Staking and Training an Orangeola

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  1. Parandiheads

    Parandiheads Member

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    Hi this is my first time to the forum but am SOOO glad I stumbled upon it - I have an atrocious garden! :(
    To begin with, I am getting ready to buy a 3yr old Orangeola and have a lot of questions. The tree has never been staked and is approx. 18" x 30 ". I love the ornate wandering trunk look (similar to George's Viridis) but don't really know where to begin. I would like the eventual height to reach approx. 8 ft (to frame a picture window) . . . what do I do? Does this apear to even be a good specimen?
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    Secondly, when we purchased our house it was surronded in horible overgrown junipers and hedges that age the home. I would love to sculpt them and make the centerpieces . . . if I can't do that well I will just have to remove them. Any suggestions?
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    Thirdly, simple question. Am I dead? This japanese maple was going to be bulldozed to create a wider driveway. So we dug it up and moved it from a friends house in a hope to save it. I had previous damage and water suckers when we moved it that have since died. Is it salvagable? The leaves stayed red and healthy until about mid-july (1 1/2 months after transplant).
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    Thank you, thank you thank you for help. I really do appreciate it!
    Christy
     
  2. Karalyn

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    YOur orangeola looks great from what I can see. I don't think I can enlarge it like the other photos.
    Your transplanted maple doesn't look so good, but you can give it a season to test it. Have you clipped any branches to see if there is any green?

    If you have time and patience to test it go ahead, but it sure doesn't look very good from what I can see. Is it a regular Red JM or is it a grafted one?
     

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