Comments on: beloved conifers: weeping alaska cedar http://awaytogarden.com/beloved-conifers-weeping-alaska-cedar Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/beloved-conifers-weeping-alaska-cedar/comment-page-2#comment-309305 Margaret Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:32:46 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=2596#comment-309305 Hi, Judith. Oh, my. Yes, they will do this (especially tip growth I think -- but if they are hungry enough, they'll eat anything). If the damage is only tips then it may be OK, but if it's severe...hmmm... Hi, Judith. Oh, my. Yes, they will do this (especially tip growth I think — but if they are hungry enough, they’ll eat anything). If the damage is only tips then it may be OK, but if it’s severe…hmmm…

]]> By: Judith Best http://awaytogarden.com/beloved-conifers-weeping-alaska-cedar/comment-page-2#comment-308216 Judith Best Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:22:09 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=2596#comment-308216 Please say it isn't so...a few months ago we had a freak snow storm and I lost one branch from my beloved Alaskan cedar. I wrote a post and you, as usual, provided good advise. I don't go out to the driveway every day and therefore don't look at my tree so often in the winter. A few weeks ago, I thought it was looking lean. This week when I pulled into the drive way and glanced over to look at my tree, I saw a skeleton. I think the deer have eaten my cedar along with my arborvitae. I'm in a stste of shock...grieving the damage actually. Do you know if deer do this and what is my prognosis? Thanks much. Please say it isn’t so…a few months ago we had a freak snow storm and I lost one branch from my beloved Alaskan cedar. I wrote a post and you, as usual, provided good advise. I don’t go out to the driveway every day and therefore don’t look at my tree so often in the winter. A few weeks ago, I thought it was looking lean. This week when I pulled into the drive way and glanced over to look at my tree, I saw a skeleton. I think the deer have eaten my cedar along with my arborvitae. I’m in a stste of shock…grieving the damage actually. Do you know if deer do this and what is my prognosis? Thanks much.

]]> By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/beloved-conifers-weeping-alaska-cedar/comment-page-2#comment-168001 Margaret Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:36:25 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=2596#comment-168001 Hi, Judy. Here, too. Terrible mess. What you don't want to do is shave off the trunk bark behind the natural "collar" where the branches attach. There's <a href="http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/text/pruning.html" rel="nofollow">an illustration on this page</a> that might help explain better than words. What species of plant is your "weeping cedar" -- it is a Chamaecyparis or a Cedrus or ???? As for the multiple trunks, that is not uncommon in certain conifers -- my Alaska cedars here have them, and so does my Japanese umbrella pine (which lost one of three in storm years ago. Whether the tree will become symmetrical again depends on what species it is and also how severe the damage is -- maybe email me a photo at awaytogarden at gmail? Hi, Judy. Here, too. Terrible mess. What you don’t want to do is shave off the trunk bark behind the natural “collar” where the branches attach. There’s an illustration on this page that might help explain better than words. What species of plant is your “weeping cedar” — it is a Chamaecyparis or a Cedrus or ????

As for the multiple trunks, that is not uncommon in certain conifers — my Alaska cedars here have them, and so does my Japanese umbrella pine (which lost one of three in storm years ago. Whether the tree will become symmetrical again depends on what species it is and also how severe the damage is — maybe email me a photo at awaytogarden at gmail?

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