Recent content by Dan W.

Nice score! I’m following along. 🙂

I have Hot Blonde. It does well in full sun for me. Have you tried getting either of these on their own roots yet?

Are these from the Canada Bonsai Seigen’s?

Thank you! It is. I hit him up with the idea a couple years ago and Austin designed and built it for me. 🙂

Thank you! 🙏🏻 🙂

Sounds like a lot of fun!! I’m glad you got to go, and thank you for sharing. I should have had you look for one that I have been trying to get! 🤣

Thank you 🙂 Do you have any idea why they would choose to describe this tree specifically as Red/Beni seigen rather than simply Seigen as they do with all of the others? Different known cultivar? Unique traits of this particular Seigen?

Thank you for checking with your friend. 🙂 Yeah, I’ve known that “Beni” means red. What I think we need is a Japanese bonsai/maple expert, to figure out why they chose to describe this as Red seigen as opposed to just Seigen. 🤷🏼

I wondered the same, but I kind of doubt it. There are many Seigen’s in the Kokufu before and after this; even in the same album. Yes, leaves would be wonderful to see. 😂

Here’s one just to add to the fun of this thread. In all of the years of Kokufu dating back to Kokufu 37 in 1963, I’ve seen all of ONE tree listed as the cultivar ‘Beni seigen’. And Vertrees book mentions that ‘Corallinum’ is sometimes called ‘Beni seigen’. Other than these two places I haven’t...

There are also trees listed as ‘Beni seigen’, so it can get rather confusing. I do see now where it looks like you made up a name for the one that you have, and shortened it to b-seigen.

I’m sorry if I missed an explanation earlier in this thread, but what is a b-Seigen? Is that short for something else?

And…. There are a lot of amazing examples on the @kokufu_maples page on IG. 😉 Shishigashira is a favorite in Japan, at least judging by how often it shows up in the Kokufu. I’d say it’s one of, if not the most shown cultivar.

I wonder if a non-broom style Zelkova has ever been shown at Kokufu.. . 🧐

Nah… White pines! 🤣