Bald Cypress Tree - IB2DWS - Summer Update - September 2023
A couple weeks shy of five-years-ago, we planted a tiny Bald Cypress tree in our front yard . At the time, i was dealing with a 'clay bowl' or ' bathtub effect' in the area (on a different tree), so we went beyond in terms of digging a 'five-dollar-hole'. Five years later, I can saw - without a doubt - that this Bald Cypress is the most successful tiny tree that we've had since we started here in Downers. Not only has the tree survived, it has put on A LOT of size. Height and width and even caliper . I last measured it a year ago when it was just about a 3.5" caliper tree. Today? I haven't done the caliper (yet), but by the eye-test? It has grown even bigger. See below for the current - late Summer state of our Bald Cypress that sits in-between-two-driveways. Having learned my lesson on pruning small trees, I've left this one alone totally. Not a prune. At least on our side. Turns out...when our neighbors built their new driveway, th