Weirder the better ??

but I guess glauca 'Pendula has a certain form that might be ruined

question ,,,is that a reversion ?

close up shot....

ron

Very interesting. I've never seen that before on Glauca Pendula. Personally I would leave it alone and see what it does.

i had one that took me about 5 years.. to get it down to one leader ... stubborn bat turd.. lol ...

get rid of the second ... take the straight top 6 to 8 inches ... and leave the weeping part ... call it a little weird ...

of do whatever you want.. its yours ... no real impact on the plant itself ...

ken

You know and I got it for how unique it was, there was a few to choose from and decided I wanted the oddball. But then I was just thinking whether it would become an issue for snow load the same way multi-leaders are a problem for thujas?

I will have to get another pic.

I would leave it for at least 2-3 years as it may sort itself out on its own (I was doubful this would, but it did). This used to have 2 leaders. When you wait until late Nov. for 50% off, you often end up with “weirder the better” material. This sorted itself out on its own. Its in a wet location (P. Pungens to right is in very wet spot and planted too low hence lower branches dying). Perhaps this helped sort it out (more quickly). The dwarf Alberta spruce to its left is reverting. I really, really, really like weeping white spruce, especially tall, older specimens. A deer also got to this about 3 years ago.

Wish I had the space some of you guys have! I can see how collecting these things could become a hobby.

Anyways here is a close up picture of it. Looks like they lopped up another upright growing branch.

Also how quick do you guys find these babies grow? I know it's all site specific but still curious to know.

After the initial 3 or so year acclimation period, perhaps a foot or so. Ive got one in shade, that one not as much. Here is my largest on the left. Just weeded around it so you could see the lower 3 feet. Every once in a while, I see one that has appeared to be in the ground 20-30+ years. Especially love those older specimens.

Awesome! So they handle shade ok just won't grow as vigorously? The multi-leader is in a quite shady spot.

Here is the tree planted in shade. It was planted at the same time as the above tree, about 4 years ago. Not as lush but it is doing ok. I suspect it will straighten out at the top by this fall.