Kentucky Coffee Tree

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

A month later and she's happy as can be.

Close-up of nodes showing clear branch color.

 

[flowerweaver]

Looks great Sprig!

 

[Nyboy]

Nice how many years before flowering?

 

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

Nice how many years before flowering?

I don't know specifically @Nyboy. If I were to wager a guess I'd say 4 years, but I really don't know.

 

[Nyboy]

Are you planing on keeping in a container or planting in yard ?

 

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

Are you planing on keeping in a container or planting in yard ?

I have a spot picked out in my front yard. That spot currently has a very small blue spruce that I'll take out.

 

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

So, my young tree was hit hard by hail in early may, but what really upset me was the squirrel that bit off bud that FINALLY came out in July.

So, thinking it wasn't going to survive I hacksawed, germinated and planted five new seeds. Guess what happened the next night.... Mr. Squirrel dug up each damn one. I found two (!!) empty shells in a nearby pepper plant, but nothing else. Two weeks later I'm watering my Brandywine tomatoes and I see a sprout coming out of my mulch where a squirrel had obviously dug a hole before, and it was absolutely a KCT sprout. It gave me a huge smile, a huge laugh and put my frustration with the squirrel in flux.

The old sapling is still pushing through, but I'll post a pic of the new guy as well

 

[Nyboy]

Sorry might want to invite squirrel as guest of honor to dinner.

 

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

Sorry might want to invite squirrel as guest of honor to dinner.

Yeah, you better believe that's happening . The cats and dogs around here obviously aren't doing enough.

 

[Nyboy]

Maybe stop feeding them for a day or 2. Hungry cats hunt.