Tree Planting and Prunning

This week we decided to plant several trees under the pines behind the house. We initially planted a white dogwood and a pink dogwood. They're supposedly difficult to grow. However, they're guaranteed for 6 months and should bloom in the spring before the 6 months are up.

We also planted a red bud tree and sweet gum tree that we got at Home Depot. The trees were at a reduced price and guaranteed for 1 year.

Same picture as above but from another angle.

Ideally these trees - especially the dogwoods and the red bud - will give us beautiful spring color. All four should be colorful in the fall. We hope this will create some contrast to the green pines.

We have a weeping cherry in the front that was getting out of hand. We did some major trimming and tying the branches in place (more of a weeping drape). We also used a rope to pull the tree a bit more upright. This spring we'll see how our handiwork on the weeping cherry turns out.