Japanese Hornbeam ?

Yandrosxx

This is another project. I picked this Japanese Hornbeam up for cheap. Actually, I haven't paid for it yet because odds are it won't survive. It was on its way out and frankly still maybe. It has very few live roots. Very few.

When I bought it, it was sitting in the bottom of a larger pot with much of the root ball exposed to the elements. Consequently most of the roots were dead, soggy and falling off.

When I got it home, I trimmed off the dead roots and put it in this pot. Even though the pot looks somewhat small, there is still plenty of room for new roots to grow. That should give you an idea of what's left.

Nevertheless, I have no experience with Japanese hornbeams. How resilient are they?

Also, I am debating putting the pot on a heat pad to encourage it to send out new roots early in the hopes it will help it recover.

I'm keeping it in my sunroom presently because the weather is to severe. I suspect it has a better chance of making it in my sunrrom for now than it does it I expose what few live roots it still has to the elements.

Besides, it's spent most of the winter outside anyway.

Thoughts.

Incidentally the top half of the tree died back, so I cut it off, everything below the cut is still alive. I will eventually hollow the trunk out if it lives. But, that's a few years down the road.

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