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Sherman Nursery
A small selection of bare root tree photographs
When pruning trees or shrubs just remember this simple rule: You can always cut
more off but you can't put it back on.
Go slow, step back and look at your work, cut a little more, step back and continue
this way until you become comfortable. And if you do make a mistake don't worry.
The tree is going to grow. You may just have to wait a little longer to sell it.
This is a sampling of what you should expect when ordering from Sherman Nursery!
The white horizontal bar is a total length of 2 foot long. Look for the blue yard stick
next to the trunk.
TREES AS
SHIPPED |
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PRUNED
TREES READY TO POT |
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Acer platanoides
'Pond'
6/8'
Emerald
Lustre Maple |
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This Emerald Lustre
Maple is a popular shade tree. This is the typical look of a Norway maple shipped bare
root. A larger tree will have more branching but the overall shape will be similar. The
pruned tree is ready for a new home in a 7 or 10 gallon container. When pruning for
containers I like to create a tree that will have 'eye appeal' to retail
customers.
Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum tend branch more freely. Thus a tree this size
will generally have more branching. |
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Malus 'Indian Magic'
5/6'
Indian Magic
Crabapple |
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Pictured
above is a typical crabapple. Each variety has unique growth habits so expect some
differences from the photos. First I removed several broken branches. Also remove any
damaged roots. Notice how the branches are somewhat shorter on the right side of the tree.
Shape the tree by pruning the branches on the left side of the tree to match the shorter
ones on the right. This tree is ready for a 7 gallon container. |
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Prunus
x 'Snofozam' #1 4' top graft Snow
Fountains Weeping Cherry |
This is a very
popular and easy to plant tree. You will find it hard to keep on the sales lot.
In the 1st photo you see the tree just as it was shipped. I have many customers who
will simply prune broken branches and trim the roots. Then they put the trees in a
container and wait for the trees to root into the pot.
Most of my customers will prune the cherry to look like the middle photo.
They shape the tree but leave most of the original branch structure. I would suggest this
type of pruning for most retail sales lots.
I have a small and dedicated group of customers that trim the head back very hard.
The photo on the right shows the same tree cut back hard (it could be cut back more). The
advantage to this hard pruning is the amount of new limbs that push out from the remaining
branch structure. These customers produce beautiful trees.
These trees are ready for a 7 or 10 gallon container. Depending on the digging
equipment used some of the weeping cherry's may be shipped with huge root systems. You may
want to put the trees into 25 gallon containers. This size container is too large for the
average 4', 5', or 6' weeping cherry. A 10 gallon container is good and 15 gallon is the
largest you should need. |
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container size using the same "rules" you would for shrub potting. Please see "How to pot a
bare root plant" and my container selection chart. |
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