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Root shock

Last autumn, two trees were transplanted, they were 6 or 7 yrs in age and had grown from suckers. One is an elm: the other a locust. They undoubtably have had a tough time of it since.

Given that they were severed from main roots, which for the larger part acted as their life line, one could expect heavy die back to occur or even failure to occur. They were sensitively pruned with this in mind. But more troublingly, despite their being well cared for immediately afterwards, the task needed to be done with only three weeks before the onset of deep winter in Vermont, U.S.A.

The current situation is that neither tree has yet come into leaf, however, we remain hopeful because there are still the moist, green cells beneath the bark of their upper branches. 

How long has anybody known a tree to have had a delayed leaf-flush and then come through reasonably well, and what happened next if it went on to survive? Thanks.

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