Re: Heating the indoors, the yard outside,too...and aquestion...

Well, y'know, Auralie, that never actually occurred to me, so it's a
good thing you said it:-)  I don't have many conifers on account of
all the shade, so have not spent a lot of time reading up on them and
'dwarf' has always meant smaller to me, not just slower
growing....learn something new every day:-)

I'm not so frustrated as concerned since my guys are so lovely I
don't want to screw up their form, but they are totally eating those
front steps so I have got to get after them.  Have had this on my
list all year and no time for more than a few snips....they seem to
like the snipping and respond with faster growth!!

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> 
> Marge, as I'm sure you don't need me to tell you, dwarf in these
plants 
> refers to rate of growth rather than ultimate size.  The definition
I have been 
> given is a growth-rate of 3-6" a year.  The Mugho pine we just had
to remove had 
> been there for 34 years, and despite my pruning, had reached 10
feet in each 
> dimension, which is just about on target.It sounds as if yours has
grown a bit 
> faster than that - 28 years shouldn't be more than 14 feet plus the
original 
> 30" - 2 /12 feet more makes 16 1/2 feet,  That's still pretty big. 
Isn't it 
> frustrating when the problem arises just because the plants are
doing well.
> Auralie

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