Small and medium-size B&B (balled and burlapped) or container-grown plants usually do not need staking. Stake the tree only if necessary. Trees with strong trunks are thicker near the ground and ...

The “Drake” – scientific name ulmus parvifolia -- is a very good, small, fast-growing semi-evergreen tree. This tree is a Chinese elm and drake is a popular cultivar widely used in the area.

A cardinal appears (by the way, it’s not strange that it didn’t fly in — it is what it represents), and it is on the ground and then flies up to a branch of the birch tree.