This morning I became a victim of a drive by planting. The landscaper removed tree #1 and replaced it with tree #2, which I will call "the stick." I'm guessing the stick to be 2 - 3 years old. I don't mind it's youth, although it's not what I contracted for. It will grow. It leans to the left a bit, which worries me just a little. It's tiny, wee graft is about 5 inches above the ground. It even has it's own branch, and a bunch of budding leaves that might be branches by this time next year!.
What do you think of the stick's prospects? Will staking get it to grow straight? Do I finally have a tree? The ginkgo I grew up with started from a stick, but I remember it as being totally vertical.
Picture attached.
(Note: The unruly pile of brown around the base of the tree is the result of me knocking the mulch about to see how deep it was.)
What do you think of the stick's prospects? Will staking get it to grow straight? Do I finally have a tree? The ginkgo I grew up with started from a stick, but I remember it as being totally vertical.
Picture attached.
(Note: The unruly pile of brown around the base of the tree is the result of me knocking the mulch about to see how deep it was.)