It's always worth a try ...but I wouldn't hold your breath... I have had little luck and the scuttlebutt is that rooted trees are not very hardy meaning if it gets through the first two years you're probably out of the woods ...to me that amount of time to possible waist is NOT acceptable ...but for your situation why not...There was a guy last summer either here or at daves garden who was HOT TO TROT on rooting ...he had special rooting soil pots and bragged about he could root anything even without rooting hormone and was trying varias JM's ... Now maybe he's been sick or out of the country or otherwise indisposed ...but I asked that he report back ...haven't heard a "buds" worth out of him and its been over a year!!!...hmmmmm. I would also try to resurrect your damaged plant ...JM's can take alot and it may look like a deformed plant for a year or so but with proper trimming etc it could even look better than before down the road that might be alot less work and yeild a better result...who wants a perfect tree anyway differnt is better IMHO then you don't have to worry about every stinkin little thing that effects any tree... .David

Hi David,
Yes, in my situation, why not give it a try...and if I fail at least I could say I tried. I wouldn't have the courage to purposely go out and cut off branches, from any of my maples, especially on a tree that grows so slow, like this one, just to see if I could root it. I am not sure how to resurrect the remaining portion of the tree except for just letting grow. Della thought it would probably, eventually, grow back even better, but I am not too sure how to trim it to make it look better. Maybe, if you would, I can email you privately with pictures and you could comment on how to shape it.

P.S. Rusty, the wonder dog, is still trucking around slowly.

-Ivy

Oh Ivy i didn't recognize the user name ...sure send 'em along ...and I agree with della it will most likely be ok David

Thanks, David.
I'll send some pictures to you tomorrow. -Ivy