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Old 03-01-2004, 03:02 PM
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Default Advice on Pine Trees (Pine Tree "Farm")


"John Bachman" wrote in message

The same goes for landscape trees, no one wants pines and the trees
they do want have to be a perfect shape.


NO ONE wants pines? Tell that to the scores of customers coming into the
nursery this season that complained because our pine selection was not large
enough (15 species, probably twice that many cultivars). And the 'perfect
shape' differs from person to person - some want a very regularly shaped
tree, others want a very sculptural tree. Many species of pine never offer a
"perfect' shape - they are very irregular in growth habit.What they DO want
are healthy trees.

I'd offer them to local landscapers and nurseries on a U-dig basis. Exact
identification of species and/or cultivar is essential though, as some
conifers (pines or otherwise) are much more desirable than others

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