CELEBRATING 28 YEARS! Welcome to My weekly series! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL ASK Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs Linda K. Lillie has been President of Sprigs & Twigs, Inc. for the last 26 years. She is a graduate of Connecticut College in Botany, an accredited NOFA Organic Land Care Professional, a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national award winning landscape designer for her design and installation projects. Hi Linda, I bought a 5 gallon weeping Yoshino cherry tree. I saw one, maybe three blossoms last spring. I really don't know anything about fertilizing. It's a beautiful weeping cherry tree, but I only get green leaves. It looks healthy otherwise. Please enlighten me. - Chuck Hi Chuck, The Weeping Cherry needs to be fertilized by the end of April with a slow release, organic fertilizer like Flowertone by Epsoma. It's available at Lowe's, Home Depot and your local plant nursery. It's a dry fertilizer and all you need to do is take a few handfuls and spread it around the base of the tree (not near the trunk, about a foot away from the trunk). This only needs to be done 1x/year in April. Make sure during the summer you water at least 1-2x/week, deeply, if you do not receive natural rainfall. Trees take 3-5 years to get established which means it takes 3-5 years for the EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO: info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie, Sprigs & Twigs Inc, PO Box 245, Gales Ferry, CT 06335 roots of the tree to grow enough to support the tree with water and nutrients. No need to water in the spring or the fall. Water during the next three summers to help with establishment of the tree. After-5 years there will be no need to water except if there's a very dry summer. Remove any grass growing around the base of the tree and create a mulch ring around the tree. Use a layer of 1-2" of mulch in the ring to help keep the soil cool and moist, but make sure you do not place mulch against the trunk. Good Luck and enjoy your beautiful tree. Sprigs &Twigs WWW.SPRIGSANDTWIGS.NET 860-235-0752 WE'RE GOING DIGITAL! SIGN UP USING THE QR CODE OR LINK BELOW! NEVER MISS A THING. ARTICLES SENT DIRECTLY TO YOUR EMAIL SO YOU CAN SAVE YOUR FAVORITES & SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. https://mailchi.mp/sprigsandtwigs/np-subscribe CELEBRATING 28 YEARS ! Welcome to My weekly series ! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL ASK Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs Linda K. Lillie has been President of Sprigs & Twigs , Inc. for the last 26 years . She is a graduate of Connecticut College in Botany , an accredited NOFA Organic Land Care Professional , a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national award winning landscape designer for her design and installation projects . Hi Linda , I bought a 5 gallon weeping Yoshino cherry tree . I saw one , maybe three blossoms last spring . I really don't know anything about fertilizing . It's a beautiful weeping cherry tree , but I only get green leaves . It looks healthy otherwise . Please enlighten me . - Chuck Hi Chuck , The Weeping Cherry needs to be fertilized by the end of April with a slow release , organic fertilizer like Flowertone by Epsoma . It's available at Lowe's , Home Depot and your local plant nursery . It's a dry fertilizer and all you need to do is take a few handfuls and spread it around the base of the tree ( not near the trunk , about a foot away from the trunk ) . This only needs to be done 1x / year in April . Make sure during the summer you water at least 1-2x / week , deeply , if you do not receive natural rainfall . Trees take 3-5 years to get established which means it takes 3-5 years for the EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO : info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie , Sprigs & Twigs Inc , PO Box 245 , Gales Ferry , CT 06335 roots of the tree to grow enough to support the tree with water and nutrients . No need to water in the spring or the fall . Water during the next three summers to help with establishment of the tree . After - 5 years there will be no need to water except if there's a very dry summer . Remove any grass growing around the base of the tree and create a mulch ring around the tree . Use a layer of 1-2 " of mulch in the ring to help keep the soil cool and moist , but make sure you do not place mulch against the trunk . Good Luck and enjoy your beautiful tree . Sprigs & Twigs WWW.SPRIGSANDTWIGS.NET 860-235-0752 WE'RE GOING DIGITAL ! SIGN UP USING THE QR CODE OR LINK BELOW ! NEVER MISS A THING . ARTICLES SENT DIRECTLY TO YOUR EMAIL SO YOU CAN SAVE YOUR FAVORITES & SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY . https://mailchi.mp/sprigsandtwigs/np-subscribe