trident - hasn't budded yet

[camikins]

Hi,

I'm in the Pacific Northwest. I've got a couple of small trident seedlings (started from seed 3 yrs ago). They haven't budded yet, which is odd. If I scrape off some bark, it's still green underneath, so I know it's alive.

Any reason why it'd be so late budding?

Thx.

 

[CHUCHIN]

Real cold winter...still mid spring...do they feel brittle? Bark discolored?

 

[lordy]

Oddly, here in the mid-Atlantic, tridents seem to lag behind all other maples.
Hornbeams and zelcova are further behind still.

 

[ghues]

Hi Camikins,
Nice to see another Islander on this forum......up here in Campbell River my only Trident (3 year old seedling-root over rock) started out real slow this spring.... leafing out only last week....Its up against a south facing wall.
Most of the local club members keep their tridents in a greenhouse over the winter.
Hopefully yours will do OK.
Cheers Graham