burning bush?

[Random Usr]

Burning bush phoenix graft?

Even if I did save the stump it'd be rotted to nothing by now. Although, it first came to prominence as an office-desk paper skewer .... hence the name Spindle Tree. So had I treated it I guess it would last forever as dead wood.

 

[vp999]

If you had done all that in the spring before bud break it's likely the tree would not have skipped a beat.

You get one flush of growth and that's it. Do not cut back hard during the growing season. I'll amend this with, unless there is still a significant about of foliage still on the tree. You can cut back but whatever is on the tree is all you got. It is not going to grow more.

Crap! I just defoliated it a few weeks ago and no wonder only a few new huge leaves growing...I hope it doesn't die on me.