ok, so i came home from work early to prop up the gnarly redbud tree that is a true specimen of eclectic landscaping......not that we did anything special to make it so...i suspect that an icestorm years ago bent it over originally....and now it is almost doubled over before it sweeps back up over a perennial bed....the rain has turned to ice...just as our family landscape architect predicted when he emailed earlier today.....i have 3 supports...2 under the right end and 1 under the left.....if said gardener thinks that i can add to this scheme...he has only to call........i do thank him for thinking of the tree when he learned of the winter storm......redbuds are quite susceptable to ice damage.......