What tree of yours leafs out the latest?

[TN_Jim]

My landscape crape myrtles are always the last to wake up, and still haven't. But my potted one showed buds a few weeks ago, and after a much needed repotting, it has a few new leaves.

Neighbors crape myrtles haven’t flushed out yet. We got a last push freeze a week ago. Tennessee is so wacky, I’m going to put the winter house plants out tomorrow but still feel tentative. I almost brought one (crape) home today with only buds.

 

[John P.]

Beech..hackberry was oddly early, let em burn...newly collected hackberry not early.
Some native collected elm never completely lost leaves, even in January..interesting to here Zelcova.

I somehow managed to kill all of my Zelkova last year by pushing them too hard. Ordered one from Brent because I didn’t want to wait to grow from seed as I did before. It’s now just barely leafing out on one node.

 

[Adair M]

Zelkova.

 

[Saddler]

Every year I think my Zelkova died over the winter. Every year it starts to bud three or so weeks after my second last tree buds.

 

[Malix]

Japanese hornbeam. Long after my Korean hornbeams and still later than my Japanese beech. It started to break buds while my KH’s have been in leaf for weeks.

 

[Yugen]

Garry oak for me

 

[TN_Jim]

I somehow managed to kill all of my Zelkova last year by pushing them too hard. Ordered one from Brent because I didn’t want to wait to grow from seed as I did before. It’s now just barely leafing out on one node.

Hang tight John! Elms fight!
Man that feeling..when you’re trying to say to a tree, “Come on little engine, we got this!!!”

 

[VAFisher]

Crape myrtle for me. One year, I had one finally start growing in June. This year I have 3 that haven't started moving yet and 2 that have been leafed out for at least 3 weeks. Scratch test says they are alive so just waiting.

Winged elm is next to last.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

This year the first to leaf out was my shin deshojo, and the last was my little leaf linden.

 

[M. Frary]

American elms.

 

[Maloghurst]

Beech and Bald cypress in the Pacific Northwest is always late as well. At least for me.

 

[BonsaiMatt]

American Hornbeam

 

[sorce]

@atlarsenal my yard barberry were first of anything, just popping a little though, then my basketed barberry started moving, I trimmed it, and it hasn't moved again!

I think it's the dead one!

Seems there are commonalities.

However, it would be nice to know how many are last because they were most confused last year. Late cut etc ..

I will be waiting for my Beaver Moon dug Hops Horny for sure. The Buckthorn Beaver Moon dug is leafing.

Sorce

 

[atlarsenal]

@atlarsenal my yard barberry were first of anything, just popping a little though, then my basketed barberry started moving, I trimmed it, and it hasn't moved again!

I think it's the dead one!

Seems there are commonalities.

However, it would be nice to know how many are last because they were most confused last year. Late cut etc ..

I will be waiting for my Beaver Moon dug Hops Horny for sure. The Buckthorn Beaver Moon dug is leafing.

Sorce

The barberries in the ground are early but the ones in pots are always late. I always wonder if they are dead and then they start showing life.

 

[penumbra]

Interesting thread. Lots of talk about hornbeams, zelcova, elms, crape myrtle etc. I am in zone 6 and all of these have been out for me weeks now. My beeches are just starting to push, even over oaks collected this spring. Some of my plants that would have pushed have been delayed a bit by re potting a month or so back. Example, a few parrotia not repotted are out and one repotted has live buds but has not pushed. Same is true of a few hornbeams that were potted this spring while the ones I already had are all in full leaf and have been for quite a while.

 

[RKatzin]

At this point it's a close race between European Beech, Korean Hornbeam and the oaks, both Coastal Live Oak and English Oaks.

 

[atlarsenal]

@penumbra i find the same thing here in Ga. Trees that I collected this year leafed before others of the same species that were collected previous years.

 

[Gustavo Martins]

Ulmus minor here. But I’ve got an unusual climate. Leaf fall only happens around late January here.

 

[arjun]

Beech in my microclimate is the last one to leaf out.

 

[ghues]

Smoke bush just started to flush, still waiting on the Paper bark maple and Gary Oak......on the 50th.