A Tale of Two Trees

On my way home a couple of weeks ago, I saw someone pruning and watering a live oak.  I thought: well good for them and good luck.  Yesterday I saw the same tree and its sprouting growth!  Here it is:

To compare, here's a picture of another tree in the east end:

Now you may say: "Its hard to compare two random trees; one may have been more saturated with salt"..... Possibly but not in this case. 

 In case you're still wondering, these are the same trees as above.