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I received the Norfolk Island Pine in the above picture years ago. The bank purchased one for each employee's desk as decoration for Christmas. When I got it, it was less than a foot tall. I brought mine home, watered it once a week and moved it to bigger pots as it grew. I would take it out to the deck in the spring and bring it back inside in the fall.
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When it became too large for the house, I would move it inside the garage for the winter. Hubby would complain every spring and fall when he had to haul the heavy tree and pot through the back door. Last year it was a real struggle getting it inside and it was almost too tall for the garage. I measured it this fall and it was close to 10 feet tall.
I knew it had outgrown our garage as well as the house. I hated to leave it outside and have the cold temperatures of winter kill it. I decided to put it on Freecycle and offer it for free to someone who had room to winter it inside. A kind lady in town came by the other day to pick it up. I will miss my tree and I wish it well.
Perhaps I'll purchase a small one this Christmas and start the process again.
9 comments:
I hope she continues to enjoy your tree! :-)
Wow, I didn't know they could grow that large. I like the idea of starting a new one.
So nice that you are allowing someone else to enjoy it.
Like losing an old friend!
Once I left behind two gorgeous plants that had been in my homes for more than 10 years because they had grown so large that moving them 800 miles was just not something we could figure out a way to do. Fortunately, I visited my plants about once a year for many years after that, until they became so big she couldn't keep them any longer either.
I have two large Norfolk Island pines that were once tiny. I'm still dragging them inside each year.
What a lovely tree! How sad to have to get rid of it. Mr. G bought a tiny little Monkey Puzzle tree a couple of years back. fortunately they grow very slowly! I hate it!
Hope it's new owner finds as much enjoyment as you did, Mary.
I hope you do get another. I had a fig that I nursed for years; I couldn't find anyone to take it and we ended up placing it outside, where it died. It made me very sad.
And the Pine tree had grown well, and how thoughtful of you !
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