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Posted by Tina1 N.S.W. Australi (My Page) on Thu, Jan 13, 05 at 5:42
Has anyone grown Pyrus Nivalis? I want to plant an avenue up our drive in Nowra NSW. It is often very windy. The blurb in the catalogue sounds like they should cope O.K.
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RE: trees for windy avenue
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Hi TIna,
Most of the ornamental pear trees are very suitable for avenue planting and will tolerate pollution, drought and once established, neglect. They need full sun a loamy fertile soil, but do not tolerate waterlogged or alkaline soil. Wind does not seem to be a problem because you won't be relying on fruit set and the climate in Nowra is very suitable for these trees,
the only other consideration would be if the winds are salt laden then you would experience leaf burn especially with new spring growth.
Hope this is a help for you.... Kirsten |
RE: trees for windy avenue
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We have a few different varieties of ornamental pear planted down the front of our block. They will need staking for a couple of years, as they tend to be a bit brittle and will snap off in a high wind when they are young. If you give them a bit of manure and a good thick application of mulch, they will grow up very quickly. We tied ours in summer when they had leaves and untied them in winter to help the trunks thicken up. This has been the best method we have found so far for getting any tree to grow 'muscles'. Don't tie the trees too tightly - allow them to move just a little bit. Keep the stakes well away from the trees when you first put them in - the trees will grow really quickly and rub against the stakes in high winds. We have a weeping cherry on a standard graft which was treated this way and after 3 years has an amazingly thick trunk. It is no longer staked.
Robyn |
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