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The leaves can dessicate because a reduced root system cannot supply water fast enough. I found that to be the case once when I reduced the roots of my J maple too much, just a little too late. I had to really baby the tree for a few weeks to get it strong.

Newbies kill trees fastest by transplanting them. If you’re new and they’re taking water, I recommend not repotting them. They do not appear to be underpotted.

Thanks, it was a couple houses ago, but here are a few.

Great bark on that second one.

Need is rarely the impetus for a pot buy….unless I’m trying to convince my wife.😂

This from a guy who has grown JBP from seed in containers for 30+ years? To what end?

I commissioned this one from him back in 2017 and used it for an Ume for a few years. I am not using it now and have kept it around because it’s a good size for transitioning a tree from growing out to a bonsai pot. I could probably be convinced to pack it up and ship it at some point. Can’t...

Beech heal so slowly that I would try to address the cut by choosing the front in a way that conceals it. I know you said you don’t mind setting it back a few years, but my experience with healing beech wounds is that it takes easily 3x longer than I expected. Kind of like hornbeam, beech cuts...

Here are a couple flowers from the OP tree. Guess I’m seeing stamen, but can’t really make out a Pistil.

Congrats, nice pickup. I have the same coffee maker, BTW, just in chrome. 3 minutes to brew a perfect pot, and no beeping.😅

If it needs to be repotted, you should not hesitate based on shipping. I had him ship a green pot juniper to me a few years ago in the middle of summer and it was packed well and didn’t skip a beat. His soil is a little denser that what we would use in our climates, but it drained fine. After...

I would probably cut back to here, and reduce again in a few years. If you plant them in the ground, you’ll want to dig them up every 3-4 years to keep the roots close to the trunk. Pines’ feeder roots get pretty far out from the trunk over time.

Here is another one. Based on the diagram from @NaoTK this one shows more female-shaped flowers and sepals. It was also in fruit when I got it, but I have not had it hold fruit since I got it 5-6 years ago.

Never tried. May have to sometime.

Definitely Nandina.

Maybe just a little early because it spent a week in the garage instead of outside in the low teens.

Don’t worry about sap loss. It isn’t really a problem. Grow the trunk until the first section is almost as big as you want it to be forever. Once you start chopping (especially in a pot) the trunk thickening really slows down. If you want a taller tree with graceful and subtle bends, cut at...

Rugged and graceful at the exact same time. Looking fantastic Serg.

And mean little buggers too. When I got to “their” area of the tank, I had to use one hand to clean, and the other for defense and distraction.

Tonight.

First round of Mancozeb today.

Just starting to pop…

Of course!

Thank you @NaoTK that is very good information. I will let them get bigger and cut one open.

Thanks, I was kind of going on the concept that it could set fruit without a male, although it would be sterile.