Some may have seen my pinus parviflora glauca before... This is not it's BT debut by any means... however I do find myself well into my first year with it. It's been a very interesting experiance thus far...
First there was the terror of actually deciding to trunk chop it last winter...
Then it seemed like something out of a movie... "Candles
We don't need no stickin candles!!"
This spring after being reduced by half over the winter, the buds I had left, all opened and then made needles without growing a single candle. All I got was lots and lots of new needle growth....
Now we're in summer and all the needle growth has finished growing... But I find now that I have a tree that looks more like a pomeranian than a JWP. What is up with all the outragous needle growth this year? any thoughts on how to prevent that. I mean it's like the antithesis of what I am trying to do here... I want the lil darlins to reduce, not get three times longer than last years growth.
I'm going to defoliate this fall. Can't have a JWP looking like it's having a bad hair day for the next few years.
The photos show the new growth... the lil needles which are about 1/3 the size of the new growth, are last years growth. My hand, which is larger than an average female's, is in the pic to help put it in perspective.
The tree is about 2.5 ft tall... I think it's in a 25 gallon pot, it's huge. The tree was originally 4.5 feet tall. I'm want to pot it up next year... really lookin forward to that.
Btw this may be a silly question... but the picture where you can see some buds in the midst of the new needles... are those next years buds? Those popped up in the last month. Or is it trying to push more new growth?
I am happy that it seems very healthy to me. It's as beautiful a blue green as I could ask for througout it's canopy.
Oh... and for those who have seen this particular tree before.... I changed fronts. And thats probably why it looks so different. (aside from the insanely long needles of course)
Kind Regards,
Victrinia