my Ume

[0soyoung]

Yummmmmmmm!
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Bzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[bonhe]

Yummmmmmmm!
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Bzzzzzzzzzzzz

hahahahahaaaa.
Bonhe

 

[JudyB]

It is in its peak this evening.
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It had a visitor this morning.
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Bonhe

SWEET!

 

[bonhe]

SWEET!

I believe it.
Bonhe

 

[bonhe]

It actually has more flowers this afternoon! I can smell its scent few meter away!


I love its pure white!!!! It makes me think of Áo Dài!!!!


Bonhe

 

[bonhe]

It is loosing its leaves at this time.


It will have a lot of flowers this year I think

Bonhe

 

[Joshua Diaz]

It is loosing its leaves at this time.
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It will have a lot of flowers this year I think
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Bonhe

Do you have any cuttings for sale?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

It will have a lot of flowers this year I think

Bonhe

I think so too, nice!
Ever consider tilting it to the left and making the lean a bit more intentional?

 

[bonhe]

Do you have any cuttings for sale?

Thanks for asking. I don't think you can propagate the ume via cutting. I tried many times and it was unsuccessful.

I think so too, nice!
Ever consider tilting it to the left and making the lean a bit more intentional?
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Thanks. I did think of it, but....
Bonhe

 

[Paulpash]

Thanks for asking. I don't think you can propagate the ume via cutting. I tried many times and it was unsuccessful.


Thanks. I did think of it, but....
Bonhe

"For cultivars true to form, you'll have to propagate from softwood cuttings taken in early summer and kept misted.

Prunus mume can also be grafted by T or chip buddings with buds from soft or semi-hard wood onto the more available purple leaf plum, Prunus cerasifera, understock."

 

[bonhe]

"For cultivars true to form, you'll have to propagate from softwood cuttings taken in early summer and kept misted.

Prunus mume can also be grafted by T or chip buddings with buds from soft or semi-hard wood onto the more available purple leaf plum, Prunus cerasifera, understock."

Thank you for information. However, I tried all kinds! One stayed green for 18 months without movement at all. I finally gave it up! ;-)
Grafting is really good.
Bonhe

 

[Paulpash]

Thank you for information. However, I tried all kinds! One stayed green for 18 months without movement at all. I finally gave it up! ;-)
Grafting is really good.
Bonhe

Can it be grafted onto any Prunus?

@Adair might know of suitable understock - I hear he has had a lot of experience "experimenting"

 

[bonhe]

Can it be grafted onto any Prunus?

@Adair might know of suitable understock - I hear he has had a lot of experience "experimenting"

I think it can be grafted on to any Prunus, but the best rootstock will be Prunus armeniaca. My neighbor has a apricot fruit trees. Its roots escapes to my garden, and some suckers came up from those roots. I collects these suckers to use them as a rootstock for ume grafting. It grows fast and get flowers right in the 2nd year of growth.
Bonhe

 

[Adair M]

Can it be grafted onto any Prunus?

@Adair might know of suitable understock - I hear he has had a lot of experience "experimenting"

Indeed!

It works well for any Prunus.

Grafting Ume onto non-prunus creates great hilarity, especially under the influence of several Shiners!

 

[TomB]

Thank you for information. However, I tried all kinds! One stayed green for 18 months without movement at all. I finally gave it up! ;-)
Grafting is really good.
Bonhe

I get about a 20% success rate for prunus mume cuttings (Omoi no mama variety). I just stick them in regular potting compost in a moist shady spot, or in any other pot that's handy, around the time the flowers fade. It can take a over a year for them to strike though.
Never tried grafting them yet.

 

[Paulpash]

Indeed!

It works well for any Prunus.

Grafting Ume onto non-prunus creates great hilarity, especially under the influence of several Shiners!

I'm doing a graft job this spring onto a foundling trunk - thread grafts should be Ok I am presuming - my beni chidori arrived yesterday. Do ume grow strongly @Adair M ?

 

[Adair M]

I'm doing a graft job this spring onto a foundling trunk - thread grafts should be Ok I am presuming - my beni chidori arrived yesterday. Do ume grow strongly @Adair M ?

Yes, they are strong growers. But every insect and disease like them, too! I wouldn’t thread graft, I’d do a bunch of scion grafts!

 

[Toraidento]

Man I love that tree something new for me to read up on

 

[bonhe]

Its flowering buds are swollen well at this time. I think it will have flowers in a week or two.

Bonhe

 

[JudyB]

exciting!