hello in spain .... it is very hard to tell you anything specific without a picture ... but if the only growth is coming from under 2 feet .. i suspect it is dead above ... whether or not any of that is the actual apple cultivar you planted.. is dependent on where the plant was grafted ... if grafted below the live area.. your named cultivar will return if the graft is part of the dead zone.. then all you have is understock growing ... and that might not even be an edible apple ... can you get us a picture?? ken

I am really surprised that so many seem to be saying that Meyer's is a difficult citrus. My experience couldn't be more different. Mine has been overwintering in a cold garage where the January temps ran from 32 F. to 55 F., it was hardly watered and the light is decent but not intense. It is literally covered with fruit now and is beginning to push active growth in response to stronger sun and longer days. It also blooms throughout the year. Meantime, another Meyer's I brought inside for the winter, is covered with scale. I intend to wash it thoroughly and get it out of the house A.S.A.P.. So far, I would say I have been least impressed with flowering and fruiting (or lack of) of true lemons (not the hybrids). Maybe after a good year, I'll feel differently. Yes, citrus are good about recouping from defoliation. My Persian lime recouped nicely in the basement (under fluorescent) after some problems in late fall--currently in flower actually. Good luck!

Chicago, a few photos helps if you can post them. I would make sure your container is large enough, and it has well-draining potting soil. Lots of discussion on this forum about the best potting soil for citrus, both commercially available and mix-yourself. Also, it is well worth investing in a moisture meter. You can get a nice one just about anywhere - big box stores, Walmart, your local nursery. That way, there's no guessing. If the moisture meters reads below 50%, it's time to water. I would carefully re-pot your little tree and carefully look at the roots to make sure they're in good shape, not rotten or circling the pot. If they're in good shape, but circling, you'll want to trim them, as they'll just continue to grow in a circle and strangle the tree. Placing it in a nice sunny window is a good thing, and eventually when the weather allows, you can move it outside to filtered sunshine, then full sun as it atclimates to the outside and full sun. Patty S.

Kentrees, I am likely wrong about the Willow oak being tardily deciduous then, they really aren't seen around here in my area. Really my area has very little diversity in tree planting. Even the high falutin (likely misspelled) neighborhoods have the same old trees, Dogwood, Flowering Pear, Silver Maple, Arborvitae, Pin oak, Redbud, Red Maple, Crabapples, mostly small trees, or they shear them into submission each year. I planted a Sawtooth oak once, and then I read that they usually live about 80 years MAX, so I cut it down. I have a Compton's oak there now. I'm guessing it's life span will be about 500 years (maybe). It is a hybrid of Overcup oak and Live oak. Overcup may live 300 years, and Live oak 1,000 yrs, so at least 500 yrs, and I'm being stingy. But, this is my yard, and likely in several hundred years someone elses yard, so, it's likely some person will intervene and cut this trees life span off if it is "in the way" of their landscaping plans. I sure hope not. But, to tell ya the truth, I don't have any kids, and I am not likely to be having any before I'm too old, so I can't say that my property will not be clear cut after my brother passes away. My brother is much younger than me so unless he sells an acre or 2 once I croak, which he may do, I can't say for sure that all my oaks will live out there life expectancy anyway. I do know that I cut all the grass now with our lawn tractor, my brother has never cut grass, once I'm an old granny, and too old too cut grass, he may want to sell off some of our property, because he'll have to cut the grass. Well, maybe he won';t, I've been trying to get groundcovers growing under my trees, but, most of them aren't large enough to cast enough shade. I know that once the trees cast enough shade, and unless we are in a drought, some groundcovers can take hold under some trees, maybe not all. but, there's a chance that groundcovers can grow fine u nder several of my trees, I'm sorry guys, I'm a bit drunk, but, I think I'm still making some sense. I will say something that i have heard many times, the Sawtooth oak, is weakwooded, and grows fast but doesn't live very long, I am not sure about their acorns being very well chosen for wildlife, because I don't even know if thwy are considered white or red, but IF I HAD to say 1 or the other, I would SAY RED.