Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yearbook 2013: Your most favorite plant, flower, shrub, tree, 1 by Sequoiadendron4

Sequoiadendron4 wrote:
Mine would have to by our Pinus densiflora 'Oculus Draconis'. I planted it mid summer 2012 to replace an Alberta Spruce that got hammered by spider mites (no big loss there). It did great for me for most of last season but took a dive towards early fall in our drought. Since it doesn't have deciduous 'leaves' I couldn't tell that it needed water until a bunch of needles turned brown and fell off. It looks terrible right now. It pains me to think it might not make it. I gave it supplemental water once I realized it needed it so hopefully it wasn't too late. Our Pinus strobus that has been in the ground for 3 seasons has some brown needles too so I'm crossing my fingers. If it makes it, I'll make sure to keep it watered during dry periods.