It was not even two weeks ago that I removed the leaves from my large Trident Maple, and today the leaves are already popping. It has been a very hot and sunny Summer, so the risk of too much sun is always a concern. However with leaves popping all over the tree I know it will be a very short time that this tree has its canopy back.
Close up of Trident Maple bud
Here is a close up of one of the branches. The brown stem on top is where the leaf was removed. The large shoot to th right was the small bud at the base of the old leaf.
2 leaf intersection
Here is another example of the end of a branch where two leaves were removed. Although this looks to be one bud, there are two. One formed at the base of the old leaves. I’ll be sure to post future pictures to show how the size of these leaves were reduced by removing them.
