Apple Roy alty: description and characteristics of the variety, planting and care with photo

Roy alty's apple variety is decorative. Widely used in landscape design of private gardens. The tree has small fruits, the size of cherries. The crop ripens in autumn. The plant pleases the eye with an unusual color of leaves and amazing flowering, which in appearance resembles sakura. Roy alty is unpretentious in care and is suitable for various climatic zones.

Variety description

The variety adapts well to drought and gusty winds. Easily adapts to dusty air and gas contamination. Decorative apple tree Royal Beauty is very similar to Roy alty. This is one hybrid species descended from the purple apple tree. Fruit trees are used for decoration:

• park areas;
• local area;
• squares.

Plants look impressive not only when planting alone, but also when planting alleys, in groups. Also used as a hedge.

The red-leaved beauty has not yet become widespread in our country, but due to its spectacular appearance, it is increasingly appearing as a decoration on personal plots and in the yards of high-rise buildings.

Pros include:

• regular crops;
• precocity;
• exquisite crown shape;
• high winter hardiness.

Apples are inedible, tart and very bitter. When consumed even in small quantities, they cause an eating disorder.

Roy alty Apple Tree Characteristics

It is necessary to artificially form a crown, otherwise the plant will quickly form lateral growth, which turns the Roy alty apple tree into a shrub.

Tree height

The plant grows slowly. At the age of 10, the height rarely exceeds 4 meters. Grows to a maximum of 6 meters.

Crown width

In the first few years, the crown grows slightly, so it is very compact in appearance. There are varieties:

1. Weeping. The branches are neatly arranged down and create a harmonious shape without human intervention. Pruning makes minor adjustments to which the variety responds well.
2. Vertical growing. In an adult plant, the crown reaches a width of 4-5 meters. At first, it is compact and grows slightly. Most often spherical in shape, it can also be oval. In an adult tree, it becomes wide and sprawling.

Annual growth

In the early years, the growth is insignificant, so the plant is compact. After 3 years, the tree builds up a strong root mass and proceeds to the growth of the aerial part. The annual growth of Roy alty is a maximum of 40 centimeters. Depends on growing conditions and plant variety. A slight increase helps to maintain the unity of compositions for a long time.

Leaves

Main Features:

• have a glossy surface;
• leaf blades are oblong, elliptical, slightly narrowed, about 10 centimeters long;
• colour deep crimson in autumn;
• spring color of foliage purple, bright, at the end of summer becomes red hues.

The foliage does not crumble for a long time. Therefore, the plant stands out with a bright color for a long time among the gray autumn garden.

Frost resistance

If the groundwater is deep, the tree tolerates severe frosts down to -35 °C. In a particularly windy winter, flower buds can freeze.

Disease resistance

Roy alty's apple tree has good disease resistance. If there are foci of fungal infections in the garden on fruit trees, it is necessary to carry out prophylaxis in order to prevent the spread of the disease and not spoil the appearance of the apple tree. The crop is prophylactically treated simultaneously with other apple trees.

How to choose the right seedlings when buying

In order for the plant to please with a beautiful, he althy look, they pay special attention when choosing a seedling:

• should be strong, he althy, no visible damage;
• height 1.5 meters;
• bark color - bright green;
• stem must not be scratched;
• with a lush root system.

Biennial seedlings are chosen for planting. A plant with overdried roots has little chance of taking root. During transportation, the root system is covered with a wet cloth. For transportation over long distances, a seedling is purchased in a container.

When planting in the spring, live buds must be closed. In autumn, the crop should have leaves.

Basic requirements for proper tree planting

In order for a tree to please with a beautiful crown and he althy appearance, it is necessary to pay close attention to the rules of planting.

Optimal timing

In the spring, it is recommended to plant before bud break. In autumn, in October, there should be at least a month before frost.

Selecting and preparing a landing site

Culture prefers areas with abundant sunlight. Depending on the light, the color of the foliage will change. With minimal lighting, the leaves have a less saturated color. The variety is sensitive to excess moisture. If groundwater is closer than 2 meters from the surface, the apple tree may die.

It is preferable to plant the plant on soils:

• breathable;
• fertile;
• subacid;
• neutral.

There should be no crushed stone and limestone in the soil.

Preparation of seedlings

Before planting, it is recommended to prepare the plant:

• the roots are neatly straightened;
• placed in water for at least 2 hours.

Broken branches are cut during transportation.

Scheme of planting seedlings

The planting hole is dug twice as much as a coma with roots. A distance of 2.5 meters is maintained between plantings, and 4 meters between rows.

It is forbidden to fertilize in autumn. They can provoke bud break for the winter. The seedling is immersed in the hole so that the graft remains above the surface.

Apple tree care

The variety is positive about mulching. Use:

• pine bark;
• peat;
• nutshell;
• wood chips.

Mulch will help protect the soil from drying out and reduce weeding.

Irrigation

Water the plant as needed:

• during the drought;
• at high temperatures;
• when the soil dries.

Excessive moisture has a negative effect on the state of the apple tree. Lack of fluid also adversely affects the decorative appearance of the plant and flowering. Mulch retains moisture well. In its absence, after each watering, the near-stem circle is loosened and weeds are immediately removed.

Feeding

It is enough to fertilize once a year. To do this, they acquire a complex fertilizer intended for ornamental plants. In late autumn, the soil around the trunk is covered with rotted humus. After the snow melts, the earth is dug up.

Cutting

The apple variety has a beautiful and compact crown. Plant pruning is done rarely and carefully, as the apple tree does not like this procedure.The variety is not intended for decorative crown formation. During pruning, damaged, dry, diseased and incorrectly growing branches are removed. Parts growing inside the crown must be completely pruned.

To prevent infections from penetrating through the sections, they are smeared with garden pitch after the procedure.

Protection from diseases and pests

The plant has an average resistance to scab. Also slightly affected by fungal diseases.

The variety is decorative, and the fruits are not used for food, therefore, at any stage of fruiting, it is allowed, if necessary, to treat the apple tree with drugs:

• "Topaz";
• "Quick";
• Bordeaux liquid.

Favorable conditions for the spread of pests and diseases are created by weeds and grass.Therefore, they must be removed in time around the trunk. Also, the trunk circle is regularly loosened so that the soil is saturated with oxygen. This will allow the plant to grow strong, which will help resist disease.

Flowering and fruiting

Blooms luxuriantly and profusely for 2 weeks. Blooms faster in hot weather. There are so many flowers on the branches that you can’t even see the branches. Therefore, the tree is like a flowering ball. Due to this feature, landscape designers often use an apple tree to decorate the territory. During the fruiting period, the fruits become an ornament to the tree. Small in size, look elegant on the branches and decorate the plant even after the leaves have completely fallen off.

Varieties and subspecies

Most often Roy alties are grown on a bole. Varieties:

1. Roy alty pendula - a plant with a columnar crown and weeping branches. Green leaves, pink flowers.
2. Nedzwiecki's apple tree. The shoots are distinguished by a dark pink hue, and the leaves are purple. The flowers are pink.
3. Roy alty Beauty - weeping. Branches fall down and form a waterfall of fruit and foliage.

Subspecies are frost-resistant and suitable for cultivation in various climatic zones. The unpretentiousness of the variety allows you to grow apple trees in places not suitable for the growth of other fruit trees.

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