Bringing some of them out for there first taste of sunlight in the early spring. The building on the right is my shade house/green house, in the winter I cover it with co-poly and heat it, none of my trees ever froze, that is why they are all dark green instead of a rust color. My shade house in the summer with the co-poly removed. I'm really proud of it, I built it myself with no plans and believe me I'm no carpenter, all screwed together, no nails. The last two pictures show where my trees spent August, protected from the 100 degree hot sun and hot drying winds. I misted them about 4 times a day. If you will look at the Kishu Shimpaku on the far left in the first picture, notice the beautiful blue green color of the foliage, different from that on a Itowigata Shimpaku.
Harry