Shohin Clump Japanese Maple

[Brian Van Fleet]

Starting a thread on this maple from @Don Blackmond. I needed something to round out a shohin display, and this was an interesting addition. I bought it in leaf, but here are some shots from before I bought it.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

And shifted to a (cheap) yellow pot, which was the right color, shape, and size for the display, but not a good show pot.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Show time...

And after, moss removed, and fertilizer added...

Next winter I can start to refine the branches.

 

[Smoke]

Cool Beans. That stand is too small dude. I'm workin on 6 shohin tables as we speak.

 

[JudyB]

So that's where that one went! I like this clump, if the hornbeam hadn't happened along....

But I miss the planting angle where you can see all the trunks better...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Cool Beans. That stand is too small dude. I'm workin on 6 shohin tables as we speak.

Do you take orders? I might be ready to move up from the shohin starter rack in another 5 years or so...

But I miss the planting angle where you can see all the trunks better...

Yeah, it wasn't perfect, but it was the only way it fit into the pot and still have the movement I needed. Next year, Koyo.

 

[Dav4]

Great little tree, Brian. Cultivar?

 

[mattspinniken]

This has inspired me to make a bunch of air layers and start a clump.

 

[Adair M]

Cool Beans. That stand is too small dude. I'm workin on 6 shohin tables as we speak.

@Smoke, you do make excellent stands!

Careful there, BVF! Shohin are addictive!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I don't know of the cultivar. Maybe @Don Blackmond was told something...?
@Adair M I think 10 is a manageable upper limit, to have options by season. It's the pots that get scary!

 

[M. Frary]

This has inspired me to make a bunch of air layers and start a clump.

I just looked at Dons site. There is another.

 

[mattspinniken]

BVF, did you use any lime sulfer on this to hide the green? If you did, it looks great! If not, it looks great! Just curious...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

BVF, did you use any lime sulfer on this to hide the green? If you did, it looks great! If not, it looks great! Just curious...

No, it's actually barking up...and it's also the exact reason I picked it over the other one Mike mentioned.

 

[JudyB]

Yeah, I like the green pot one too, but I think the white pot one looks older, and this white pot one that Brian got has more trunks/interest for me.
I've got a good rack started (teehee) with a couple of options, now I have to get a stand for next season or the year after I think...
Good pickup, do you have the koyo yet?

 

[M. Frary]

teehee

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Good pickup, do you have the koyo yet?

Not yet, but I'm thinking a loud yellow in a mokko shape.

 

[Smoke]

I think 10 is a manageable upper limit, to have options by season.

Just 10?

I'm down to 50 now.

 

[jomawa]

Sooo, who has the nice rack, and who is the good pickup??? Oh, and by the way @Brian Van Fleet, nice tree.

 

[JudyB]

umm, me I hope... since the rest of you are dudes, that's setting the bar a bit low....

 

[Smoke]

umm, me I hope... since the rest of you are dudes, that's setting the bar a bit low....

Pics, or it didn't happen.