Pink Flowering Dogwood Recommended
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pink flowering dogwood with bark splitting at base
Comments (25)remove it ... who knows how long it might live.. but it will die.. sooner or later ... the damage could have been pre-existing at purchase.. but did not manifest itself until after the stress of transplant ... or even potting or ball and burlap in the first place ... that damage is WWWAAAYYYY!!!! beyond sunscald ... it may have been part of the equation.. but it is not the sole cause ... almost looks like a beaver came by and took a nip .. and i will presume.. that aint possible.. lol ... boy it looks like you have a nice sized property there ... as to your groups of 3 ... whatever ... i know the theory ... i usually ignore such ... i would have planted the three more around the yard [i have 5 acres] .. to create a backbone for the larger landscape.. rather than investing the cost of three ... in a small area ... why are you insistent on a grouping of 3 ... thinking outside the box you are in.. get rid of the sickly one.. and move one of the others 50 feet away .. and look for some other plants. .. to fill in around a given single plant ...??? the problem with groupings.. as you have learned.. is when one of them dies .. and then you are left with a lack of balance.. and two usually doesnt work ... so you are left with dealing with 'filling in' ... and trying again.. on what might be a plant that is hard to deal with ... think outside your box.. and good luck if there is any chance.. that there is a warranty involved .. exercise it ASAP ... ken...See MorePink Flowering Dogwood flowering white
Comments (2)Probably, you got a mislabeled one. If it is important to you, and if you still have the receipt, and if you have a photo showing the flower color (the last may or may not be necessary), then I would go back to whoever sold it to you, and complain. They SHOULD give you a pink one or refund most or all of your money. If you don't really care, and it's growing well, enjoy it, and let the matter go. You might want to give the seller a heads up that there is a problem, just for their information, but that's up to you. To my knowledge, soil acidity or lack thereof has no effect on dogwood bloom color - it's only certain hydrangeas that change color according to pH....See MorePink flowering dogwood
Comments (1)Was it flowering when you got it? If not, it may need to be a bit older before it flowers - some varieties of trees need to be over a certain age (varies from 2 to 10 years) before they are mature enough to flower. As well, if the flower buds were just about to open when there was a hard frost, they might have been frozen, which would stop any flowering for the year. By late summer/early fall, you should see big, fat flower buds forming on the stems, if it IS old enough to flower next year. The leaf buds are smaller, narrower, and more pointed than the flower buds. Keep it watered through the summer, and into winter, until the ground freezes (once a week or so, deeeply, the equivalent of an inch a week. If the top few inches of soil are dry, water, if it's still damp, wait and check again another day), as overly dry conditions can also interfere with flowering. And if you haven't mulched, do so - no deeper than 4", as wide as you can, and with NO mulch in the 2-4" next to the trunk....See MorePink Flowering Dogwood not happy
Comments (3)Wrong tree for your climate, certainly. And it does sound like you had some problems with planting techniques. The hole should never be dug any deeper than the plant requires to sit at or ABOVE grade. Wider is great, however. Trees (and shrubs) should be planted into native soil, without the (so-called) benefit of amendments of any kind. Here is a link that might be useful: Here's some great information...See Moremainegard3
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