Alepo gift
Working in the front yard on Christmas day...another beautiful day...and neighbor Mike stopped by on his bike. He noticed the pines I'd bought (not easy to spot) and knew their names. I was instantly impressed. Don't run into fellow gardeners too often. Turns out he has a bunch of pines in his yard, has a friend with even more pines who turned him on to pines.
We had a long talk about pines. He didn't bat an eye when I said I was going to plant 9 Alepo very close together (4-8' apart). Didn't give me the standard line about how big they get. Impressed me further. He showed me which pines in my neighborhood were Alepo vs Eldarica (Afghan) he spots my neighbor's Canary Island pine. This guy knows his pine, at least compare to me. So I learned a lot.
I told him I could only find 9 Alepo pines, little Christmas trees and he says "I have an Alepo you can have". How cool is that? It was a Christmas tree he'd been given (or bought) 2-3 years ago and is now 6-7' tall. Keeping it alive in a pot that long is no easy feat in Phoenix imo.
He'd cut the lower branches to try Japanese style pruning but didn't have a spot for it in his yard and just wanted to see it in the ground someplace. He goes home and brings it back in his truck.
For my work in progress Japanese garden it's perfect. It shows a hard life of being hacked into a Christmas tree and then 2-3 in a pot in Phoenix though Mike sure got it to grow a lot.
It will get a prime spot in my Alepo forest...when I build up the soil to the elevation I want.
Always great running into a fellow gardener. And always nice when a plant has a story.
kevininphx
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