.. ALL white tissues tree leaves will burn in sun ... just like my tri color doesnt look prime in august.. neither will this one ... so wrap your head around the fact.. that this tree.. will have a shorter prime season than a green tree.. love it to death in that shortened season.. and dont worry what it looks like in july/august ... i presume you dont sit around in august.. complaining that those tulip leaves look like heck.. you enjoyed them in spring ... enjoy a white leafed tree in spring ... but then.. if you insist on extending the 'good' season .. then you will be giving up some vigor with the increased shade ... a gordian knot for sure.. or is it.. lol ... [the easy solution is to decide what is more important.. vigor or extended season ..] ken |
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| It was planted April 2011. |
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| whaas, If I remember correctly, the founder of the original tree planted his in the open of his front yard in West Central Arkansas. If it can handle that full sun, it can handle yours. You might contact a grower and ask them as well. Perhaps where you bought it from? The thing with variegated plants such as this, is that they have reduced amount of photosynthetic ability. Some variegates need extra light to help counter this effect, others need less light due to inability to withstand more intense light due to the reduction of photosynthetic surfaces. There is no way that I know to predict which it will be for any particular plant. Also realize that for this reason, variegates typically are smaller than species as well at least for large woody plants. However, Blackgum being sun loving, with the reduced photosynthetic area, it's probable going to be slow to establish especially in part sun. If it can tolerate full sun, I certainly would expect it to be happier there. Arktrees |
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| The complete shade from the south pretty much explained it for me. |
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| I think it looks pretty good |
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| I dug it up yesterday and was floored by the size of its root system for how dinky it was. If I would have plopped the thing in a 20 gallon container, it would have just fit. The depth wasn't all that intense as it was bone dry under there (about 10"). Somewhat surprised since I have this thing a nice soaking every week. That tells me I need to water longer. Damn, why won't it rain? |
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