Lost: Columnar Scotch Pine Tree - November 2023
Planted early this year - with MUCH fanfare - my Columnar Scotch Pine tree is dead. I yanked it out and returned it for a store credit. Earlier this Fall, I noticed that it was *really* struggling, so I decided to do something pretty drastic: transplanting it. I also decided - as part of the transplant process - to lop-off all the dead parts. I thought that maybe it wanted more sun, so I put it by the boardwalk. Here's what it looked like when I transplanted it in September: some green needles, but not doing well: Six weeks later, it was gone. Below is what it looked like before I dug it out: no more green needles. I've talked about how I haven't, historically done enough with conifers. But, part of the reason for that negligence is because I've had such bad luck with them. This is another lost conifer in a long-line of them. Have I made up for things with my new Conifer Garden? Maybe. But, might they all end up like this columnar Scotch Pine? Maybe, t