all those parts are dead ... i would just remove the whole ... had it remained healthy... it is planted too close to the house ...

whoever planted it.. placed it for the size it was at planting.. with no contemplation of it growing into the tree it is ...

you can prune out all the dead ... this spring.. and spend the summer deciding if you like what is left ...

but my bottom line in this usual setting is.. who the heck will want to look at it.. right out the front door ... if it were out back on my 5 acres.. i would enjoy the process ... out my front door???? .. gone tomorrow ...

this plant has had about 6 names in the 15 years i have grown it.. lol .. i am not going to give you the wrong name.. and be mocked by my friends here.. lol

ken

ps: the yellow you see.. will turn brown when the heat of summer hits ...

I'd remove what's dead and then step back and take a look at it. It might be a few years before you have to remove it. Water it well this summer. Like ken says, it's way too close to the house. This tree will get a lot larger over time.

Mike

I was hoping that wasn't the diagnosis, but I was thinking it was too dead and too close! Thank you, I'll get it removed. :(

the key for me.. is that it is already over the walkway to the front door .. ken

All that being said , Nootkas like a lot of water,,,

ron

Is that what it is? A Nootka? Let me rephrase...is that what it was?

Too much??

Depends on what "too much" is. Too much for killing it? No. Too much for anything else. Yes. But the responders were correct that it was much too close to the house, so you did the only reasonable thing. Might be interesting to leave it as is to see what it will do (prb'ly nothing). Very few conifers can resprout, tho a couple young baldcypresses I had to cut down resprouted fairly well from the stump.

I started out with cutting out the dead branches...and it looked horrible. So I decided to take her down. Anyway, I ran out of bin space for the branches so I stopped before I started cutting it down to the stump. I assumed I sealed its fate, but I thought "well, let's see what happens". My plan was to leave as is for a season. Should I take it down to the stump or leave as is for the experiment?

grab a pick axe and start hacking at roots,,,then drag it outta there

ron

Well, you could cut the trunks so they support a plant basket and then plant a trailing plant to help hide the hose.

And yes, it is an ex-nootka.

tj

Plant a Clematis vine or something similarly unaggressive at the base of it.

btw.. if you decide to dig ... sharpen your shovel first... grinding wheel or file... a sharp shovel cuts thru smaller roots.. much easier than a dull butter knife ..

ken

Thanks again all. Now to figure out what to plant there! Guess I'll be going to nurseries this weekend.

On the plus side, the grass in this area may actually fill out for a change. (There was a much bigger pine at the other corner of the window that the big ice storm pushed over to 45 degrees...already removed this winter)