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Can confirm. A couple of years ago the ornamental plum in my front yard died and I cut it off near the base. Almost immediately about a hundred new trunks spr
by 13of40 9y ago
Can confirm. A couple of years ago the ornamental plum in my front yard died and I cut it off near the base. Almost immediately about a hundred new trunks sprouted from the stump and roots, and it was what I considered a handsome shrubbery for a year or so before my wife made me coppice the whole thing out of the ground with axe and pickup truck.
- foxhop 9y agoMore likely the scion died and the root stock took over. It wouldn't have grown the same plum or flower. You didn't coppice it when you removed it. Coppice is when a tree is "topped" like a haircut and then it grows back. Not all trees are suitable for coppicing, but the ones that do grow back vigorously and are great for firewood / lumber.
- 13of40 9y agoI was using the word "coppice" in jest, by juxtaposing the image of complete removal-by-force with the real meaning.