I purchased this in May and haven’t done anything with it yet. But it thinks spring is here, so I need it to stop investing in losers.
Yes, this is too big to take in a single photo. Unless I, like, moved it or something.
Plenty of bud ready to sprout.
Unfortunately, they’re all at the top, where I really don’t want them.
A rather crude pruning later. This will take more than a few years to get ready.
I ended up with a lot of offcuts, so let’s try a thing.
I cut the bark at the base, dipped it in some rooting hormone. Let’s see how it goes.
I don’t expect any of this to work. But it’s allegedly possible, so who knows.