CWTurner
Omono
Driving in the suburbs last Fall (2013) I saw a nursery that was out of business and up for sale. A lot of stock was sitting out and I wondered what would become of it. I noted the realtor's name/number but never called them.
Well, a few weeks ago I passed there again and most of the stock was gone but there were a few items that surprisingly still had some life in them. I did call the realtor this time and she was nice enough to contact the seller and auctioneer (who disposed of the business) and she said that I could take what I wanted.
As you can imagine, after a year without artificial watering there wasn't much left alive. Close to a hundred nursery-potted plants, dry and dead for sure (I scraped dozens of branches checking for life). But I salvaged these 4. A good bit of die-back on all of them except the EWP, which seems happy. They must all be special plants to have lived through that!
#1 - Dwarf Eastern White pine
#2 - Kamaeni Hibi Dwarf Hinoki Cypress
#3 - Japanese White Pine
#4 - Japanese White pine
#3 and #4 seem like they may be grafts. From what reading I've done here, I thought the JWP was used as root stock, not top growth. Though the needles are less than an inch on both of the JWP, so they're good candidates for my experiments.
Well, a few weeks ago I passed there again and most of the stock was gone but there were a few items that surprisingly still had some life in them. I did call the realtor this time and she was nice enough to contact the seller and auctioneer (who disposed of the business) and she said that I could take what I wanted.
As you can imagine, after a year without artificial watering there wasn't much left alive. Close to a hundred nursery-potted plants, dry and dead for sure (I scraped dozens of branches checking for life). But I salvaged these 4. A good bit of die-back on all of them except the EWP, which seems happy. They must all be special plants to have lived through that!
#1 - Dwarf Eastern White pine
#2 - Kamaeni Hibi Dwarf Hinoki Cypress
#3 - Japanese White Pine
#4 - Japanese White pine
#3 and #4 seem like they may be grafts. From what reading I've done here, I thought the JWP was used as root stock, not top growth. Though the needles are less than an inch on both of the JWP, so they're good candidates for my experiments.
