Harry Lauder Walking Stick Tree Full of Foliage - Contorted Tree - August 2026
In the Summer of 2020, I bought and planted a small Harry Lauder Walkingstick tree . A contorted tree that was inspired by our visit to Disneyland Paris and their Phantom Manor ride that has an outdoor queue with contorted , weeping and other very interesting trees/horticulture. When we bought it, it was small. And, it has stayed *mostly* small. Hasn't changed VERY MUCH . But, the bed the tree is planted in certainly *has changed* very much. This tree is planted in the back, sort-of tucked in behind some things. This is the sixth growing season and the tree is still somewhere between waist-and-chest high. Like every tree that I've planted since the first few seasons, I haven't touched this tree. No pruning. No cleaning up. Just an annual deep-root feeding from the professionals. Here, below, is what it looks like in mid-Summer: It really shines during the Winter when you can see the skeleton...