bwaynef

I've a Ginkgo which bears sentimental value for me. Its still in the nursery container and had ambitions of being planted in the yard eventually but after a few years I haven't made a space for it so I've decided I'll make it bonsai-esque for the time being (to accomodate any move we make from this home). Its 7-8 feet tall, and the first "bud" I see is about 1' above ground. Is it safe to cut anywhere below that or should I leave that bud to develop the rest of the tree? Other than watering and fertilizing the ginkgo as I did my other trees I have no experience with their responses to pruning (both root or top ...which leads me to another question on their tolerance of root pruning...)

I also purchased 2 nice cork-bark elms (pictures coming ...at my leisure) with a Christmas gift-certificate and other Christmas dough. They've really nice trunks, but one I'm considering reducing. The chop would be back into the cork-bark and I was wondering how well these trees budded back after the bark had developed cork. I have experience reducing Chinese elm "Allee" to offer an explosion of back budding. I have no idea how or if the cork-bark affects this.

Seems like I had another topic I wanted covered but I'll add to the thread if it comes back to me.

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