While it might sound as a surprise to you, planting larger almost mature trees or almost mature shrubs is in the long run often cheaper than planting those 6 footers from Home Depot. I’m talking about a tree that is more than 20 feet tall or a shrub that is over 10 feet tall. You might spend $500 for the larger tree and another $500 to have it transported to your home and planted by a landscaper. Now do the math. A large tree will add $1000 to $3000 value to the selling pri

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I took a course at an arboreteum and it was taught by a certified arborist and his firm and they said that staking a tree is probably the worst thing to do to a tree. Does this mean I would not stake the tree at all? No, I just might, given the right circumstances. A tree needs the wind to blow the branches which in turns strengthens the roots. So, if the wind was blowing say east to west, or pushing the tree towards the west, the roots pointing east would gain strength, and