Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon', 1 by runktrun

runktrun wrote:
I could really use some help my Chamaecyparis thyoides ‘Rubicon’ is about eight years old is sited south facing full sun and has been provided consistent adequate irrigation and fertilization. It is made up of three primary (trunks?) with three plus secondary (trunks?). Over the last few years it has begun to lean and the trunks are beginning to split apart from one another. I have recently been tying the trunks together then staking the tree is this what I should be doing? What would cause a conifer to behave like this? kt