Today I collected a young common hackberry tree and I was just wondering if anyone who has tried this type of tree for bonsai could give me a few pointers about it. I would have left it alone but this was a rescue effort as the person I got it from was cutting all of the trees around a next years garden plot.
Hackberry bonsai?
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Bonsai Nut
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Do you know what kind of hackberry it was?
In general they are supposed to be drought tolerant, as well as being very flexible and easy to bend. This is due to the fact that they absorb and retain a lot of water - making the wood heavy but weak. They are very common in general, and I guess the greatest risk would be exposure to the cold - they require warm temperate conditions.
In general they are supposed to be drought tolerant, as well as being very flexible and easy to bend. This is due to the fact that they absorb and retain a lot of water - making the wood heavy but weak. They are very common in general, and I guess the greatest risk would be exposure to the cold - they require warm temperate conditions.
PaulH
Omono
I have a european hackberry (C. australus) that I grew from seed. I spent about 10 years in the ground and I put it in a bonsai pot just last year. I is pretty nice material to work with. The branches bud back easily and are developing quickly. The tree looks a little like a zelkova.
Ang3lfir3
Omono
The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection has a wonderful Chinese Hackberry. my fiance Victrinia has better pics but for now there is one on the psba website.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Native Hackberries are great trees. I have collected several in Birmingham and worked with them for a few years before selling them. They grow well, like Zelkovas, and you can get thick branches in a couple years, and beautiful ramification in a season or two. The roots can be a challenge...like elms, they tend to have a couple heavy ones, with the finer roots quite a ways out from the trunk. They are easy to wire and look great in the spring and winter. By the late summer, mine always had sooty-looking leaves. I'm planning to go collecting for some new hackberries in the spring.
Not too warm her in upstate NY...
They grow pretty commonly around here. It gets very cold and we get insane amounts of snow in the winter. I guess there are about 60-70 species of hackberry... Not sure how many in USA. But if you collected a species in CA where you are I'm guessing it's cold tolerance is drastically different...
They grow pretty commonly around here. It gets very cold and we get insane amounts of snow in the winter. I guess there are about 60-70 species of hackberry... Not sure how many in USA. But if you collected a species in CA where you are I'm guessing it's cold tolerance is drastically different...
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Easy tree to grow, stock came from the backyard in Lafayette, Louisiana [ 1980 ]
Get the trunk up to the size you want.
Will also restart itself from roots left in the ground.
Not sure how durable the heartwood is, so watch the big holes.
Using only grow and clip will also give good results.
Likes the full sun down here,
Good Day
Anthony
Get the trunk up to the size you want.
Will also restart itself from roots left in the ground.
Not sure how durable the heartwood is, so watch the big holes.
Using only grow and clip will also give good results.
Likes the full sun down here,
Good Day
Anthony
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