Stubborn buttonwood

[Barbells and bonsai]

As I’ve shown in my olive tree styling post, dainty trees are not my thing. My hands are too busted up to do the delicate work required so my main focus has been BC.

Earlier this year I got into buttonwoods and have been doing well in keeping them healthy besides 1.
My process after collection has been partial shade for 2 weeks then full sun. As you can see this worked well for 5/6 but one seems to be struggling.

I’ve been told to continue to water and wait but do wonder if it will survive. What do you think the odds are?

 

[doc spring _work]

id take a pair of primers and just gently test to see if any of its is still alive...

It certainly doesn't look like it's done well at all.. if it has passed it looks like it may be a decent candidate for a Phoenix graft.

If you have a small BC/ BC whip from a cutting might be a good place for it.

But if this where at my local nursery when I was working there they would throw it straight in the trash which is why have a thread of me trying to save material

 

[nuttiest]

Seriously thinking of bringing in my buttonwood tonight. Can they do 40?

 

[billy bonsai]

Seriously thinking of bringing in my buttonwood tonight. Can they do 40?

I would bring it in. 40 degrees is about as low as it can safely go. I have a silver variety that I am leaving out but the low here shouldn't be any lower than 45 degrees tonight. I have a lignum-vitae and a dwarf black olive, both recently purchased that I bought in earlier.