Zelkova still holding on to its leaves

[Pharvey3232]

Hi
Curious as to if it's normal for my zelkova to still be holding on to 20% of its leaves ? Granted we have only got below 32 deg 1 times so far with an avg temp of around 50 the tree is still in dormancy right ?

 

[0soyoung]

It is okay.
Don't worry.

 

[leatherback]

looking at the trees in the background.. It is normal for where you are

 

[MrWunderful]

Yep. You can defoliate if you want.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

The leaves look fine, I'm not sure why it's pooping rocks though!

 

[leatherback]

pooping rocks

lol. I thought that were pieces of bacon!

 

[Pharvey3232]

lol. I thought that were pieces of bacon!

Lol. Yea those Little Rock's don't work for me either. I'm going to put a black piece of Japanese seriryu volcanic rock in their place when I find one that fits the space. The whole inside of the tree is hollow I believe it's has maybe 2 live veins running on the outside supporting the branch's now. Got to be over 50 years old judging by the bark. Peter Chan told me he thought maybe 50-60. It was imported back in the 80s. Anyway thanks guys. I feel better now