19Mateo83
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Ain’t that the truth
The 2023 Yamadori/Collecting Thread
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ShadyStump
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I feel the same. A half dead plant blowing through the parking lot gets put in the car, not the cart.
Frozentreehugger
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It’s -15c and there is 3 feet of snow outside . Your all in league with the devil 
. But you got some nice material .
. But you got some nice material . 
Joe Dupre'
Omono
I walked by the privet a couple of times and the planting angle and the long stubs just irked me. I pulled it out and cut some more off the tap roots and planted it deeper and more upright. First pic is the way I've been looking at it, but the back view has possibilities, too.
Wattsy
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Uk Hawthorn collected two last October and two today fingers crossed they make it
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Joe Dupre'
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Yeah, I'm spoiled. I have two mulberries that are just about completely leafed out. 3 feet of snow?? Might have experienced ONE foot in my whole life! I did my morning walk barefoot in the sugar cane fields.It’s -15c and there is 3 feet of snow outside . Your all in league with the devil
Leo in N E Illinois
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@Joe Dupre' - I really like the privet, nice.
We won't be passed our average "last frost" until May 1st.
We won't be passed our average "last frost" until May 1st.
Joe Dupre'
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That just boggles my mind! Many years I've seen fall colors and spring growth at the same time on a tree.
Frozentreehugger
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I would love to go down south . With you guys get out in the swamp . And collect some BC and or up in the mountains out west . For juniper . And or pine . But importation of a live tree into Canada is almost impossible red tape . Here in Ontario . There is no mountains . Most of the province is around 1000 feet above sea . Tallest point is somewhere around 2500 . Biggest dwarf contributors to trees . Are the cold . Or actually better put the winter wind . Another is the geology of the Canadian Shield . Which is large rock formations stuck out if the ground . Maje for lots of soil pocket type . Locations but you can do a lot of hiking to find them .
Frozentreehugger
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@Leo in N E Illinois You might be happy to learn . One of the first trees I’ll be collecting in the spring . Is a Allegheny Serviceberry . Will be looking for your advice . I can’t get the pics from last summer to load . ( snow storm interference I think ) all the roots are one sided . As the tree is growing against and on top of a large piece of granite . But it has a nice base . Sone old bark . And as suspected multi stems . But the rock is forcing nebari
Cajunrider
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This jujube survived multiple hurricanes. I dug it up from my old homestead as a living memento. Today it was chopped from 8ft down to 10”. It has a decent base and gorgeous bark.
Joe Dupre'
Omono
Very nice base and killer bark. I don't know what you have in mind, but a serious chop a few inches above the flair would give you the start of a powerful tree, albeit not for several years. I like a tree with a story.
Cajunrider
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That thing just went though a hard hard freeze so I left a little more on it for insurance. I may chop further. Since it will be a fruiting bonsai I thought I might give it a little height to keep the fruit above the ground.
Srt8madness
Omono
Well I'll have to take some pictures, but recently I found some trees amongst the pines that I THOUGHT were winged elm.
So I started collecting some cuttings, then when I tried to dig some smaller ones, none were from seed, all were root suckers 5-20' from parent tree. So decided to take root cuttings. Did a bunch of this, then discovered a parent tree that still had a few leaves on it.
Hmmm I said, these aren't saw tooth ovals, these are 5 lobed...oh son of a
they're all sweetgums. me sideways.
If there is any consolation, the leaves were super small compared to the big ugly sweetgum in my yard. I have little to no interest in growing sweetgums but we will see what comes up. Maybe my mind will change.
So I started collecting some cuttings, then when I tried to dig some smaller ones, none were from seed, all were root suckers 5-20' from parent tree. So decided to take root cuttings. Did a bunch of this, then discovered a parent tree that still had a few leaves on it.
Hmmm I said, these aren't saw tooth ovals, these are 5 lobed...oh son of a
they're all sweetgums. me sideways.If there is any consolation, the leaves were super small compared to the big ugly sweetgum in my yard. I have little to no interest in growing sweetgums but we will see what comes up. Maybe my mind will change.
The dogwood clump is just exceptional with the bark and the combo of three trunks. Is that going to be a red/pink flower?
Kanorin
Omono
Thanks! My understanding is that 95+% of wild dogwoods around here will have white flowers because the pink flowers are a recessive trait that is selected for in the nursery trade for their ornamental value...but maybe is not as fit for survival in the forest compared to the white flower.
Frozentreehugger
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When you say jujube are you referring to this Asian tree . Or is it Cajun for ??????
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Hmmm...only the pink flowered Dog Woods have bark like that here. The white flowered ones have pretty plain bark. All are nursery trees around here of course. No wild dogwoods in Eastern Oregon, only on West side.
Cajunrider
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Yes it is the exact species.
Kanorin
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I think we are probably talking about different species within the dogwood (cornus) genus. The one I collected is a Cornus florida - which has a native range that only extends as far west as Oklahoma. They will develop fissured bark, but not until they are somewhere around the 20+ year old mark.
You might be thinking of your native pacific dogwood, cornus nuttallii. Although, because cornus florida is such a popular landscape tree, it wouldn't surprise me if birds have dispersed their seeds into your forests.
