In pursuit of a beautiful garden, summer residents constantly search for and plant ornamental trees.
Apple Nedzvetskogo is one of them, because for its beauty it is often used in landscape design, and after reading its description and seeing the photo, you will understand why.
Biological features
Apple Nedzvetskogo - one of the most beautiful of its kind and has an interesting past.
Did you know? Apple tree was discovered by botanist Vladislav Nedzvetskim at the end of the XIX century in Turkestan (Kazakhstan). She is named in his honor.
This decorative apple tree has spreading branches lilac brown. Together they form a spherical crown. 
When the leaves are very young, they have a purple color and only with time they turn dark green. The only reminder is the scarlet shade at the base of the leaf. The same shade is not only bark, but the wood itself.
The flowers of the tree are painted in dark red. Themselves buds please owners for about ten days, and all this time they saturate the air with an amazing aroma. The flowers are very large, and as they bloom, they slowly change the shade to a lighter one. Such an apple tree is always different from its relatives.
Flowering occurs around the beginning or middle of May. It already depends on the climate, the place, and the weather.
However, even when the inflorescences fall, the tree will not lose its beauty, because it is attractive in itself. A beautiful apple tree dutifully lends itself to pruning and keeps its shape well, which allows you to create almost any shape.
Amazing perennial plant is a member of the pink family and is able to live about 60 years. The height of the apple tree varies from 5 to 8 meters. Smooth branches are devoid of thorns, and young shoots are dark scarlet. 
Fruits tree in autumn. Apple Nedzvetskogo give you the fruits, though edible, but small and sour. Her apples can be used for cooking compote or eat if you like sour. Externally, the fruit is purple-purple, and the flesh itself is pink in color.
Fruits can stick on the branches throughout the winter.
Important! The root system is relatively shallow, so be sure to warm the soil around the tree with fallen leaves.
Apple is resistant to frost, so it is not necessary to plant in regions with warm climates. Nevertheless, in the cold areas with fierce winters, it still will not survive. Planting a tree should begin with the correct choice of seedlings, because it depends on them how your new plant will grow.
How to choose the seedlings
Ideal for planting to use two-year seedlings. In the third year of life, the seedlings lose their high rate of adaptability and often begin to get sick. Choosing the seedlings older than three years, you will encounter the fact that they are very difficult to plant, and they take root an order of magnitude worse.
When the seedlings are still picked up, time to start planting.
Trees possess excellent decorative qualities: sycamore, catalpa, red oak, red and Norway maple, Norway holly.
Planting seedlings of ornamental apple
For planting apple seedlings Nedzwiecki it is necessary to prepare the soil and pits in advance. The size of the pits should be about a meter. The distance between them is calculated from the calculation of the crown of an adult plant.
Also prepares in advance special mixture from leafy ground, humus and sand. They are taken in the ratio of 1: 3: 2.
If desired, you can pour a small amount of peat and 200 g of granulated superphosphate. This amount is added to each individual hole.
But where to dig these pits is another question.
Choosing a place
For planting apple trees is better to choose a place with reduced groundwater table. Soil with excessive moisture or even waterlogging is not suitable for planting, as are completely dry areas. Having reached the age of three, the apple tree begins to grow actively, and this figure rises significantly from season to season.
Given that two-year-old seedlings are planted, it does not wait long. Although you need to plant at a distance of no closer than 5 meters, depending on the landscape design, the landing scheme is decided.
When the seedlings are chosen and the place is chosen, you need to decide on the timing of planting.
Optimal timing
This apple tree, like most of its relatives, can be planted in the fall, about a month before the onset of the first frost. An alternative could be spring. However, this should be done before bud break and sap flow begins.
In the spring it is worth planting, if the landing waters are close to the groundwater - this is about 1 meter deep. 
Also, landing is postponed in the spring if you live in the northern regions, where winter is cold, with little snow and with severe frosts. In this case, you need to land in late April.
