Questions tagged [conifers]
Cone bearing, boreal to tropical, largely evergreen trees and shrubs, e.g., Pines, Cedars, Cypresses, Podocarps, Kauri, Firs, Larches, Hemlocks, and Yews.
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Are my Emerald Arborvitaes recoverable?
I bought 31 thujas a couple of months ago and some of them are really struggling. I installed a drip line a week ago, but am wondering if these trees are completely dead.
Here are a bunch of ...
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How far will pine tree roots spread?
I have a very tall pine tree in front of my house. I am about to start work digging up my downstairs floor and re-doing it. I'm just wandering if before I start I should look further into the roots of ...
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How much seasonal, internal die-off of Arborvitae is natural and expected?
How much "natural" (i.e., without damaging factors) die-back from the inside of an (otherwise healthy) arborvitae hedge should be expected each year? Stated another way, would an arborvitae in ideal ...
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Making a leylandii hedge more bushy and thick
I have this long, very tall leylandii hedge, I guess the taller ones are approaching 40 feet high and one for thick trunks.
Especially the older ones are quite sparse... Fine as trees but this is my ...
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White spruce problem (yellow needles)
I bought this small spruce for Christmas (the label said it will grow up to 1m tall), it's a Picea Glauca 'conica'.
I recently replanted it in a bigger container, because it looked quite constrained,...
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