I'd be interested in the cedar trees. How tall are they currently? What would you want to trade for them? J'Lynn

Id still prune it off. Though the other teees have it it is still worth it. I pruned some off a tree I had a few years ago and it never came back. Yours will come back but vigilance is important, at least the fungus wont be sapping energy from your trees to produce fruiting bodies.

i really hate that you are plating this invasive weed ... though it is native in some areas .. where are you??? but that said... you could probably throw them.. bare root on the driveway for the rest of summer.. the wind would blow them to the edge.. and they would root in.. and live ... i too .. prior to knowing better... literally ripped one footer from the sand in august.. and planted them elsewhere.. and forgot to water them ... and they lived ... who needs a shovel... lol ... well i did.. to dig the new hole ... there are much better conifers for any project... and they are not expensive when bought at that size... see link.. as an example of what is available ... but do try to plant in the proper season .... it just make success.. so much easier .... ken Here is a link that might be useful: link

I shouldn't have said cankers, I thought the word cankers was interchangeable with frost crack and sunscald, and now I know that they're not. My trees had frost crack and/or sunscald, due to being planted on the south/southwest part of our house. The trees i planted were susceptible to it, which I didn't know at the time. The Crimson King didn't survive no doubt because I didn't water it enough. I watered it, but it was like 8ft tall, and i only watered it about 5 gallons a week (puny for my fast draining soil). And probably the same could be said for the red rocket maple. But the golden Raintree died during a bitter cold winter. I read it was to zone 5, but most sites have it at zone 6, so it wasn't right for my zone in the first place. Dh and I decided this morning that we're going to do a 6ft L fence blocking the 3 properties that abuts ours, including the next door neighbor, the neighbor's Christmas tree property, and the empty tract of land belonging to his parents. The entire fence will be about 150ft long. That's an immediate 6ft screen. And no waiting for 10 years for conifers to do the job. He's going to take some time off in May or June and we'll do the fence. Just a simple wood fence. No one around here has a fence. Not a single solitary person. But then they don't have 3 properties abutting their backyard either. We're doing an L fence because we don't want to close off our entire back yard. We like the openness to be outside barbecuing and being able to say hello to neighbors walking down to the lake, or the elderly couple who lives up the road, they must be close to 80yrs now, and they walk hand in hand every spring and summer past our house, and then back. I love them. I would hate being fully blocked off from ever seeing them. I admit every spring I look for them, and always a little scared they won't walk anymore. I have 3 Lilacs on that side, and they are quickly growing and will provide some screen, so the yard won't be fully exposed to the road. We also live out in the middle of nowhere, so the only people who drive past here are the people who live here, and the few people who take our road as a short cut to a nearby town. And now, I'll be able to relax and plant what I want, and for no other reason than pure pleasure. Who knew! lol We still plan on planting Junipers and other shrubs, but now they''ll be here and there, for a focal point, not for a screen.