japanese maple

Hi all ! I'm based in the uk and had a Japanese maple shipped to me today , the sender didn't really seal / package the tree very well at all and then used a pretty useless courrier service . Basically so much soil was out the pot and the tree had completely shifted in the pot , wasn't wired...

Pretty new to bonsai but not new to grafting. I've grafted dozens of fruit trees such as apples in the past. I just picked up my first Japanese maple (no clue what the variety is but doesn't matter much to me at this point) and I after sitting with it for a few days I really enjoy the overall...

I have a JM that is still in its 5 gallon nursery pot with about a 1.5 in. diameter trunk. Great thick nebari. It is so vigorous, even though I trunk-chopped it back in March. It keeps throwing off huge long branches that break under their own weight! It is literally breaking branches off of...

I purchased two beautiful sharps pygmy japanese maples in nursery pots this spring. One of them I potted up in an oversized bonsai pot with akadama and pumice and pruned ~50% of the roots. That one is doing wonderfully. The other one I left in the nursery pot and did some minor pruning to the...

Hey Everybody, I've got this maple: It's an Orange Dream, I want to grow out to a large tree somewhat like this: My three main questions where: How do I get a trunk this size, without letting the tree have to grow 3-4 meters tall (like japanese maples that stand in gardens), can I...

I got this Japanese Maple last year and didn’t see the interior until this winter. It needs a lot of work and I could use any suggestions regarding where to airlayer (left side large branch/trunk has 2 limbs with movement I’d like to keep) or what all needs to be done. Red is air layer (or chop...

I have other Japanese Maples, but surprisingly all are cultivars and none nearly this big. I picked this up at my favorite maple nursery in the area. This is the most I’ve spent on a Japanese Maple but it being seedling grown, airlayer opportunities, and a decent base with a leader already...

I have some JM's that I'll be re-potting from grow bags to shallow wood grow boxes this spring, and wood like to do some hard pruning / trunk chops at the same time. I'd like to keep as much root mass as possible but don't want the trees to excessively bleed either. So, how much root reduction...

Hey all, This is my first post here, and I'm pretty new to Bonsai! I'm sorry in advance if there are resources covering this topic, but I did my best deep dive before posting. I was able to pick up Tamukeyama Japanese Maple and Kallay Juniper saplings from a local nursery (only $15 each!). I'm...

I'm thinking of grabbing some, but have never tried a Japanese maple. Was told the Standard Japanese maple was stronger, faster growing and could handle cold better than others. Is Beni Maiko a good maple tree to start on? What are the differences? Are they cared for/pruned/ built the same...

So this is my first Japanese Maple. I got it for free from a club member who stated pretty frankly that he was 65 and had started way to many trees from seed for a man his age. It was coming into leaf at the time and I just fed and watered it through the summer. Now it's fall and I finally...

I got this over a year ago and never bothered with ID, but some days the curiosity gets the better of me, anyone know what this is? Was gonna air layer the top 3 branches this year but never got around to it. I’m always away from home and when I’m back the tree is in recovery mode because of heat.

Dear bonsai artisans, I would like to ask for your opinions about this tree. How would you design it? Having a very shallow knowledge and experience in bonsai care, any piece of negative or positive feedback is valued. Thank you.

What are the best stores to buy pre-bonsai from? I'd love all species, but specifically Japanese maple. I can't seem to find any at my local nurseries and many I see online can be hundreds of euro. So what are the main stores to buy from? What are the best quality? What is the cheapest...

Hi, Long time lurker, first time poster here 👋 Just wanted to share my progression with a Japanese Maple air layer + Ebihara that was started last year. May 24, 2022: July 31, 2022: August 6, 2022 - Air layer separated August 19, 2022 April 7 2023 - First repotting

I found a lovely Coral Bark Japanese Maple today and purchased it with the intention of doing a trunk chop. It does not appear to be a grafted tree. It is about 6ft tall. My current plan is to do a trunk chop in maybe late January then let sit for another year until a repot the following...

Picked this Full Moon Japanese maple up recently where to previous owner kept it more as a patio plant. A bit of info on this tree, the base is just over 2" wide, and from the soil to the top of the tree is 2'-10". The previous owner bought it from a nursery just over a year ago and has not...

I have this larger Lion Head Japanese Maple I found burning up in the sun and dried up in a gravel lot. It looks a lot better now. The tree is in a 17 inch pot and the height is 44 inches tall. The tree is root bound currently but seems to still be doing well in this plastic pot. I’d like to...

We often see posts asking about named cultivars grown from seed which promptly get replies (rightly) stating that cultivars can only be propagated asexually. Any seedling is the result of sexual propagation so has new combinations of genes and is therefore a completely new cultivar. As...

Hey, I have these two trees, a Chinese Elm and a Japanese maple, and I noticed that both have this spiral bend of the trunk, however a lot of the trees I see online do not have this bend. Is it a custom to create these shapes, or am I justified in finding it slightly tacky and unnatural?

Spring leaves looking good.

My parents purchased a new vacation home up in hills last December and they were so excited to show me around when I went home for the holidays. It’s definitely a really nice place, but I very quickly lost interest in the home itself upon seeing the practically prehistoric Japanese maple in the...

Can someone please tell me exactly which variety of Japanese maples I have, two different plants, I can’t figure it out. Also the one with the red leaves is how I got one of them, if that helps.

I found them on the Colorado Rocky Mountain Bonsai "Bonsai Vendors" page, and they have a "For bonsai" section on their page where they list cultivars of JMs they sell with growth habits that are generally desired for maple bonsai subjects. Does anyone have experience with them? They seem...

I have this, probably, Dissectum Garnet that had a large trunk stump removed recently (was infected with orange fungus). I used tools to carve away all infected wood, used fungicide and then sealed the cut. Its starting to roll over slowly but if possible I want it to roll over much quicker...