Joanie

Lack of comment doesn't mean lack of appreciation! Heck, I'd drive up to your place and take this one off your hands at the drop of a hat!! It has a lot of promise!

Considering how quickly myrtle grows, how readily it buds back, and it's lovely flowers, this is really going to be nice if it lives. Sure, the nebari will take a while to build, but my myrtles (little piddly things compared to this!) quickly grow roots, and roots on their roots, if you don't watch them. You might even want to ground layer (would that be the right term?) the bottom for a root flare, if you think that it might work.

I love working on myrtles, and have quite a few. They are one of the nursery trees that are very inexpensive, have fairly good sized trunks even in a nursery pot, they will take a lot of abuse, they bud back as low as you want to cut them, and they are tolerant of dry conditions.

I cut one in a nursery pot from two feet down to about five inches, and it literally exploded with buds. The only problem seems to be choosing which shoots to use! They wire easily as long as they are getting a little mature, otherwise, they snap off pretty quickly.

Beautiful, Al!! Please show more pictures when it's leafing out.

Joanie

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