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    Field Maple stump giveaway - MD pickup only

    Posted on tree selling forum, but also posting here, since it's just giving away the tree, not selling. Field maple purchased from Evergreengardenworks long time ago as a gallon pot. Currently 4 inches at the base and over 4ft high. Giving away to someone who can provide better care, as I...
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    Field Maple Stump - Pickup MD area only

    Field maple that I bought as a one gallon pot from Evergreengardenworks. It was little over 1/2 inch when I got it, now it 4 inches at the base. It's in a healthy shape, but I cannot provide enough sun, and I wish to give it to someone who can take care of it better. Pickup only in Montgomery...
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    2022 5 year discount rack Peris japonica

    50% clearance from local Home Depot garden center. Initial plan is to wait until spring then repot and shape the tree.
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    Fixing a Field Maple Stump

    I dug up a field maple stump that was planted some years ago. When I started digging, what I though was the base of the tree (red line) just had 3 roots, and the true base was even lower. Is there a safe way to fix that bulge (black arrow) created by the higher roots? Will grinding away with...
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    Nursery find - ID please

    Went to a commercial garden center pick up some indoor house plants, and found this tree in a neglected state (some branches are broken, leaves crushed) at cheap price. It only had price and no other descriptions and cashiers didn't know what species this was. Could this be a hornbeam? Some...
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    Cork bark inverse taper

    I got a Yatsubusa elm mid this spring and slip-potted in to a 2 gallon pot. There's an inverse taper at middle section of the tree where it developed more corky bark than the lower section. Will it resolve itself as it grows and possibly develop corky bark at lower section? Or will it always...
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    Acer Rubrum

    So I got this red maple(which I understand is not a good bonsai specie) as an impulse buy while at Home Depot. Can anyone who has played around with A. Rubrum before tell me how much abuse it can take this time of the season? Can it take both significant chop + repot? Or should I just wait...
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    Field Maple trunk chop?

    I have an acer campestre that I planted in ground about 4 years ago and it is now about 2 1/4 inches thick. I have two questions. When is the best time for a major trunk chop for a field maple (I live in USDA zone 7a)? Can I still chop now? Or should I wait until next year? Also, should I just...
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