Recent Content by tsugajunkie

  1. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Yew tip is turning yellow

    Burlap is not the best underground. You may want to make sure they at least got rid of the twine around the trunk. Dig down to make sure. When...
    Post by: tsugajunkie, May 20, 2016 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  2. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Yew tip is turning yellow

    A picture would help, but 2 weeks is quite quick. Check the moisture 3-4 inches down to see if its wet or dry. How were they planted? tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, May 12, 2016 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  3. tsugajunkie
    Post

    difficulties with Japanese Umbrella Pine

    If that is plastic, and it sure looks like it, that may be part of your woes. tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Mar 9, 2015 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  4. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Help us save our thujas :(

    Do nothing now but wait. By June you should know what has new growth and what has died. tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, May 6, 2014 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  5. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Branch mutation on Arizona Cypress??

    So, are you naming the mutation Cupressus glabra 'Pee Wheeee'? tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Feb 19, 2014 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  6. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Snow on a conifer

    Here are three. A nootkatensis 'Green Arrow', a Tsuga canadensis 'Dawson' and Abies lasiocarpa 'Glauca' (looking more alba)
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Feb 6, 2014 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  7. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Appreciation: Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar Fungus

    Who made the ID that the trouble was a fungus? Any chance of pictures? tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Jan 23, 2014 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  8. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Identification: Picea glauca and Picea pungens

    P. glauca needles smell like a skunk when crushed, hence one of it's common names is Skunk Spruce. P. pungens needles are very sharp pointed. One...
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Jan 22, 2014 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  9. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Ginkgo biloba ‘Mariken’

    My little guy bought as a one gallon in 2010. tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Oct 4, 2013 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers) Photo Gallery
  10. tsugajunkie
    Post

    The fall migration

    South shore of Lake Erie, perhaps? I keep swamp milkweed from year to year just for the monarchs. Divine creations, indeed. tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Oct 2, 2013 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  11. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Hedges: Will a geo-textile prevent my cedar hedge from growing through the chain link fence?

    Re: Will a geo-textile prevent my cedar hedge from growing through the chain link fen Do not plant them against the fence, that is not sound...
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Jul 10, 2013 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  12. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Hedges: Cedar Hedges

    If by "White Cedar" you mean Thuja occidentalis, ask them if they are selling a particular cultivar like 'Emerald Green' or 'Holmstrup' or...
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Apr 16, 2013 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  13. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Identification: Please help me identify these "rare for my area" dwarf hemlocks

    If he knows the cultivar name, that would be in English in most cases. tj
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Dec 12, 2012 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  14. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Alaskan weeping cedar....dying!

    Watering is the key. Not too much, but enough. Stick your index finger down to the second knuckle and if its dry or warm, water deeply and then...
    Post by: tsugajunkie, May 22, 2012 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
  15. tsugajunkie
    Post

    Hedges: Cedar Hedge Help

    I would cut nothing off at this time of year. Perhaps wait until May or so. Your best hope is what is in the buds and the further back you cut...
    Post by: tsugajunkie, Mar 20, 2012 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)