Harry Lauder Walking Stick Tree Damage From Training Pole - March 2021
Last year, we added a Harry Lauder Walking Stick tree to our backyard after seeing it a drive-thru buying experience at the Growing Place in Aurora. We first saw - and fell in love - with this curving, interesting tree at Disneyland Paris outside of their Haunted Mansion (called Phantom Manor ) and knew then that we should buy one of these contorted trees. Where we planted it ended up being close to the 'focal point' we were trying to design along with the apex of the 'nook' that will (eventually) hid the fire pit area. The tree came with a bamboo pole that the tree was growing around and I pretty much just left it as is after planting. But on a garden walk around recently, I noticed that the tree had begun to really grow AROUND that bamboo pole - especially down near the bottom. So, I went ahead and tried to remove the pole, but it turned out harder than I expected. After some sawing, cracking and twisting, I was able to remove the central bamboo pole. But, no