Copper rock pear grows slowly and rarely exceeds five meters in total. This characteristic, its lush flowers and the beautiful foliage color in spring and autumn make the copper rock pear a popular ornamental tree in our gardens.
When and how should you cut the copper rock pear?
The copper rock pear should be cut at different times depending on the type of pruning: planting pruning after planting in spring or autumn, thinning pruning and pruning in autumn/winter, rejuvenation pruning in spring spread over three years. Regular pruning is rarely necessary.
Copper rock pear is also called currant tree. Its Latin name is Amelanchier lamarckii and can be traced back to the French botanist Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck. It is one of the pome fruit plants and originally comes from North America.
Copper rock pear blooms lushly white from April to June. However, the plant owes its popularity primarily to the copper-red foliage color that the young leaves have in spring. Over the course of the summer the leaves turn green and then shine again in the most beautiful yellow and orange tones in autumn.
Applicable cutting types
The slow-growing copper rock pear naturally has an upright tree or shrub-like habit. Regular pruning is therefore hardly necessary. The following types of cutting are suitable for this type of tree:
- Pruning to restore balance between crown and roots after planting,
- Pruning to remove branches that have grown too close,
- Rejuvenation pruning for old trees,
- maybe. the so-called Branching to give a shrub the shape of a standard trunk.
Cutting time
Pruning is carried out immediately after planting, which should preferably take place in spring or autumn. Thinning and pruning are best carried out in autumn/winter when the tree framework is leafless and easily visible. However, the best time for rejuvenation pruning is in spring (May), with the measure being spread over a total of three years. Every year, a third of the branches are shortened significantly, so that overall rejuvenation is achieved in the third year.
Tip
The pleasantly sweet-tasting fruits of the copper rock pear are only the size of a pea, but they also shine bright purple-red and, as they ripen, deep blue to blue-black.
