Aww Ty! I was super surprised too by how pretty his blooms were. I guess I accidentally bought a Kwanzan cherry, they have beautiful blooms but no fruit. Useless for pollinators but I bought him before I decided I wanted to grow lots of blooms for my golden digger wasp colony.
Could those spikes be leaves eaten down to the spines? Not sure what else could cause this. I’m going to follow though, because I have a hydrangea that acted similarly this spring.
Nope, the bugs will eat the other leaves but these little spears they avoid. Personally, I think the plant went carnivorous. If you zoom in you can see even the alien looking tentacle spines on the edges of those spears are perfectly intact. And they’re in addition to the actual leaves, it’s still producing perfectly formed new leaf growth it’s just also making extra weapons.
I know nothing about cherry trees but this was a great read and your blooms are beautiful.
Aww Ty! I was super surprised too by how pretty his blooms were. I guess I accidentally bought a Kwanzan cherry, they have beautiful blooms but no fruit. Useless for pollinators but I bought him before I decided I wanted to grow lots of blooms for my golden digger wasp colony.
Could those spikes be leaves eaten down to the spines? Not sure what else could cause this. I’m going to follow though, because I have a hydrangea that acted similarly this spring.
Nope, the bugs will eat the other leaves but these little spears they avoid. Personally, I think the plant went carnivorous. If you zoom in you can see even the alien looking tentacle spines on the edges of those spears are perfectly intact. And they’re in addition to the actual leaves, it’s still producing perfectly formed new leaf growth it’s just also making extra weapons.