Pair of Understory Canadian Hemlock Trees Growing Up - Summer 2024 - July 2024
Back in May of 2019, I planted a number of very small, one-gallon Canadian Hemlock trees. A few of them were destroyed by rabbits. And a few died from drought. But, two of them have managed to make it to today. In terms of growing seasons, that: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and now...in the middle of their sixth growing season: 2024.
After the rabbits ate these things up, I began to protect them with chicken wire. The past few seasons, I've just left the chicken wire rings in place. And the trees have just kept-on-growing.
I heard from someone on the blog about the hemlocks and they wondered how they were doing. Here's a couple of photos that show them - although...they're *hard to see*. The first photo shows both of the trees - one on the left and the other on the right - split by that narrow tree trunk in the middle. The second photo shows a close-up of the chicken wire ring.
I'd say that these trees are five-feet-tall and growing. They're not putting on a ton of girth, but they're doing ok with their full-shade location. Would I have planted these in a different spot today? Probably. But, I'm not moving them.
This whole area has been transformed since 2019. Go look at these pics - it is pretty bare over there. And the bed is just four-feet-or-so deep. Today? Like 15. Big change.
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