Canadian Gardening: Shed a tear for............., 1 by fancyvan

fancyvan wrote:
my Russian Olive!
When I had front yard landscaped in 99 we put in a Russian Olive - the grey looked neat against the backdrop of a Shubert Chokecherry. But it did not survive the winter. The 2nd tree put in in 2000 did well and developed into a lovely shrubby tree with windswept branchs. I was told that if it survived the first couple of years it would do well. In fact thee are Russian Olives all over the city , some very old.
This is what it looked like in 2003.(just on the right of the pic)