I want/need (rooted please): -bald cypress -variegated weigela shrubs -muscadine/scuppernong grapes -apricot trees I have these for trade right now (all rooted): -Oaks (3) 2 to 3 feet tall -loblolly pine (3) 18 inches to 2 feet tall -red cedar (lots) varying heights -privet shrubs (lots) varying heights

An update: I went back the the area to re-evaluate the problem areas. We actually have several walnut trees on the perimeter of the bald cypress grove we are trying to establish. There are several on the north side, one on the south side and a couple on the east side. In all cases, most of the bald cypress/dawn redwood whips and B&B trees have died under those walnut trees. Almost all other B.C./D.R. have lived in other areas not directly next to/under the walnut trees. The death sometimes takes a few years. It seems clear to me that the walnuts are the problem. I just wanted to verify that with some study that may have been completed and published somewhere, but there seems to be nothing documented on the subject.

I have a grafted Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress approx 50' downhill from a few Black Walnuts & 25' from the dripline. It's in moist clay - the water is run-off from up by the Walnut trees. It's growing so slow, less than 8" per year, & the needle/leaves are very short compared to other specimens I've seen. It looks chlorotic, but pH is neutral - I'm considering composting it. It's just not right... I had a 2nd Shawnee Brave w/ same growth issues, 12' closer to the BW. One winter this BC suddenly died back to the graft after 2 or 3 yrs growing. It resprouted below the graft as common BC, beautiful green fast growing stems - 36" in 1 season - but alot of those stems died over the next winter, then it shot up new stems... Eventually I got rid of it - I didn't need a Bald Cypress 'shrub'. I assumed the appearance & issues were caused by poor roots due to clay, but when I dug up the 1st tree I was surprised how deep & strong the roots grew in just a few years. I still think the problem is the planting location or Shawnee Brave weaknesses, but maybe juglone can stunt Bald Cypress growth.

Botann: I don't see a lot of baldcypress, except as ornamentals here and there. But because it is one of my favorite trees--much more so than dawn redwood, I pay a lot of attention when I do see them. I have never seen any of these trees damaged by any kind of storm. Something I never really noticed until recently, so I am not sure if it is a usual or alwsys kind of thing, but the last baldcypress I saw had a kind of regular U shaped joint between the trunk and its branches, and some buttressing beneath. This may explain one aspect of the trees strength, But as I said, I had not really focused on this before. In the future I will look for this to see how much it may be a general characteristic of these trees' growth. I have three young ones in my yard that I planted 5 years ago, and another thing i have noticed is an unusual degree of flexibility in the trunks--they are more flexible than all the other trees I have planted that have about the same diameter, and that is a lot. Maybe that has something to do with this tree's resistance to damage. Well, I guess I am saying that maybe it is not just a matter of time until your tree suffers damage. And, by the way, I have not noticed the tendency for these trees to develop multiple leaders. I know it happens, and I think one of those big old ones in DC has a double trunk, but it hasn't split yet. --Spruce