I have a fair few maples planted in dense shade under a huge Magnolia Grandiflora. Here is Katsura which loves the location, even thou it’s dry. So I guess as in the previous post, a good root system is the answer. Katsura in this location has never burned.
Hi Jaybee63, Looking at your photo's, your Katsura is in the perfect position. I bet it doesn't get hit by frosts either due to the magnolia protection. It's such a great tree as it leafs out early and shows the start of Spring. I remember watching Percy Thrower on TV , (showing my age now) and he used to say that preparation is everything to growing good plants. If he were alive today he would totally agree about concentrating on a good foundation, ie 'roots'.
Don’t worry, I remember Percy Thrower. Geoff Hamilton was my favourite and I still remember being shocked that he passed at such a young age. I’ve been labelling up my acers to day, giving up on the aluminium tags, I loose so many over winter with the wire breaking. I couldn’t find any for sale earlier in the year so tried plastic plant labels and I’ve been impressed.
