Updated: The Si-Hong from This Previous Update of This Post

This all began on 1st October 2024, when I first mentioned this little Si-Hong:

Which by December that same year looked like this:

In that post I mentioned how its sole mother fruiting branch was the reason for it having three fruiting branchlets and not advancing in height. I also stated:

It is easy to see why people not used to these trees think their tree is a dud — and a dead dud at that!  — that first winter. But come the following spring, with their tree now settled in, there is every chance an extension branch bud will shoot and cause that tree to double and sometimes even triple in height in just weeks.

Sure enough, that following year (spring, 2025):

Rapid growth out of nowhere, with an unrecognisably much taller tree. This is soooo typically jujube!

Here is a more recent photo, taken on 16th March this year 2026 — not looking its best as it’s slowly winding down for winter dormancy:

Again typical for a jujube tree, once settled and having put on some height, it was quite content to work on some lateral growth:

The photo below is at an angle, but the branch at about one o’clock is an extension/permanent branch and the others are secondary branches: