Helped a family member remove these Flowering Dogwood trees from their parking strip. Not sure on variety but they were both ~15 ft tall trees. Figured we might as well see what we can do with them since we had to load and haul them to the dump otherwise.
Current plan is to clean up the exposed roots and plant them in the ground to recover for a few years. I’m not sure where to cut the trunks though, any advice is welcome!
by Mythicalnematode
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The trunk is already cut, let it recover and worry about leaf size, etc. in a season or two, then you can decide how big to keep it. Btw, I don’t know of a non flowering dogwood, the question is, which variety do you have? A Korean, American? They are understory trees, so find some shade for them.
If you ever intend on putting these in a bonsai pot, I’d cut those long roots much shorter right now.
just give it love and have fun
such a fun project, very jelly tbh
That bark doesn’t look anything like Cornus florida imo
Looks like a kousa to me ; major props if you can get that in a pot and healthy
Do not plant them in the ground. In the ground roots run long. If you’re trying to develop this tree as a bonsai, its better to place them in a growbox but if you need time to build one, try a deep planter for now
Make a grow box or get a big grow bag. Putting something like that back in the ground will have unreliable drainage and you don’t want it to sit in wet soil longer than it needs to while it doesn’t have anything to help with transpiration. Ask me how I know.
If you plant them in the ground, use a liner like landscape cloth to block the roots from running. After the trunks bud out, then you can cut them down if you want bonsai. Straight trunks like these are only good for broom style unless you cut very close to the ground and basically start over or make clumps, so leave lots of branches.