I purchased my mother a laceleaf Japanese Maple when her father passed
away two years ago.

Yesterday some idiots who were cutting down trees let a branch fall on
the maple and broke it. For some reason then they cut off the tree at
the base - leaving about 2 inches above ground.

Will it grow back?

Todd wrote:
I purchased my mother a laceleaf Japanese Maple when her father
passed away two years ago.

Yesterday some idiots who were cutting down trees let a branch
fall
on the maple and broke it. For some reason then they cut off
the
tree at the base - leaving about 2 inches above ground.

Will it grow back?

Maybe. You should make the "idiots" pay.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

Todd wrote:
I purchased my mother a laceleaf Japanese Maple when her father passed
away two years ago.

Yesterday some idiots who were cutting down trees let a branch fall on
the maple and broke it. For some reason then they cut off the tree at
the base - leaving about 2 inches above ground.

Will it grow back?

I believe that laceleaf Japanese maples are almost always grafted onto
more ordinary Japanese maple rootstock, so even if something did come
back, it probably wouldn't be a laceleaf variety.

On 3 Oct 2005 18:05:03 -0700, "Todd" wrote:

I purchased my mother a laceleaf Japanese Maple when her father passed
away two years ago.

Yesterday some idiots who were cutting down trees let a branch fall on
the maple and broke it. For some reason then they cut off the tree at
the base - leaving about 2 inches above ground.

Will it grow back?
Make them replace it. The new growth, if any, will be weak and poorly
attached. It will be a poor substitute for what you lost.

k

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:46:15 -0500
Treedweller wrote:

] On 3 Oct 2005 18:05:03 -0700, "Todd" wrote:
]
] I purchased my mother a laceleaf Japanese Maple when her father passed
] away two years ago.
]
] Yesterday some idiots who were cutting down trees let a branch fall on
] the maple and broke it. For some reason then they cut off the tree at
] the base - leaving about 2 inches above ground.
]
] Will it grow back?
] Make them replace it. The new growth, if any, will be weak and poorly
] attached. It will be a poor substitute for what you lost.
]

Further, make sure they replace it with the same cultivar and the
same size as the plant they destroyed. My opinion also is that
what they've left has very little chance. What a shame.

-E

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"Treedweller" wrote
Make them replace it. The new growth, if any, will be weak and poorly
attached. It will be a poor substitute for what you lost.



Oh definitely make them replace it. That was destruction of property, and
wanton at that.
Once they find out what that little lapse of competence costs them they may
begin to watch what they are doing.



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Toni
South Florida USA
Zone 10b
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