There is one in a park near me. Its a sapling and hasnt grown much in the past several years and I havent seen any acorns on it. It does have large leaves.
I think I am done pruning pears also. Seems like they spend all their energy the following year replacing the branches that I cut off over the winter. Maybe if I don't prune, they will put some of that growth into existing branches.
Agreed on both accounts of first and last green. I am certain that it is normal in my area for Amur bush honeysuckle to hold leaves into first week of Dec (week of Ohio gun season). Haven't paid attention to exactly when most leaves drop, but I would guess by end of December most years. This...