Hit-and-Run Fir

[Cruiser]

This tree was growing in the middle of a two-track road.
It’s been run over, yet it perseveres. Interesting deadwood features tell the story. Damage to the top and side of the trunk has encouraged stronger growth in unscathed areas. Reiterated leaders have formed.
Healing around deadwood is vibrant and progressive.

 

[Michael P]

The healing damage looks like an old lightning scar.

 

[Cruiser]

Collection was in November 2023.


Housed in a screen-bottom wooden box. Pumice, lava rock, and potting mix.


By September ‘24 things were looking good. I decided to repot.
The tree had grown a lot of fine roots in the 10 months since collection.



Long large roots had died back.


Total removal.


Substrate is pumice-df bark.


A couple larger branches were pruned in October ‘24.



Current. Things look good.


Nearly all branches contain new shoots. New growth has also appeared on the trunk.


The lime-green healing edge is back rolling over scars.

 

[Cruiser]

Roll-over comparison. July 2024 and May 2025.

 

[Cruiser]

Epicormic buds developed along trunk and branches last year, even on parts of the tree that don’t get much light.