Grab a glass of ice-cold lemonade and curl up beneath the shade of your camphor tree. Growing up to 50-feet tall with a 40- to 60-foot spread, camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) offers plenty of shade, ideal for U.S. Department of Agriculture plant-hardiness zones 9b to 1 1. Despite the fact that camphor doesn’t require plenty of interest in the house landscape, it will benefit from occasional treatment, particularly when itâs younger.
Prune a youthful camphor tree in winter to help shape it. Cut branches back to the producing sharp, clear cuts next. Branches developing close to the root of the plant to come up with a powerful and single primary trunk. Then branches developing on the trunk therefore one stands every 18 to 30-inches apart.
Prune a camphor tree that is older to eliminate diseased or broken branches any time throughout the year. In case your tree is out-growing a space that is little, then prune it back to get a handle on its size throughout the winter. It is possible to also eliminate branches. Cut branches again to where they originate. A pruning saw will be required for for branches that are older.
Water a camphor tree in a drought with 1-inch of water once every three or two months. However water it every week to make it become more successful. A camphor wants water because it’s extremely drought-tolerant, to prosper.
After eliminating branches as a result of verticillium wilt fertilize the tree. Use a fertilizer high in nitrogen, including 201010, and use the price outlined on the Spread the fertilizer evenly beneath the canopy of the tree and water it in with 1-inch of water.