Autumn is to plant trees if you live in the south, or at least in the middle lane. Good snow cover will save the root system of young trees. It is necessary to plan such a landing until about the middle of October - so that there will be at least a month and a half until the first frost.
In general, these decorative apple trees stand not only with drought, but also with frost. They are also unpretentious to ecology, they can easily grow in conditions of soil salinization.
Planting trees takes place according to one pattern, although the scheme, depending on their needs, can be changed. However, the landing rules are the same for any scheme.
Step-by-step process
First you need to dig a hole that reaches no more than a meter deep and about 80 centimeters in diameter. The soil should be fertile and soft, but you can fertilize it yourself with superphosphates or humus. Preparations are made before boarding. These preparatory works are also relevant in the case of planting apple seeds. However, her growing conditions will be somewhat different.
The important point is the following: the root neck must be at least 7 cm above the ground. Before planting, carefully straighten all the roots, but try not to damage them. Next, fall asleep ground, a little crushing all the layers. After that, you need to properly water the hole. Then leave the seedling alone for a week and water it again. If necessary, you can tie a tree. 
When drawing up the planting scheme, you need to take into account that the crown of apple trees is quite violent, however, if you are going to prune it strongly for the sake of design, then count from your needs.
If you own a large territory, you can plant tall trees along with these decorative apple trees and combine interesting solutions. Look with prospect for the future, since these plants live for about 60 years. The standard landing pattern is 5 meters by 5 meters. But in small gardens, 4 on 4 and even 3 on 3 options are acceptable.
However, apples on dwarf rootstock will bear less fruit and will be significantly less. In order to somehow compensate for this deficiency, you can simply plant out more thickly. You also need to consider that they will require rejuvenation much earlier.
Match your aspirations with your abilities - a more cunningly planted garden requires many times more maintenance, regular pruning and certain conditions, otherwise it will quickly lose all its attractive appearance.
You need to develop a landing scheme in advance. If you do not have experience in growing ornamental trees, be sure to consult with experienced gardeners. Just think about the whole plan, start planting trees.
Did you know? The history of apple trees is more than 4000 years old.
When the planting stage is over, a natural question arises, such as the technology of growing the future garden.
Cultivation
In the first few years after planting, all care is reduced to weeding, removing weeds and good watering. At this time, trees are actively growing, becoming stronger in the ground and becoming stronger and more resistant to the environment.
There is a tradition among gardeners to leave the area around these plants under black steam. However, a lot of benefits will bring the planned landing sideratov. This will bring your apple trees a good amount of foliage, which over the winter will turn into a wonderful forage and will be very useful for your trees.
Siderats are plants that are used as "live fertilizers": after incorporation into the soil, they enrich it with nitrogen and inhibit the growth of weeds. These include, for example, rye, lupine, phacelia.
If you decide to plant them, do not forget to water the apples regularly. Excess greens will absorb a lot of moisture and this can damage trees.
Many gardeners combine business with pleasure and planted a lawn. Cut greens are left for mulch.
But watering should be given more careful attention. 
Watering, weeding, loosening
Apple Nedzwiecki does not like moisture, and in abundant watering, and does need in case of severe drought.
Important! Do not water the trees too often - you only harm it.
But despite such persistent hostility to watering, in the first few years, the seedlings need to be watered regularly and abundantly. This is done once a month, but for each tree it is necessary to allocate three, or even all four buckets of water. If the soil on which the apple tree grows is too dry, or the dry summer has overtaken you, watering should be done up to one or two times a week.
A clue can be the tree itself. For each year of your apple tree’s life, count one bucket of water. Suppose a seven-year-old apple needs seven buckets of water. 
If we talk about mature trees, they need watering at key moments: in early spring, before buds bloom, three weeks after the end of flowering, a month before harvest and at the time of leaf fall, when all the fruits are harvested.
