Interesting thread. The garden in Louis A's post does seem to be thriving. The trickiest part in selecting plants for our new climate situation is...
Thanks for your informative reply. I assume you must have been under the impact of Ida. I hope you and your family are safe and have not suffered...
What would a thoughtfully designed garden look like? What measures/types of plants would be put in place. I suppose you're not talking about...
I've put in drip irrigation along the edge of the garden where the trees are and just recently put some in the front garden to target a chestnut...
Thanks for your response. I've seen Leyland Cypress mentioned before when I've been researching screening trees. The need for keeping their height...
Now that we're all seriously considering how to deal with recurring drought in the Lower Mainland (and installing air conditioning), I may have to...
Yes, that's my pine showing the first time I noticed something had gone wrong. Clearly, cutting off the afflicted branches didn't solve the...
Now I'm curious as well. The currant bush is right next to it and there are no other pine trees near it, even in nearby gardens so maybe scorched...
When I bought the tree, it was about 5' tall and in 4 or 5 years grew quickly to about 20' and filled out to about 12' at widest point. I don't...
Not only is it beautiful in shape, but unlike other pine trees its needles are soft. You can run your hand down the branch and the needles bend...
Very sad if that's the case. I notice that there is a degree of yellowing happening in the needles that seems more than the yearly loss of old...
I have a Vanderwolf pine, about 20' high that developed an orange fungus two or three years ago. I researched it and it appears to be white pine...
Ah, back to my original question. When you say sheared, what implement is used to do that? Btw, here's a closeup of mine.
