Small Cork Oak

[gergwebber]

Hahaha... And just now I read that white oak leaves can be 4"-8" long... Well that's that I guess.

they will get down around 1-2 inches once the roots start crowding. but it will need to be medium to big in scale, or grown for winter view.

partial defoliation is a good choice for the big leaves.

 

[Mbpauley]

they will get down around 1-2 inches once the roots start crowding. but it will need to be medium to big in scale, or grown for winter view.

partial defoliation is a good choice for the big leaves.

Well, it's worth a try I guess. If they turn out to be too difficult I can always find someplace to just plant them and let them go wild.

I was reading in another thread that their leaves actually will get bigger with usual defoliation methods. I think it was rockm who said that, can't remember. So would leaving one intentionally somewhat potbound, along with developed ramification, keep the leaf size to a manageable size?

Also, thanks for your input, I really appreciate it.

 

[Smoke]

You're also invited to visit our club. http://abasbonsai.org/index.html
Paul

I wonder whos tree is on the flyer for the exhibit?

 

[PaulH]

I wonder whos tree is on the flyer for the exhibit?

Yeah, I wonder.....

Nice tree Al.

 

[milehigh_7]

You have a great setup and some really nice trees there. I'm particularly jealous of your valley oaks. In my area there are tons of cork oaks everywhere I turn, but the only valley oaks I can seem to find are very young and are planted in people's yards. Q. Lobata would definitely my first (i much prefer the leaf structure), but Q. Suber is a close second. Maybe at some point I'll ask around to see if I can take a few cuttings.

Oak cuttings won't be real successful. It is far easier to sprout acorns or to just pull up seedlings like weeds in January and put them in a rooter with bottom heat for awhile.

 

[trunghongmon]

I visited a bonsai nursery about 45 minutes away today and found this little guy. Immediately picked it up and knew I was taking it with me. I also picked up an azalea, but I'm a little more excited about the oak. It looks like the soil originally came up a bit higher and when they repotted it they noticed the gnarled tap root and left it exposed as a feature of the trunk. At least that's my theory. I didn't think to ask. The picture was taken in Dixon while visiting my girlfriend.

Your oak look very young but it also