What is pendula - getting acquainted with interesting types of trees

Tell us what is pendula? I bought seedlings of fruit trees and hybrids of berry bushes in the regional nursery. Among the plants for sale were several with this name, most of them willow. How do they differ from ordinary species?

Each tree is individual, some are grown for a tasty harvest, others decorate the site. Among the latter, there are many original plants, but quite often gardeners are interested in the question of what pendula is. This unfamiliar word appears on the labels along with the name of the variety, and beginners even think that it is called that. Then why are both willows and apple trees called pendula? They are partly right, but to be precise, this is not the name for a specific variety, but a characteristic feature of the structure of the plant.

What is Pendula

So, pendula are trees that have a weeping crown shape. Willow has hanging shoots in their natural form, but in most crops such a crown is formed artificially. Two procedures help to change the direction of shoot growth: grafting and pruning. It is through the vaccination that further reproduction takes place, because crying is not inherited by everyone and is extremely rare.

You can buy a weeping tree in the nursery in the form of already grafted seedlings, or you can graft it yourself. A young seedling is used as a stock - a wild game from a garden or forest. If desired, the stock is not difficult to grow at home by sowing the seeds of the chosen culture. And the scion is harvested from winter or early spring and inoculated in May.

The first few years are especially important for the pendula, because it is at this time that the crown is forming. To do this, she is pruned, cutting out the shoots that have appeared on the trunk, directly from the roots and below the graft site.

To make the branches hang beautifully, the slices are made after the bud looking up. Then new shoots will begin to grow down to the ground.

What are the trees with a weeping crown

Weeping plants can be found among both fruit and ornamental crops. They look beautiful both in the garden and on flower beds, decorating the site with unusual shapes. Their compact size even allows them to be planted in tubs. And although in general representatives of the pendula species are more demanding, and they live less than ordinary species, there are also quite hardy cultures. They feel good in the open field, winter well.

Of the most beautiful representatives of pendula plants, it can be noted:

1. Rough weeping elm. The crown with long branches resembles an inverted bowl. It grows slowly, up to a maximum of 5 m in height, but the crown diameter reaches 10 m. It can live in the shade.
2. Weeping willow pear. Height 5 m, crown diameter 4 m, silvery leaves, darken and turn gray in autumn. Bears fruit, but the pears are small, green and inedible.
3. Willow goat weeping. Undemanding, winters well, shade-tolerant, prefers damp soils. Compact - height up to 1.5 m.
4. Weeping red-leaved apple tree. Burgundy shoots grow up to 1.5 m in length during the season, the foliage is also reddish, and the flowers are purple. The apples are small, burgundy, edible, sweet. The height of the tree is 4 m, winter-hardy and drought-resistant.
5. Rowan ordinary weeping. Shrub up to 6 m high and with almost the same crown diameter.

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