Might be cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia). The root cuttings should do
fine.
Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org
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I got some plants that were called Texas Elms. They
were quite pot bound. I got lots of little things
that I divided from the main plant. I got the plant
when it was dormant.
Thinking it was an elm, I did root cuttings from 1"
diameter roots. Now that the other stuff is
sprouting, I see beach leaves, not elm leaves. What a
beech.
SO............ will these root cuttings sprout or not?
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Huh! I find Texan buckeye, Texan walnut, Texas ash, ebony,
mimosa, mountain laurel, palmetto, and red oak in my common
name/scientific name dictionary, but no Texas elm.
More imaginative naming by a nursery, I'd guess. Take a look at
Planara aquatica. It's leaves don't really look beechy, but it
has the "elm" name and it grows in Texas and stranger things may
have happened.
Jim Lewis -
- Tallahassee, FL
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