Maples

[AlainK]

Hi again,

From a cutting made in the late 90s.



'Orange dream', an air-layer :



Acer palmatum, another air-layer :

 

[19Mateo83]

I love JM cultivars on their own roots. You have some nice ones!

 

[spkokocki1956]

Hi again,

From a cutting made in the late 90s.

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'Orange dream', an air-layer :

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Acer palmatum, another air-layer :

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It is beautiful. I wish I can get mine to look like that.

 

[AlainK]

I wish I can get mine to look like that.

Be patient, take care of the tree...

 

[AlainK]

Another one, from seed this time. The "nebari" needs to be bettered :

 

[AlainK]

An air-layer.
Pictures from February 22 to today :

 

[spkokocki1956]

Another one, from seed this time. The "nebari" needs to be bettered :

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Still looks good to me.
Thanks for words of encouragement

 

[AlainK]

Very kind of you, thanks mate.

Where are you from,spkokocki1956 ?

It's always useful to know whereabout people are, climate, soil, etc. can make a difference.

Being of Polish origins, "kokocki" rings a bell. 1956, thats when I was 1 year old.

But all this can't help us, me included, to help you to... the Goden Path of Bonsai...




Joking apart, it's nice to know where people are from...

 

[spkokocki1956]

I live in Tampa, Fl.
Our climate zone is 9
Yes I am polish We are just about the same age.
Hope this helps.
I am a Bonsai novice and any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks

 

[MSU JBoots]

I love the root over rock maple! It’s built a nice trunk over 20+ years.

 

[AlainK]

Acer palmatum, another air-layer :

(acerp11_)

This one has held its leaves much longer than others.
I had moved it to a place where it got more sun a couple of weeks ago. In the weeds, and in the garage, under artificial lights :

 

[AlainK]

Just for the fun :
Aseedling of 'Ryusen' that has retained the weeping charctristics of the mother plant. I had dozens from the same tree, a quarter of them showing this weeping tendancy.
I put this one in a big pot, with fertilizer. July 23 and today :



It's hard to decide what I will do with the other ones in small pots,
I'm not sure they can make a "credible" bonsai : a "natural" tree doesn't look like that.

It's so artificial, a man-made cultivar, a sort of beautiful freak in a way, but making a kind of "niwaki" on a small scale is perhaps a way to go...

Maybe systematically pruning back to a "double bud", just leaving the one that points downward to see how the branches respond.

?

 

[MGTT]

I’m looking forward to your decision! I’m a fan of your progressions/styling. Thanks for sharing.