Before I left I defoliated my big Trident Maple as seen below.

This is it now four weeks later, I even had to shorten a few shoots.

My other smaller Trident had been defoliated earlier in the year and had been in full leaf again before I left. On my return it had extended some what.

Again both of these trees had been repotted this Spring and this shows just how strong a tree they can be even in my climate!!