Pagoda Dogwood Tree Pruned - June 2023
Back in Fall of 2021, I bought a small Pagoda Dogwood tree from a local non-profit (Conservation Foundation) and planted it in the back by the firepit and the row of Hicks Yews. And I just left it alone. It has come back each Spring ( here's the first one ) and it grew out as much as it grew up. At some point last year, I talked about maybe transplanting this tree - because of the horizontal - fat-boy - branching. Ultimately...I've decided to leave it in place; transplanting a couple-year-old tree is dicey. But, as a result of NOT transplanting it, I've decided to do something that I've leaned pretty hard AGAINST: pruning a young tree. Over the years, I've learned that you just leave trees alone. Forget limb'ing them up, forget pruning. Except (maybe) for when there's no clear apical meristem or leader, I just don't touch trees for a number of years after I plant them. This Pagoda Dogwood has a bunch of young, healthy, horizontal branchin