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Identifying and Caring for a Tree...




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Identifying and Caring for a Tree...

Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:16 am

Hello! I will start this off with how little I know about gardening, so speak to me as though you are trying to teach an 85 y/o woman about computers... (If you don't mind!)

We have this tree that came with our house. I'm fairly confident it's a Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar. As you can tell from the picture, it's in a pretty poor shape (really the whole area is...try not to judge!) The bark is beginning to crack a bit, and I think perhaps we are supposed to be staking it to help the tree continue to grow in the curved manner? When we acquired the house, the end of it was touching the ground (as it is in the picture). These were planted by a landscaping company, but I do not believe the did the best job on all of this.

Anyway, I'm hoping to help this poor plant out and fix it's growth. So my question is, is this a plant you continue to "stake"... is the top supposed to be touching the ground like it is? And, if it is supposed to be staked, how does one go about most effectively doing that?

Also...I can accept that I may be completely off base with the entire tree...

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Re: Identifying and Caring for a Tree...

Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:12 pm

Wow. I have never heard of this tree. That is so cool. I did a little research. Here are a few links that may help you:

This link is just some basic care information:
http://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/ever ... uatlas.htm

This one is a step by step, how to stake up this tree and train it:
http://www.gardenguides.com/103125-trai ... cedar.html

Enjoy the tree! That is beautiful and worth trying to help it train and survive!
He who plants the seed beneath the sod and waits for it to grow up through the clod, he trusts in God
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Re: Identifying and Caring for a Tree...

Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:16 pm

Thank you! I've been able to confirm that it is what I thought it was... we are still working on the staking part, so thank you so much for the link!
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