I received this tree as a small sapling from a friend who dug it up from his yard in Lake Jackson, and I planted it in the winter of 2015/2016. It leafed out very nicely on March 3rd, and promptly became completely (99%+) defoliated by june-bugs within the space of 2 or 3 nights.
Spraying with imidachloprid allowed a new crop of leaves to emerge and the tree started to flourish again. Beautiful new growth in the spring of 2017. The picture below is from March 4th, and the following one is from March 11th. |
Cedar Elm (early July 2021)
Cedar Elm (early July 2020)
Cedar Elm (end of June 2019)
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The leaves quickly hardened off and became rough and glossy. The picture below is from March 14th.
In mid-April 2017, the Cedar Elm had developed what looked like a fungal disease, although I could't find any reference to it on the internet. Most of the leaves had developed yellow blotches which in many cases merged to make almost the entire leaf yellow - a Cedar Elm can tolerate alkaline soil, so should not be chlorotic in my neutral soil. The year of 2017 seemed to be the year of unexplained diseases (including leaf distorting fungus on my Green Ash, Bigtooth Maple, Cottonwood, Chinquapin Oak, Sweetgums, and Water Tupelo, despite the weather not being cool and damp).
On August 19th 2017, the Cedar Elm had sprouted a lot of new leaves over the last couple of months and started looking better. I'm thinking the yellow leaves may have been caused by mites (like the Bald Cypress and Willow Oak) - I sprayed with Sevin in early August.
The Cedar Elm did great in 2019, putting on a lot of new growth and looking more and more like a decent sized tree. Mid April 2021: every year there's a new pest to be discovered in the yard. The Cedar Elm now has a new affliction - This time about 20% of the leaves have brown tips. On close inspection, the brown tips are actually little pouches containing a tiny maggot which is eating the leaves from inside. |
Cedar Elm (July 2018)
Cedar Elm (July 2017)
Cedar Elm (July 2016)
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