Ash.
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ManSkirtBrew
Mame
I gotta say, this is kind of amazing to me. Any more photos? Maybe in leaf?
Aeast
Shohin
What species is this? Awesome tee
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
Powerful tree ,for sure!
The rootbase,EXCELLENT bark and the branch placement seem to be very well set up to make an amazing canopy.
The movement in the canopy across to the right is real nice.
Great work.
How long have you had it?
Is it a graft onto the trunk?
The rootbase,EXCELLENT bark and the branch placement seem to be very well set up to make an amazing canopy.
The movement in the canopy across to the right is real nice.
Great work.
How long have you had it?
Is it a graft onto the trunk?
I think it's excelsior or oxycarpa.
I've had it about 30 years or a bit more. It started as a weed growing in my propagating bed. It's not grafted - apart from the small front branch. It has taken me a long time to get the canopy doing what I wanted it to. I came close to throwing it out once...real close! From now on further development will be very easy. This is the stage where you can really start to enjoy the trees because all the logistics have been sorted out... or most of them...
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I don't have any pics of it in leaf. It looks like not much at all in summer.
Paulpash
Masterpiece
Probably the best example of an Ash I've seen. Kudos to you for persevering with this variety so long - many, myself included, would have moved on to something more amenable to becoming a bonsai by now. Says a lot about your determination.
Lazylightningny
Masterpiece
We have Fraxinus americana, white ash, growing all over here. I've never seen bark like this, even on very mature trees. You've grown a very nice bonsai.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Great tree!
I'd say Fraxinus oxycarpa because of the bark, more furrowed when mature than F. excelsior.
I'd say Fraxinus oxycarpa because of the bark, more furrowed when mature than F. excelsior.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Very nice!
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
I agree with this completely. I threw out my ashes this spring for them not being what I expected them to be. After seeing this one.. I wish I hadn't.
Silentrunning
Chumono
A beautiful tree for sure,
Very nice one, by the way, I think this is the older thread you started about the tree.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/cut-or-not.25051/
I see you changed the pot, the width looks better now but a nice pot would make the tree look even better
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/cut-or-not.25051/
I see you changed the pot, the width looks better now but a nice pot would make the tree look even better
Velodog2
Chumono
I’m guessing this is due to the compound leaves? I think that feature prevents ash from being used more extensively. But the winter image of this certainly makes this worthwhile. I’m intrigued by how the apex seems to come forward such that the first branch is underneath it, if that is correct based on how well I’m interpreting depth in the photo. It’s unconventional styling but it works.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Right. But defoliation can reduce the leaves. I've seen some that were defoliated up to 3 times a year, and the leaves reduced dramatically.
I haven't been able to achieve that with my own, so far I can't get no satisfaction, but I try, and I try...
Yes the leaves are such that they hide detail completely. They have reduced in size quite a lot ( I defoliate it twice/year ) but some trees are only made to look at in winter and to me this is one of them. The ''viewer side'' half of the main branch comes forward and out from the crown and the other half (kind of) goes towards the back.
