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Has this past harsh winter made you rethink your tree choices?

ilovemytrees
9 years ago

It has for me, with regards to my 4yr old Golden Raintree.

It's hardy to Zone 5, and while our winter temps never got below that zone, the tree's 4 branches, the ones it developed last year, all "died back". The tree itself is healthy, and is sprouting buds everywhere, all up and down the tree, and bright pink leaves are popping out of them. I already pruned off the dead branches..

My thinking is this though, if this were a mature tree, and all the branches died, that would be it. I don't want a tree like that in my yard, where I have to wonder when or if it's going to die because of a bad winter, something that happens every few years or so..

I told dh I thought we should pull the tree out and he was shocked. He knows it's my favorite tree. He says the tree is happy where it is. He said the trunk is 10 times thicker than when we planted it, and it's completely regrouped and regrowing all over.

But my thought is an adult tree can't get away with that, can it? Can't young trees suffer and get over winter damage a lot easier than mature trees?

This post was edited by ilovemytrees on Mon, May 26, 14 at 8:01

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