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: > > Kipp, your explanation is worth printing. So very clear. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >