Gardening

I had no idea they grew so big, but my stay at that home was short of 100 years!

I pruned roses for decades. Can't grow them here because they're deer candy, and I'd have to put up massive fencing, and then there are gophers and so on. I'll find a more suitable place, even if I have to grow them in containers, which I've done in the past. I put pruning paint on them (tar) but could never do so for trees.

Good luck with the tree. If you get invasive bugs, or molds contzct an arborist, hopefully free at university or ag agency. We in CA lost tremendous amounts of trees to the pine borer. Many years of drought weakened sap production, and sap defends against the borers.