Q&A for How to Grow a Cherry Blossom Tree

No, they do not need a lot of care with water, but if the top of the soil around the tree is dry, feel free to water to avoid drought stress.

Generally, it takes about 7-10 years for a cherry tree to start bearing fruit.

Yes. Take 3 cherry pits and put them into a jar filled with planting soil and keep it watered. Once the cherry plant blooms to about 2 inches, thin the weakest of them and leave the strongest to continue.

One of the best places to see Cherry Blossom trees is Macon, Georgia. There is a yearly international festival held there with over 300,000 different blossom trees.

Sadly, flowering cherry trees don't live as long as some other types. These beautiful trees only live 30 to 40 years.

In the early spring after any chance of a frost has past is the best time to move it. Ideally, this should be done before the tree buds or starts to flower.

Cherry trees can grow to be exceptionally big, so it is not a recommended tree for a confined space. Consider waiting until you have more room to plant a cherry blossom tree.

For the most part, you can use an all-purpose 10-10-10 fertilizer, but it depends on the soil where you live.

They should be able to depending on the exact climate, but this kind of tree does not bear fruit. It's called a cherry blossom tree because of the color of its petals.

Yes. Most cherry blossoms get shipped to the UK from Japan. They come in the early spring, and the rain may destroy some of the blossoms, so plant at least three.

Just give it time for it to grow. Trees take years to grow. You can always prune any other trees that grow near it.

The mold may in fact be a fungus. If it is black, it's black knot fungus, and if it's silver, it's silver leaf fungus. Cut infected branches away to prevent the disease from spreading.

Yes, provided the place you want to plant it meets all the basic requirements for growing one, and you have the time to help grow it.

Try using organic fertilizer, or water it more often. Or you can adopt some bees to pollinate them - or just take care of the bees for a while and in return, get pollinated trees, flowers and plants.

Plant them at least 1 meter apart.

Yes, you should immediately water the plant and then cut off the dead leaves.

No really, If you give it enough sunlight and water it may survive but, it will probably end up too big for your house.

A cherry tree will stop blooming once the cherries start growing, usually in early summer. If you want a tree that will bloom longer, consider a non-fruiting cherry tree. They will grow blooms, but the blooms won't form cherries.

Consider the possibility that you’ve bought or been sold a non-flowering cherry tree, which flower beautifully but do not bear fruit.

It's best to let a nursery propagate with seeds, and grow your own cherry blossom tree from young stock.

If the leaves are turning brown, you may be underwatering or overfertilizing your tree. Try watering your tree more frequently, and hold off on fertilizing it for awhile.

It depends on the type of cherry blossom tree. Some grow to 12 feet, while others grown to 40 feet.

Yes, Palawan Philippines have their famous “Balayong,” which are cherry blossoms. In fact, Puerto Princesa City celebrates when these tree flowers bloom, the festival is called “Balayong Festival.” If i am right, these cherry blossoms also originated in Japan, and were brought there when the Japanese came to conquer the beautiful Philippines.

No, cherry blossom trees cannot be propagated this way. Get a young tree from your local nursery, instead.

Because the cherry blossom needs to be watered only at night twice, not in the evening or that will cause the water to evaporate due to the heat. It's better to water the tree twice a night with a big plastic bowl.

Cherry blossom trees generally grow well in hardiness zones 5-8, you can look up your hardiness zone on several websites (Arbor Day Foundation has a map for the US). You can generally fudge the line a bit if say you are in a hardiness zone 9 but it may not grow as well and may require more care as a result.

Branches growing at the base of any tree tend to be water suckers or parasitic branches. These should be removed as they decrease the overall health of the tree, sapping resources while providing little if any benefit. Generally, branches below the first main branch can be pruned back to tidy of the appearance of the tree. For cherry blossom trees, maintenance pruning should be done between May and August.

Yes, you can. A lot of Philadelphia suburbs have acidic soil, so that helps. Plus the climate is right. Just make sure, it is not too crowded with other trees near it.