Weeping Cherry Tree?

[bertiebasset]

Hi all, new to the forum and also to tree's/gardening in general since a recent house move. Please accept my apologies if this is not the place to get general advice but can anybody confirm if this tree is indeed a weeping cherry? and if so is it the non grafted version? I'm trying to determine what yearly maintenance I need to do on the tree so any advice more than welcome. What I'm planning on doing at present is to let the branches come closer to the ground then keep them trimmed at a desired level then from underneath remove all of the dead twigs which as you may be able to see there is quite a lot of. Anything else I should be doing?

 

Many thanks

 

Photos hopefully attached..

[daltontrees]

It most certainly is a Cherry. I don't see any graft. If you get the foliage lower, why bother with deadwood removal, won't it be invisible? You may just open up the tree to infection unnecessarily.

[Graham]

It must be grafted or budded on to ordinary stock. Can't see how weeping cherry could produce a straight stem otherwise. As stated before I'd just leave the dead wood in there. It'll fall out eventually.

[burrell_]

normally weeping cheery are top worked (this means the graft is at the top of the trunk) in the pic the craft would be about head height

nice trees weeping cheery u don't see to many where I live

[bertiebasset]

Thanks all for the information, I'll leave all the deadwood in there. So from the pics it looks like its a grafted tree then? I was looking for a big knot where the graft was but cant see much..

[Goaty]

Weepers can be budded or grafted on the rootstock lower down. You simply tie the shoot to a bamboo cane the first 2 years. Once the wood sets rigid it stays upright, up to the point it was trained. This one could be top worked or even budded on below visible ground level. Would need to have more pictures or see the tree. Its only detail and the tree has no sucker problems.

[bertiebasset]

ok cheers, I'll just leave as is and keep it trimmed to the desired level above ground.