It always depends on the quality of the speciman. I too saw the 7' Weeping Alaskan Cedar but both where damaged so I had to pass.

Don't fall for the "bargain". Get what you really what; omething that stops you in your tracks. If it does...go look at something else and if it does it again, buy it!

I really, really like that hinoki.... just not so sure about the whole "mounting on a standard" thing. The quality of all these things seems very high. They were pulled off the truck this afternoon. I'd say HD raided some poor failed nurseries stock because all the local stores are loaded to the gills with stuff I've never seen at HD before. I think the best deal I saw was a nearly full grown dwarf burning bush for 40 bucks.

They also had several yellow ribbon arbs. Crazy topiaries carved into all sorts of tasteless patterns, like easter baskets...

All fresh out of the truck. HD hasn't had time to screw them up yet.

I am getting tired of all of these posts about great unusual trees found at Home Depot.....

j/k - I am just jealous because neither of the local Home Depots in my area have anything very interesting. :-(

I'm of your opinion, johnplace, on those topiary "creations." And then there are those junipers that have been trimmed up so that they have weird looking pom-poms on the end of this great length of bare trunk. I just don't care for them, but there is apparently a market for them; they even have some of them for sale at local "good" nurseries. Luckily, everyone has the right to landscape their yard so that it pleases them (except for those unfortunates that live in a development with rigid, over-controlling home owner associations.)

Holly

I actually haven't bought anything yet.. See, my problem is that my entire back yard is a renovation in progress, with privacy being the primary goal and aesthetics coming a close second... I've got a pretty good "skeleton" of trees and shrubs around the perimeter of the yard, and now the hard part is finding the right spot for plants that look interesting to me. That lovely weeping Norway.. I think, where would I put it? I have the same problem with the weeping alaskan cedar. I could more easily find room for the smaller things, but little of what they have appeals to me, except maybe the giant blue spruce globosas, which are also a great deal right now by the way. So who knows. LOL.