On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:19:59 GMT, Eddy
wrote:

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
I have an Australian conifer that was blown over when it was about 15'
high. It still had half the roots in the ground so it was stood up
again and the roots were stamped down firmly. It is now about 60'
high. When the wind is strong the tree bends over at very unnerving
angles but, so far, the roots have not been pulled up.

Hi, Steve. Interesting info. Basically you suggest the possibility
that if I could afford to pamper this deodar for a few more years its
root system could get such a grip that from then on the tree could
withstand all gales. The trouble is I can't afford to let this deodar
get any higher than its current 18 feet, because of power lines and
satellite dish interference. So the options are to keep it at 18 feet
(in which case it will continue to suffer in the gales), or to reduce it
to a much shorter bush. But will the thing cooperate with such a plan,
that's the question! :-)

Eddy.

Eddy,

My mother planted the same sort of conifer as mine but she kept it
trimmed down to about 10' As a result it has grown into a huge garden
filling bush. None of the conifers have needed to be pampered and they
grow very fast. I have never been able to identify the conifer, even
after wading through a long list and pictures of Australian conifers.

Steve

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