collected tree id help
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I'm having a hard time getting a close look at the leaf arrangement but at first glance it looks like a Prunus serotina (Black cherry). They have the pronounced lenticels on the trunks, have a wide range in the U.S. and can be found in wild/abandoned spots.
Kirk
Kirk
treebeard55
Chumono
Prunus serotina is my first guess, too. Everything I can see in the pics fits that conclusion.
Beautiful trees. I'm interested to see how well they adapt to bonsai culture for you. In my experience, they bleed for days after a major pruning; that's why I stopped working with them. But that was long ago in my bonsai experience, and very possibly I was doing something wrong.
Beautiful trees. I'm interested to see how well they adapt to bonsai culture for you. In my experience, they bleed for days after a major pruning; that's why I stopped working with them. But that was long ago in my bonsai experience, and very possibly I was doing something wrong.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
That's a good guess
I have had one as a bonsai for about ten years. I collected it myself. It's finicky about top pruning and tends to drop branches that have taken years to build. It suckers prolifically from the root crown.
It also draws borers and tent caterpillars. It is a pest magnet.
You cannot snip new growth back in the spring, as it can result in complete shoot die back. Pruning shoots too hard can result in winter die back.
Best time to hard prune is early spring. Trimming back hard on the apex results in a ton of new shoots below.
I managed to collect a rather old naturally dwarfed specimen with rough pine like bark. I would not collect this species if was the typical form
I have had one as a bonsai for about ten years. I collected it myself. It's finicky about top pruning and tends to drop branches that have taken years to build. It suckers prolifically from the root crown.
It also draws borers and tent caterpillars. It is a pest magnet.
You cannot snip new growth back in the spring, as it can result in complete shoot die back. Pruning shoots too hard can result in winter die back.
Best time to hard prune is early spring. Trimming back hard on the apex results in a ton of new shoots below.
I managed to collect a rather old naturally dwarfed specimen with rough pine like bark. I would not collect this species if was the typical form
Aside from its infestations of tent caterpillars, most of the mature trees I find in the woods or along landscape margins have black knot (black, warty galls). It still wouldn't stop me from giving it a go if I found a really interesting one, but there are some pest and disease considerations to be on the look out for.
