That is a nice find! It’s a spendy plant and seems odd that HD would have it. Have they mastered the grafting and growing of this clone? BTW, did you buy the hammer, or were you so excited abot the tree you forgot all about it?

Maackia i was really surprised to find this in HD, there were 3 with only 1 worth buying, and yes I did bought the hammer after I put the tree safely away in the car !!

Farrukh

Pretty Tree! My local Home Depot had a Picea Omorika Pendula Bruns too this year.

You guys have better Home Depots than I do...

bazinga .....

btw ...i would not plant it until fall .. and i would place the pot.. so the pot itself is in shade ...

ken

Very nice!

Yup thanks Ken, that’s what I thought .

It will harder to keep the already way too small pot watered than to keep the planted out tree moist.

I occaisionally will see some things that I wouldn't expect to at HD and Lowes, but then when I pull them out of their pots and look at the roots I cringe a little bit. I remember one time I found a Sourwood at HD, completely surprised by that.

My local Lowes has a few nice conifers that I'm hoping will go on clearance soon. If they do I will probably grab them. Is it a hard and fast rule that you shouldn't plant them till fall? What if they're small plants? And what exactly is the reasoning? Is it the potential for root damage, or moisture retention, or something else?

If it were me I would not wait till the fall and would plant it now. I've planted many tree's in july and they survived. They will definitely be more stressed so you'll need to give it plenty of water. That's a very small pot for a tree that size and it's not going to be easy keeping it watered through the summer which is why I would plant it now. That might even be a B & B that was placed in a pot. Can you confirm if it's container grown or B & B?

It is in fact B&B placed in a pot for shipping I guess.

Okay, If you decide to wait till the fall the B & B will need to be kept moist and should not be allowed to dry out. I haven't found it to be that easy to keep the B & B tree healthy through the summer if I couldn't plant it right away. Keeping it in some shade will help. Make sure it gets at least morning sun though.

Great thanks everyone for advice.

I think it would be safer to plant it now than trying to keep it watered all summer. Hopefully someone else could chine in on what they think.

If b&b plant now. If potted and root bound you can still pant now but do it on a cloudy cool day. Those are hard to come by this time of year though. So you might be waiting until September.

Very nice! How the heck did you get that in your vehicle? I'm going to Home Depot.

Lol, somehow managed , couldn’t leave without it.

It’s fun sun all day.

If you can keep the tree hydrated it may pay to hold off on planting for a while in full all day sun. You've made it this far, id hate to see you go backwards since it is the hottest time of year. Also at planting time id put a lot of effort into staking the tree well. Even if your planting on a pretty day, be thinking of your winters worst howling wind and snow events. That's what your gonna be staking for.

All the best...Look forward to photos after install

Great idea, thanks !!

I have one now for 9 years, is about 10 ft tall. It turned out to be too curvy for me to like, so I placed a metal conduit next to it and tied it to it, It had 2 leaders for more than a year, but now decided on a single leader. I thought to cut it down. ....

in ny, can you post a photo of your tree?

Liono9, what did you end up doing with your Pendula Bruns?

Looking good! Nice Spot too. Thanks for the update.

Nice specimen! I have quite a few nice conifers from HD, though nothing that fancy. Perhaps stake for a year or two to avoid a “kink” at the bend? See what others say, I dont own a Bruns (want one though for sure). It all depends what look you want. Ive just seen some Bruns that “jog to the left or right” a foot or two before going vertical again(which is cool in and of itself).

It looks like the tree is going to grow upright again on it's own. That's what mine did (mine grew at an angle and then grew upright once again) and I never staked mine.

I’m going to stake it just to help it anchor itself strong and let it take its own direction form wise.

I couldn't have walked past that at HD and not put it in my cart! Nice find. I agree with the anchoring but letting the top do it's thing. Looks awesome, such a cool conifer.