DeepSouth
Sapling
This tree (sapling) was collected in the summer (land was being cleared). Hawthorns seem to have a summer dormancy period here, so it had very few leaves when I collected it.
It has since budded out over the past few weeks, which is way too early. Winter here doesn't really start until January, and we had an uncomfortably warm October.
I am not sure what to do at this point. Should I let the winter do its thing and cause it to lose its new leaves and enter a new dormancy? Should I protect it from temperatures below 32 and let it skip dormancy?
I have not had this happen before. The tree (like most of us in the deep south this week), is a bit confused about what season it is.
Pictures attached - it is a small tree. I plan to keep it close to its current size. My interest in this tree is more in its leaves/thorns, rather than trying to make it become a convincing miniature form of an adult tree. I have other material for that, so I plan to keep this one small.
It has since budded out over the past few weeks, which is way too early. Winter here doesn't really start until January, and we had an uncomfortably warm October.
I am not sure what to do at this point. Should I let the winter do its thing and cause it to lose its new leaves and enter a new dormancy? Should I protect it from temperatures below 32 and let it skip dormancy?
I have not had this happen before. The tree (like most of us in the deep south this week), is a bit confused about what season it is.
Pictures attached - it is a small tree. I plan to keep it close to its current size. My interest in this tree is more in its leaves/thorns, rather than trying to make it become a convincing miniature form of an adult tree. I have other material for that, so I plan to keep this one small.
