Tieball
Masterpiece
The Celtis Sinensis, Hackberry, basically called it quits after a 2018/2019 winter of -35 Fahrenheit wind chills. The top died. Branches dried and died. Then in 2019/2020 winter it simple sat in the ground for another several months of grueling cold temperatures. In mid April 2020, I dug it out of the ground. I had a fairly warm day. Drastically root pruned it....removing about 90% of the roots.....the roots were really healthy. Surprised me given what I could see above ground where it wasn’t looking like much. What’s left for roots occupies less than a seven inch circular shape with a 1-1/2” (3.8cm) depth below the trunk base. The Nebari is thickly well formed all around and currently buried. The trunk at the soil level is 3.5” (8.8cm) diameter. The height from the soil level is 18” (45.7cm) To the top of the thin branch.
I boxed it up and put it out in the sun. A survivor....I have new buds forming around the tree in good locations. I counted about 25 buds. The remaining branches all have buds forming, except for that lower left thick dead limb. I believe it’s going to make it through and grow. A slow start...but definitely a start. No carving or other fun yet...totally nature’s work right now. Looks a bit raw, wild and untamed....but in person it’s actually rather nice. It’s got guts.
I boxed it up and put it out in the sun. A survivor....I have new buds forming around the tree in good locations. I counted about 25 buds. The remaining branches all have buds forming, except for that lower left thick dead limb. I believe it’s going to make it through and grow. A slow start...but definitely a start. No carving or other fun yet...totally nature’s work right now. Looks a bit raw, wild and untamed....but in person it’s actually rather nice. It’s got guts.