InfoMy Flowering Cherry Tree has new growth coming from the bottom of trunk
By Ladyessex1
Leigh-on-Sea Essex, United Kingdom
Info Please....
My Flowering Cherry Tree has new growth coming from the bottom of trunk, they now have flowered with white flowers, the rest of the tree is still in tight bud that blossom will be pink, does anyone know what is happening to my tree? xx Jackie xx
- 24 Mar, 2022
Answers
I agree with SG, sounds like the rootstock is growing
If you leave it the top bit, your pink one will die off & the white one will take over, solution is as SG says
24 Mar, 2022
Oh! Thanks for the info, I did have a feeling that is what has happened, the stems are quite thick at the bottom now so I'll better get a big saw to it LOL, I was also wondering if Cherries would form on the new growth?
Thanks Again
xx Jackie xx
25 Mar, 2022
If any cheries do form thye will alomost cetianly be the wild "bird" type of cherry and not juicy sweet ones
25 Mar, 2022
When you say Flowering cherry do you mean an ordinary cherry that is flowering? If you are expecting double pink blossom it sounds as if it's the one usaully called flowering cherry amd these do not normally bear fruit at all. Advice re suckers still stands though.
25 Mar, 2022
Oh! Thanks for that info on my Flowering Cherry xx
Ha! I once had a lovely cherry tree where I once lived, it was very big, it was full of cherries, I went out to pick some and all that was left on the whole tree was the stalks with the stones hanging on them LOL
26 Mar, 2022
That is because nobody knows how to convince Mr Blackbird that it isn't his personal tree...
30 Mar, 2022
i have a huge cherry in my back garden and the pigions decimate them really quickly before there even ripe.
2 Apr, 2022
I suspect the pink blossom part is grafted onto a white flowered root stock. The white stems can be removed by exposing where they come off the root stock and then tear it off. It is similar to suckers on roses.
24 Mar, 2022