it is wrong to turn plants around
clayton3120 clayton3120 (Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:22:30 PST)

May I just add,
Years ago, in my travels in England and Ireland, I came across an
older, experienced Head Gardener at a famous garden (Powis Castle) who
explained that, upon moving some larger Taxus baccata stricta, they
always marked the north side of the plant with a ribbon, so that, when
moving the plant, they could situate the plant in the same direction.
Years later, I transplanted some 9' Taxus baccata stricta from a
nursery to a new garden.
I had forgotten this phenomenon, , and planted the Taxus in their new
garden, and position.
Almost immediately, the Taxus began to shed needles in epidemic proportions.
It then eclipsed my memory about that famous English gardener's
remarks about how sensitive, and important it is to replant these
species in the same direction they grew initially
It was too late to determine what direction each plant was grown,
but I did apply a product called Wilt_Pruf , which acted, in all
intents and purposes like a sunscreen, anti-transpirant, and the Taxus
recovered and adjusted to their new position, and survived and
thrived.
I would never move another larger plant without seriously addressing
this issue.
For what it's worth to other gardeners, the older gardeners and their
experience is worth theirs and our 2 cents.
Clayton

On 2/14/12, Alberto Castillo <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote: