The Davidia is dead; long live the Davidia.

Today they did it, the tree contracters that is, they removed the huge old davidia. It was an idyllic setting for.....even a removal. Actually, it wasn't a complete removal; they carefully left one large (~20') root sucker. We shall see how this experiment progresses.

 The post-adolescent seedling is shown in the bottom picture. Here's a photo from better days. (Only a year ago)