Quote Originally Posted by bearclaw View Post
Im with Nimrod on the nest.I have a couple trees and havent ever noticed a 'nest' of any sort.Nimrod,where do you find the umbrella trees? The city where I work has some huge catawba trees in a old textile mill land,probally big as a 55 gallon drum.Ive never saw any worms on these big trees though.
If not finding local order from tree nursery . You can cut off a good sized limb in spring when they bud out to propagate. Dip in water and then in root tone to coat where it will contact wet dirt. Push in several inches of good soil and keep watered and they will take root.