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I collected this and one other elm at a vacant lot where a local company has been dumping their concrete for some time. I collected these from pockets in the concrete just like in the mountains (something you don't see often in Nebraska). You're right about a big pot, maybe something not quite...

a little update on my gooseberry, the right side is coming along but I'm letting leader go on the left to rebuild on that side after losing the last one. Some of the leaves, however, are actually quite small and are beginning to show some good color. This one I may repot in spring and am...

Here's my elm as of today, time to start looking for a new pot for spring.

One of my hort professors instilled in me the the notion of "If you come across an individual with atypical characteristics, propagate it ASAP or you'll come back and it will be gone." Apparently he had put off propagating a Redbud that was cut down to make room for a parking lot by the time he...

The individual trunks of lilac aren't especially long lived and often tend to just peter out once they get so old. Borers seem to be a problem in my area as well. They do ,however, root well from what I have heard. The common lilac's flower is going to be out of scale with all but the biggest...

I feel like I have seen some lilac that Walter Pall has been working on. Ill see if I can find them when I get out of class. I just collected a lilac as well so we will both see if it is material worth working with. Good luck! -Jake Phillips

bougie nights- Thanks for the advice! The folks at my bonsai club said the same thing about watching the wire very closely, especially on the the branch that received the heaviest bending. I've been watching it every day so far and I think the wire is almost ready to come off. I'll probably go...

Here it is after some work with the good folks at the Nebraska Bonsai Society. It's the wrong time to wire but that branch wouldn't come down if I had given it another year of growth. What do you think? Should I still chop it? I know there aren't a whole lot of literati elms out there but...

Here are some more shots. I'm thinking of either air-layering or just chopping back to where it loses its taper (about even with the top of the sand bag in the third picture. (For some reason the pictures come out sideways when I post them no matter how they are oriented on my computer...

I'm going to wait a year or two before I begin styling but I'm having trouble finding direction in this tree so I am shamelessly asking for a virtual from anyone who this tree speaks to. This is what I'm thinking will be the front I'll take some more shots from other angles tomorrow...

Heres a little peek at the fall color (granted we had the worst drought on record here so that could account for some of the vibrance)

The brown blocks make the best soil ;)

Great post daygan! Collecting after leaf-out seems counterintuitive but I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that trees don't read the books. Once again, great post. I'll be trying some of this out on some of the oaks in my area.

Waiting until the buds just begin to swell in spring is probably your best bet. Try to get as much of the root system as you can as most oaks have a very substantial tap-root and have few fibrous roots close to the crown. Give it a try though! I've never collected Q. rubra, I'm on the western...

SlowMovingWaters- I'm pretty sure most persimmons are astringent until they have been through a frost or two. I'm considering grafting this onto the american species as an experiment but I'll probably wait until next winter to do that when I have some D. virginiana rootstock ready to go...

I would say look for the thickest branch with the best movement. Air-layering is a great way to obtain great material relatively quickly so good luck!

I don't necessarily mind the switching of families as long as they don't switch up the scientific name we all go by. That's the point of it, in my opinion, is so no matter what language we speak a Pinus is a Pinus is a Pinus.

It's still listed as being in the Ulmaceae family (along with the Elms) and both hops and cannabis are in the Cannabaceae family. The closest they come is being in the same class as all dicots (plants with vascular bundles arranged in concentric rings). At least thats how used to have it...

Any problems with those ugly leaf galls?

Gene- Cattle make the best yamadori in Nebraska. There are some exceptions but at least in the eastern third there are few trees worth collecting. But back to the Celtis. Did it recover relatively quickly from collection? Any other nuggets of wisdom or observations would be great. Thanks...

We have them all over here in Nebraska but I think they thin out substantially farther north. There is one by a cattle gate that I have my eye on for spring so hopefully I can learn something here too. The bark is just stunning and like Gene Deci said, the ramification and leaf reduction equally...

Anything ever come of this? I'm hoping to collect a few this spring.

I think this is a 'Tschi Tschi' ginkgo. I've never seen anyone use this cultivar before but it sure is a show-stopper!

I received two Princess Persimmon (Diospyros rhombifolia) seedlings for Christmas and was hoping someone might have some advice they could share. I've read that they can be treated as a tropical and grown inside but is this valid? Maybe a winter stay my basement would be able to satisfy any...

I don't know if it is technically a pine, but Wollemi pines are a real treat to botanical nerds like me. We are so lucky to have discovered an ancient population of these prehistoric trees and had the sense to propagate them to satisfy collectors and perpetuate the species. Although I hear a...