Rhamnus pallasii Care
Rhamnus pallasii
A thorny shrub native to dry, mountainous steppes, extremely tolerant of frost, drought and calcareous soils. Perfect drainage is vital; its care requires avoiding irrigation and fertilizing entirely.
Monthly care calendar
Timings are for a temperate Northern Hemisphere climate. In warmer areas tasks start earlier, in colder areas later; in the Southern Hemisphere shift them by six months.
- Pruning: Remove only dead branches.
- General care: The most important care: Make sure the soil does not hold water; if needed, plant it on a raised bed or a gravel mound.
- Pests & diseases: Root rot is the only risk; check the base of the stem.
- Frost risk: Extremely frost hardy; no protection needed.
- Pruning: While dormant, remove dry, broken, crossing and inward-growing branches so that air and light reach the inside of the crown.
- General care: Make sure the soil stays well-draining.
- Pests & diseases: Watch out for the risk of root rot.
- Frost risk: Protect newly planted seedlings from severe frosts.
- Watering: Only for newly planted seedlings, if it stays dry, a single rescue watering of 5 L can be given.
- General care: Leave it alone.
- Frost risk: It is very resistant to late frosts.
- General care: Observe flowering and new shoot development.
- General care: It continues its natural growth.
- Watering: In a long drought, water deeply once a month.
- General care: It needs no care; this is the period when it is hardiest.
- Watering: In midsummer, deep watering every 15-20 days is enough. Established plants (over 2 years old) do not need watering in most years. Water the area around the roots to a depth of 15-20 cm.
- General care: It requires no care even in the hottest and driest months.
- Watering: In midsummer, deep watering every 15-20 days is enough. Established plants (over 2 years old) do not need watering in most years. Water the area around the roots to a depth of 15-20 cm.
- Watering: In a long drought, water deeply once a month.
- General care: Its fruits ripen.
- General care: In the first rains, check that water does not collect at the base of the plant.
- Pests & diseases: The risk of root rot begins.
- General care: Collect fallen leaves; many disease agents and pests overwinter under leaves.
- Frost risk: Protect newly planted seedlings during the first winter.
- Pruning: If needed, a very light clean-up pruning may be carried out.
- Frost risk: Extremely frost hardy.
The care advice on this page is general and for information only; it is not professional advice. Plant age, soil and your garden’s microclimate can change the outcome. Plant protection products are mentioned only as general information; they are regulated, and the choice, dose and timing must be decided by a qualified professional under local rules. Consult a landscape architect or agronomist before applying.
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