Categorically no water allowed during the harvest period. This will cause the apples to overflow and crack. In the future, this will significantly worsen their keeping quality during storage, and you may lose part of the crop.
We need to weed the soil regularly, as weeds can take away excess moisture from the ground. Loosening the soil will allow access to oxygen, and the roots will develop much better. Do it better after each watering.
Important! Be extremely careful while weeding! These apple trees have roots close to the surface and you can damage them.
Also during this period it is useful to engage in mulching.
Mulching
For ornamental apple trees, mulching around the trunk is very useful. For this purpose, you can use both the most common sawdust and bark of needles. As an analogue, you can even use walnut shells. Such measures will help protect your plant from the influx of pests and protect against disease.
Along with mulching, feeding your trees is very important.
Top dressing
When growing ornamental apple trees, top dressing should become an annual ritual for you. This will allow you to grow beautiful examples of botany and the pride of any gardener. For feeding you can safely use not only organic fertilizers, but also mineral. Carry out the procedure can be different schemes.
First option - it is a fertilizer two times: in the spring with the first warming and in conjunction with the first watering, and at the end of the summer, in order to improve the fruiting.
For better effect You can fertilize plants four times per season. In this way, you will achieve wild beautiful flowering and numerous fruit bearing.
So, the first contribution comes at the end of April. You need to take a pound of urea on a tree and fertilize them. Further, before flowering begins, but after watering, liquid superphosphate, urea and potassium sulphate are introduced. They need to hold about a week in a container with 20 liters of water. You need to use 80 g of potassium, 50 g of urea and 100 g of superphosphate. 
Then, after flowering, the apple should be fertilized with a solution of nitrophoska and sodium humate: 100 g and 2 g, respectively. The volume of water is still 20 liters.
In September, in order to fix well all the work done, you need to carry out the following feeding: two tablespoons of superphosphate diluted in a bucket of water and water the trees. Water take as much as the trees require, and not one bucket for all.
If desired, you can instead fertilize with humus and potassium sulfide. In dry form, this mixture is placed at a depth of about 30 cm around the trunk. To do this, you will need to prepare the grooves in advance.
In the choice of feeding you are absolutely free.
Important! Nitrogen supplements are carried out a maximum until mid-July. They cause the growth of branches, and they just do not have time to mature before the start of frost!
Also, these supplements require abundant watering, otherwise they simply will not dissolve properly and will be poorly consumed by the tree. Before and after feeding requires abundant watering. You use six buckets of water for a six-year-old apple tree, then six buckets of liquid fertilizer, and then re-water it with plain water.
All types of dressings can and should be combined with preventive work against pests and diseases. So, you can spray your trees with mineral fertilizers and wood ash. 
All supplements with microelements can be used during the ripening of apples, but about a month before their collection must be stopped.
If the remaining procedures can be combined with each other, then trimming and crown formation stand apart.
Such ornamental shrubs, such as Spumey Boumalda, Japanese Spirea, hydrangea Grandiflora, honeysuckle, will perfectly decorate the garden with shades of pink.
Cropping and crown formation
The decorative apple-tree of Nedzwiecki was as if created to always be beautiful. She practically does not need in trimming pruning. If you just cut the branches that are directed inside the crown, as well as dried, then over time it will look incredibly natural, but at the same time well-groomed.
Experienced gardeners claim that the tree looks so beautiful and self-sufficient that it is difficult to believe that the man worked on it, and not nature itself.
At first, the apple tree does not need pruning, but in the second year the crown begins to form, and a gardener comes on the scene. It is important to cut off excess branches, as well as branches that are too vertical. Shoots over 60 cm are usually shortened by about a third.
By working with them in this way, you will slow down their growth, but create a natural-looking spreading crown.
Next trimming should be held annually. A mandatory part is the removal of old and last year’s branches. This will stimulate the active development of new branches and buds. Do not forget also about improperly growing shoots: vertical, growing down or inward of the crown. Removal of dried or diseased branches is not even discussed - this is a common necessity. 
