Inherited this large (6’x6’x3’) bush of unknown age. Would guess it’s well over 4 years. Want to spruce up my front yard and try to Niwaki this bad boy. Any guidance or advice would be appreciated!!
Eastern Ontario zone 5b
It might not be an ideal specimen (nursery stock), but it's hard to even find Dawn Redwoods in my region.
The tree is currently about 6' tall with about a 1" trunk at its base.
The secondary leader starts very low on the trunk and is pretty vertical. Due to the secondary leader, there are a lot of crossing branches between the main and secondary leaders.
Early fall is apparently the next best window to plant this.
Should I do anything with this tree before planting or wait until next spring after it's had a chance to root.
Is there any scenario where I should keep the second leader (to help thicken the trunk)?
I can provide additional information or pictures if needed.
Thanks
I'm thinking this Bosnian Pine might be a good candidate to try Niwaki with - looking for opinions or any recommendations. As bad as it looks, it is on the mend and has nice healthy growth on all tips and small new internal growth. I have not tried any pruning yet beyond removed dead stuff.
Was near death in a too shady spot and I moved it last spring to full sun and also unfortunately the root ball really crumbled on me during the move. It lost nearly all the sparse needles it had left in the first place. But this new growth looks better than in years, so I think it's going to make it and the Bosnian Pine is a lovely pine that seems like it could be well suited to this.
Towards the end of last summer I dug up some maples that grew from seed on my property.
I planted it this spring.
Obviously it needs to be left alone until next spring to let the roots establish, but I figured it couldn't hurt to plan what my next steps would be.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.