Wiring Up Weeping Norway Spruce Leader - IB2DWs - May 2024
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Both of the small, weeping Norway Spruce trees that we planted last Fall have put on spring growth. New, bright-green needles and weeping limbs have appeared. That includes the leaders - especially on the tree closer to the house. It has seen a bunch of top growth - see below. I trained these small trees up on poles last Fall and from what I've read, you have to keep training the leader up, or else...it will become a 'spreader' vs a more upright tree. This leader needed a taller pole, so I grabbed one and wired it up to get the leader more vertical and upright. See below for the 'after' of this Weeping Norway Spruce: I'll watch the top of this spruce and think about pruning back some of the lateral branches to reduce competition for the top.