Jay Wilson
Shohin
I was reading some threads on red maples this morning and got inspired to go work on some of mine.
Red Maples have some use as bonsai if you can work with their shortcomings.
They say the leaves don't reduce, but I've found they will to a degree.
Another area of concern is the inter-node length. I've found that this will shorten up quite a bit as well.
The last main thing against red maples is the length of the petioles...... I've not had much luck with that, but smaller leaves make for shorter petioles
Anyway, here are a couple of Red Maples.
This one is a broom looking thing I've been playing with for maybe 5 or 6 years.
First pic is after it's first defoliation this year back in mid March.
Second pic is today... 7 or 8 weeks later. Lots of wild, rank growth.
Third and fourth pic's are today as well, showing leaf size after cutting off the worst of the wild growth and then leafless.
This tree is coming along, but as with most of my trees, it needs a few more years.
Red Maples have some use as bonsai if you can work with their shortcomings.
They say the leaves don't reduce, but I've found they will to a degree.
Another area of concern is the inter-node length. I've found that this will shorten up quite a bit as well.
The last main thing against red maples is the length of the petioles...... I've not had much luck with that, but smaller leaves make for shorter petioles
Anyway, here are a couple of Red Maples.
This one is a broom looking thing I've been playing with for maybe 5 or 6 years.
First pic is after it's first defoliation this year back in mid March.
Second pic is today... 7 or 8 weeks later. Lots of wild, rank growth.
Third and fourth pic's are today as well, showing leaf size after cutting off the worst of the wild growth and then leafless.
This tree is coming along, but as with most of my trees, it needs a few more years.