Or did you mean to say Gisela 5? That's what I just got from Raintree. I couldn't find another source of Gisela 5 on the internet anywhere, and I looked pretty hard. Raintree's got it.... but be warned, you're going to have to pay good money to get it.

heal smeal .... after flowering.. the plant goes into a phase of developing next years buds.. if they go thru all that work in july.. aug.. sept.. and you go out there.. and shear them off... guess how many flowers you will have next spring .. NONE ... ergo .. as with ALL flowering shrubs and trees ... you trim right after flowering.. so that the plant will respond and have time to SET NEW BUDS before winter .... all that said.. why in the world you would shear any tree or flowering shrub is beyond me.. all it would be.. is a system of topping a tree ... and we NEVER approve such ... selective reduction of the canopy ... would be the way to go ... and with flowering shrubs that is called REJUVENATION PRUNING w/o doing research ... a dwarf korean lilac is a flowering shrub .... which are never sheared .... they are renovated .... [AND I MAY BE TOTALLY WRONG ON ALL THIS.. LOL ] .... you probably have a shrub grafted onto a STANDARD .... it is not.. in theory .. a tree ... you would prune it like a shrub ... not like a tree .. in some sense of the word ... and definitely not like a hedge ... jeez almighty .. thank God you came and asked ... now.. all that said.. why do you want to massacre this thing??? ... just because some moron has some power shears he wants to charge you big money to start up???? is there some reason YOU want it done ... or is this his bright idea???? a 7 foot wide plant.. with a 5 inch trunk.. does NOT need to be taught a lesson with power tools.. unless you have it jammed into some severely confined space ... so whats up with all that???? more facts please .... ken

Now, after doing some thinking I am going to not be using a Horsfords dwarf. I need a little different needle structure as I was looking at its placement. It will be beside a pinus parviflora (not even sure of the name as I lost it) but I think it is Miyajima (10 or more years in only 2' by 1' with blue green needles. Anyway I want something different in needle structure beside it. I am needing something small again as I only have around 40" to work with in depth. I was thinking the picea orientalis Barnes. I have one and it has really done well here. I live in western Kansas which is a semi desert with heat and cold. Avg rain is under 20". I have created a different microclimate and have an irrigation system also, so most plants can survive for me. This area won't get more than 4-5 hours of direct sun but very bright light most of the time. Any ideas from all you experts would really be appreciated. Also, now that I am getting springs cleaning work done I tore out an old conifer that was getting a little scraggly. I am wanting something that is very low growing and will be placed in between two pines, Riverside gem and Jane Kluis. Again would anyone have any of your wonderful suggestions from the wealth of knowledge of seeing these things for all the years you have been growing them. I am the only person in my town of 5000 that grows dwarf conifers. In fact I bet you could find a handul of people in the whole half of western Kansas that even tries. I have a vast collection of them but am always wanting something new. I have had to tear out some in the last few years that have overgrown their area and I am going to fill that area in also. I am going to focus on the two areas in my back yard first though. I hope I have explained well enough and not confuse anyone so I can tap into that wealth of knowledge you all have. Thanks.

We bought ours at Hartwells Nursery in Lewisville. Email Hartwellsnursery@gmail.com or 972-436-3612 Their guys planted them for us. We have been very happy with our Crepe Myrtles. Last year we had a volunteer one come up. Seeds or birds carried the seed pods away.