Dieser Baum wurde in meinem Vorgarten gepflanzt, als ich ihn im Jahr 2020 kaufte (es ist eine Entwicklung). Es würde irgendwie wachsen, dann sterben und wieder immer wieder wiederholt, bis vor ein oder zwei Wochen zum ersten Mal, dass es Früchte wächst.
Ich habe eine Google -Image -Suche durchgeführt und es sagte mir, es sei Kousa Dogwood Fruit.
Hat jemand Erfahrung mit einer bestimmten Art von Baum und Früchten gehabt? Irgendwelche Empfehlungen? Ich bekomme gemischte Signale darüber, wann und wenn die Frucht essbar ist. Ich bin mir auch nicht sicher, ob es sicher ist, dass es auf dem Boden wächst und fällt und es dort dort lässt, damit Tiere vorbeikommen und es potenziell essen können.
Von: JJB1tchJJ
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Its leaves are very damaged, but it does
It looks like it’s a kousa dogwood and those are its berries.
Sure looks like it to me
You are overthinking this way too much. Yes its a kousa. No you wont poison critters, people, or pets by letting it fruit and letting the fruit fall to the ground. They are technically edible, but theyre full of seeds and the flesh/pulp feels like youre eating a sand smoothie, so I dont really recommend it. Theyre not worth the effort.
That looks like one of the variegated cultivars. It needs afternoon shade to prevent the variegated parts of the leaf from burning up during the summer. If you want the tree to start doing better, you should start by planting a new shade tree to the South or West of this one (if you have room to do so). Then make sure that its [root flare is exposed](https://old.reddit.com/r/Tree/wiki/automod_callouts#wiki_root_flare_exposure) and that you’ve [mulched it properly](https://old.reddit.com/r/Tree/wiki/automod_callouts#wiki_mulch). This wont fix everything overnight, but it will lead to the increased health and vigor of the tree over the coming years. If youre feeling really plucky, you can even [deeply water](https://old.reddit.com/r/Tree/wiki/automod_callouts#wiki_watering) the roots during droughty conditions. Kousas can tolerate dry spells but they wont look great if you have prolonged droughts or back to back dry growing seasons.
Now, you may be wondering why all that is necessary if the tree has survived until now. Oftentimes the trees planted by developers are not properly planted and they tend to develop all sorts of structural issues around the roots and crown of the three. This effect is compounded if you don’t correctly mulch it. Over time those roots can turn into [girdling roots](https://old.reddit.com/r/Tree/wiki/automod_callouts#wiki_girdling), which cut into the trunk of the tree and prevent sap flow from the roots to the canopy and vice versa. Girdling roots are often a silent killer that hits some 10-30 odd years after planting. You’ll maybe get a few warning years of decreased healh before all the sudden the tree displays significant canopy dieback above whereever the girdling root has cut off the cambium. In extreme cases, the tree will literally collapse or snap off at ground level from how much the roots have dug into the trunk.
you should give the kousa dogwood a chance. it is more cold hardy than regular dogwoods, the fruit is not poisonous (i don’t love eating them but it doesn’t make me sick), and they have a lovely flowering season in the late Spring. why let a perfectly good tree die?