ColinFraser
Masterpiece
I cracked up the other day when I saw this LiquidAmber outside the meeting place of my local bonsai club. These are frequently in nurseries around here as grafted cultivars that produce reliable fall color, even with our mild climate. That appeals to me, but I always worry about the grafts - here's a good example of why! The rootstock is clearly a bit more vigorous than the rest of the tree and has ballooned into what I see as a grotesquely 'muscular', almost nebari-ish, but not attractive base - with a telephone pole sticking out of the middle of it!
The suckers have a completely different leaf shape from the canopy, so I'm certain it's a graft. I just thought it would be fun to share. I sometimes try to convince myself that a fatal flaw in a prospective acquisition isn't really so bad. Seeing things like this reminds me that no amount of time and growth can fix some things
The suckers have a completely different leaf shape from the canopy, so I'm certain it's a graft. I just thought it would be fun to share. I sometimes try to convince myself that a fatal flaw in a prospective acquisition isn't really so bad. Seeing things like this reminds me that no amount of time and growth can fix some things