Me tree !!! Me tree !!

As many of you realise Im new to gardening ? How new ? Green behind the ears !

But last autumn we (That is she who must be obeyed) and me planted two trees.
First in was a pear tree. William or something like that ? Well its covered in white blossom now and looking stunning. I planted that ya know ! Me that is !

Second was a 4 metre (When planted) Japanese maple called autumn blaze. Not sure if its a maple or an Acer cos the bloke at the garden center confused the hell out of me ! Any way its sprouting leaves like there is no tomorrow ! I reckon its going to be a dazzler !

So that's two trees planted and doing well and best of all old dopey here planted em ! Do you reckon I should get a prize ?

 

No, I reckon you should get another tree

 

We need photos!

 

Will do !

 

And that would make tree.

 

In July last year my girlfriend bought an Acer and to this day I still don't know her password.

Oh, it's an Asus. My mistake!

 

Totally, thoroughly and absolutely understand your excitement: well done!!

Now you can appreciate why people say that gardening can be "rewarding" .... just wait for those pears to develop and then you could be eating your own grown poached pears, or, pear crumble!!
Wouldn't advise eating the maple though ... .. and, best not attempt maple syrup from it either

 

Me aunty Mable used to make Maple syrup. "Pass the Maple Mabel off that there table" was the cry.....


































I made that up ...............Mmmm

 

Thanks for that. I will study it and recite from it when we have the neighbors round the patio table for wine.... The wunnarffff fink Im clever ..

 

A wee picture of the Autumn blaze. It was only planted late last autumn and was about 4 metres when planted. There were no leaves on it ten or twelve days ago and no its going great ! Im so pleased its away as its the first tree Ive ever planted ! Fair chuffed I be .

 

It's looking good. A lovely specimen.

I'd perhaps google tree supports. It looks like you've attached that very tightly to the support. Your Acer though will be growing big and strong and getting a fatter trunk as it grows. Yours looks like it's in a tight corset that's ready to burst!
I think these days they suggest allowing trees to flex in the wind so that they grow stronger roots that are better able to support them.

(Edit: also, being boring, in the UK we don't get as spectacular colours as they do in the eastern USA due to us having a lower temperature difference between night and day. So it won't look quite as good as the photos. But still a very attractive tree.)

 

The straps holding the tree to the post in the ground are soft rubber to allow for movement. I think what you are looking at is the tree where its strapped to the graft ? It a grafted tree . Im not entirely sure what that is but it is a grafted tree. Anyway it can flex in the wind.

I imagined that when the tree has been in for a couple of years the post I put in for support can be removed ? Not at all sure .
This tree was only planted very late autumn so I would think the post needs to stay fro a while yet ? What do you think ?

As always thanks !