'Hillside Upright'

Clement

The 'Hillside Uprights' in my region are ....well more upright,
but possibly thats a cultural variation(snow load?)The laterals are typically hugging the leader especially towards the top.I'm not familiar with 'Wills Zwerg'.

is there anything better than a flexogen hose ...

ken

ps not helpful??? .. lol ...

pps: speaking of the hose.. 2nd pic.. left end of hose.. what piece of carp is that that is browning.. and whats your plan for it ... let me know if its compressa ... [psst.. dont tell him .. i am trying to get more pix of his garden... lol ..]

ogcon,

Looks like mine....'Wills Zwerg' when looking at the foliage.

'Hillside Upright' much more aggressive growth rate.

Ken...Flexogen hoses aren't worth a crap. The male & female ends leak water after about a year. Poor design. How many you got with replacement ends on them?

Dave

my flexogens are 15 to 20 years old.. intact.. all original fittings ... never a leak.. bulletproof ....

they do go in the barn for winter.. come about 11/1 ... and i just pulled two out for conifer planting ....

perhaps its the winter care ....

and i do replace the washers every year ..... i presume that is not your complaint ....

ken

The upper 30 cm and it's open structure tells me this one is a 'Hillside Upright'.

It's big buds on the leader predicts that the aggressive growth has yet to come...

Thanks for your help Clement, Doug, Ken, Dave, and Edwin. 'Hillside Upright' it is then. I have to admit that I had been hoping this was a 'Will's Zwerg', as the space is somewhat more suited to the smaller selection.

Ken, you have correctly identified my hose. I have been happy with it, love the 3/4 inch diameter. Unfortunately I did notice a small leak in the female end when I turned it on this fall. (It overwintered in the garage). Dave, can you recommend a better one?

Ken, the plant is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwood's Pillar'. The side of the plant you see in that photo was shaded for years by an overgrown Acer ginnala 'Emerald Elf'. This is a shrub I got from Greer, who described it as 5' x 5' at 10 yr. Not quite. The thing turned out to be a real thug and grew like 3 feet a year. Here it was last fall, from the other side:

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When I removed the shrub, the shaded side of the Cham had a lot of dieback, as you see. I'll remove the dead foliage tomorrow, didn't notice it when I posted the photo.

Alex

I haven't found a better hose than the lifetime guaranteed Craftsman all-rubber hose. My folks had one for 15 years before the light dawned on me to get one (well, two, actually). That was about 5 years ago. They still have theirs as I do mine.

tj

Here is a link that might be useful: Hey, hoser!

adrain is so huge.. they closed our sears ...

i would have to drive to toledo to shop there ...

ken

K-Mart carries Craftsman too. My link is a K-Mart ad.

tj

While there you can get some boxer shorts.

Ask Rainman, he knows.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

tj