For a beautiful crown, it is important to remember that the branches on the lower tiers should always be slightly longer than those that are taller. Thus you will form a crown of a beautiful spherical shape.
Mandatory procedure after pruning is handling cut points. It is necessary to paint these areas with iron red lead, or to coat with garden pitch. After some time, you will notice that, thanks to regular pruning, your apples will bear fruit better and earlier than others. Their frost resistance and general condition will significantly increase, and you will just need to maintain their good condition year after year.
These plants do not need some kind of radical pruning, only minimal sanitary care. Repeat the procedure best in early spring.
However, even with good care, regular feeding and pruning the trees are still prone to get sick. It is important to know how to protect your apple trees from various diseases and pests if they have already attacked your garden.
Pest and disease control
Although the Nidzwetskogo apple tree is fairly resistant to various diseases, it still needs preventive measures, and in some cases, treatment itself.
Every spring you need to cover the trunk lime mortar. Young sprouts around the apple trees must be removed, because they are often a variety of pests lay their eggs for the winter. 
In addition to lime, branches and soil can be treated with special means. Preventive spring treatment can help your apple to avoid many diseases!
It is best to use fungicides against powdery mildew, scab and rust - for example, Topaz or Skor.
Considering that our tree is decorative and it is very important to preserve its appearance, it is often treated with chemicals against insects, which are just waiting for the moment to feast on the foliage. For this purpose, substances based on karbofos are used.
Standard insecticides for prevention can also be taken. No problems with the processing of fruit trees by them.
To increase the resilience of apple trees, you can spray them with solutions such as "Zircon" and "Ecoberin". These two tools will help you very well in pest control. If you need a tree exclusively for decorative purposes, safely treat them with all necessary means. However, if you are going to have them in the future or use them in compotes, limit the flow of chemicals.
Important! Decide in advance whether to use the fruit. With active chemical processing, the tree will look great, but using apples for food will be fraught with consequences.
Most dangerous for ornamental trees are diseases of a fungal nature.To avoid their occurrence, it is necessary to carry out a blue spraying in the spring, before the bud starts to bloom. 
Ordinary urea can act as a top-dressing and prophylactic agent. You need to use it before the occurrence of sap flow. Then you can handle after the end of flowering.
At the first hint of disease or when pests are found, repeat the treatment procedure and remove the damaged branches. Forced measure will help you save not only healthy branches, but, perhaps, the whole tree.
When the path of cultivation from seedlings to healthy adult trees, you can try an alternative method of cultivation. They can make growing apples from seeds at home.
Growing from seed at home
Although most often the Nedzvetskogo apple tree is planted with seedlings and then just grown in an adult tree, some gardeners experiment and propagate it with seeds.
First you need them to stratify. This is done long before landing. Alternatively, you can wrap them with a damp cloth and hide in the refrigerator for several months. Then you will need to process the seeds alongside the funds. First of all it is a disinfecting solution, and then stimulating. 
They are sown not in open ground, but in separate boxes. It is necessary to fill them with fertilized loose earth. As soon as the first shoots begin to hatch, and warmer on the street, you can change the location. To do this, choose a well-lit, with a light shadow, a place. The next test will be winter. By the onset of cold weather, small trees need to be warmed and prepared. To do this, you can use the same techniques as with conventional seedlings.
Only next year home plants can be transplanted to their permanent place. During this time, a small tree will grow good roots, will get stronger and will be ready for further development. If you hurry with the landing, you can thereby destroy it.
The first three years the sapling will grow bad. Some novice gardeners are sounding the alarm and worry that the tree is frozen in place. No need to worry, after this time the apple tree will begin to grow actively.
No matter what choice of planting you make, the main thing is the right care, and then your tree will definitely become beautiful and be able to decorate any garden. Do not forget to prune an apple tree in time, because it became known precisely for its wonderful decorative appearance.
