What is Chinese pistachios?
The Chinese pistachios tree, also known as its kind of pistachia chinensis , comes from Central and Western China. These are drought-tolerant ornamental trees ideal for the urban environment or as a tree of the shadow in the landscape. This slightly fast growing tree depicts the visually interesting color of the autumn leaves. Chinese pistachios are also commonly called the Chinese piston tree.
The tree grows 25 to 40 feet (about 8 to 12 meters) high with the spread of the canopy 25 to 35 feet (about 8 to 10 meters). The canopy forms an oval or rounded shape. The annual pruning helps maintain the shape of the canopy and maintains low -growing limbs to drop down to the ground.
This landscape tree grows best in a place that gains full sun, but also tolerates a partial shade. The Chinese tree of pistachio tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, from dry, rocky areas to damp, clay soil, even if the trees prefer clay soil with good drainage. The tree is slightly dry -oral but in salty attic afterDumas are not good. It is tolerant of winter temperatures up to -10 to 0 ° F (about -23 to -17 ° C).
flowers are light green or red and bloom in spring. As the flowers disappeared, female trees produce small green fruits that turn red during the season. In the autumn, Chinese pistachio trees are changing live shades of red, orange and yellow before dropping leaves for winter.
The bark is silver and provides visual interest in the winter when the tree is bare. The berries often last until winter on bare branches. The Chinese pistachios tree with year -round visual interest, tolerance of various soil conditions and the ability to withstand some drought is suitable for urban planting. The wide -apparent canopy also creates a shadow.
Chinese pistachio trees grow 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm) and anor when ideal conditions are met. The trees also transplant well, especially when they are young. At the beginning of the Chinese pistachioH trees in the landscape are best to buy trees 6 to 8 feet (about 1.8 to 2.4 meters) high with a diameter of 1.5 inches (about 3.5 to 4 cm) wide.
nurseries commonly sell trees either bare root or in a container. Bare root trees should be planted in the spring at the beginning of the growing season. In the hot climate with a fine damp winter, bare root trees can be planted in autumn. Speed containers, trees can be applied in spring, summer or early autumn.