Pacific Northwest Gardening: Apple trees?, 4 by LakeLivingRos

LakeLivingRos wrote:
The first one is of my desert king fig that is producing already! The wind was really getting to him and he was starting to have a little curve to him so I support him half way (so he does not rely on it) by putting the bamboo support at an angle (I read it in an article to do it that way).

The second one is my brown turkey, although I placed the stake next to him with no tie to help him stay straight with all the wind.

Third picture is of the whole area, where the two apple dwarfs are on the left and right sides behind the retaining wall, the cherry dwarf is in the middle behind the retaining wall, and the figs are between the cherry and apples trees on both sides. It's sort of hard to see because they blend in a little with the arborvitaes.. It is also hard to tell, but I am working on their shape so they will espalier along the retaining wall (for the apples and cherry tree will go a little more up then over). They are all south facing (on our north fence line) and so they get sun from the time it rises until almost when it falls. It is hard to believe they were only sticks when I planted them a few months ago!

4th Picture is of my black beauty elderberry, I actually had to move him to a location that got LESS sun, because he was having a little bit of a tough time in the full heat on my property does awesome in mostly shade and over cloudy despite the "full sun" description. He gets intense heat in the morning, but shade in the afternoon. He started off only a few inches tall and is now almost 2 feet!

5th picture is of my white tipped elderberry - the fern is on the left, then a camellia, then (although you can't see it due to the angle of the photo) the black beauty is on the right of the camellia. This is on our south property line, and so the sun is blocked by the cedar fence, although it comes full force in the morning (as I have the lilac trees shaped to be mostly structure at the base and light shines through excellent). I am planning on pruning them to be more tree shape, and eventually underneath will be shaded plants. The taller the elderberries get, the more sun they will get as they will eventually be taller than the shade line of the fence.. but I am surprised at just how well they do under a more partial shade condition. They also seem to be real bug resistant too, as I have this euphorbia my mother gave me that I can't for the life of me get rid of the aphids (tried lady bugs, spray religiously with water, hand pick, spray with soap etc) but the elderberries just grow strong and seem to be pest free!

I will post goji berry in next post (as I only get 5 photos per post)