One year ago a landscape company planted a young tree with a trunk diameter of about 1-1.5". The variety is called Tolleson's Blue Weeping Juniper which gets up to 20' tall and 10' wide. The workers that planted the tree put in an additional stake to support the tree upon planting. The tree started to lean severely within 2 weeks. I straightened the tree and added a rebar support secured to the trunk. The additional support did not correct the leaning, with a deviation of approximately a 45 degree lean. When the project manager visited the following spring, they said they would just dig under one side and add more soil. (They did not offer to have someone come out and correct it). I was uncomfortable doing that due to concern about damaging the roots, losing the tree, and invalidating the one year warranty. So now my dilemma is how to correct the vertical line on this tree. What would you advise? I ordered a tree support system with 15" heavy duty plastic spikes and a tension sling support system. Another concern; the tree is planted very close to a large blue spruce. I believe the thinking was to use the spruce to provide wind protection. This tree's planting information indicates it will get 20' tall, and 10' wide. (There is one in Mpls that is 25' tall). It seems that not only will this little tree have to compete with the spruce for water and nutrients but space also. My experience trying to hire an arborist previously was that they are booked far out and very expensive. Could you advise me how to go about correcting the tree lean and offer an opinion as to the site it's in? Thank you for your assistance. Vickie Winslow