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Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening June 2014, 1 by CatMint20906

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CatMint20906 wrote:
Speaking of plant-pushers and sad looking trees ;-) I finally got an ID on the volunteer evergreen that started growing in the corner of my yard last summer. It was just a little stick then and I ignored it, and lo and behold it is now almost as tall as me (not that that's very tall--LOL) and can no longer be ignored.

Apparently it is a Red Cedar or Juniperus virginiana--too large at maturity for my yard in general and for this fence corner in particular. The birds like the berries and it is a host for the olive moth--a butterfly I saw a lot last summer, probably from whatever neighboring junipers provided the seed for my volunteer. On the downside, these trees seem to have their ecological drawbacks, according to Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_virginiana

So, should I dig it up for disposal or should I try to rehome it?