Collected Yaupon

[AZbonsai]

Fall thinning and cleanup, before and after.

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Scott

Looks great! I need to get mine cleaned up.

 

[misfit11]

Nice Scott. Do you have an update on the large one from the first post?

 

[markyscott]

Nice Scott. Do you have an update on the large one from the first post?

That one is no longer with me. As my trees have developed, they require more time and attention and I have had to reduce the number of trees in my collection. That was one I put up in the club auction.

- Scott

 

[Michael P]

Scott, just yesterday I was thinking that my yaupon needed some work and here is your post! I can see that you have thinned the tree, but exxactly how did you do that? Trim exterior twigs? Remove old foliage and inner twigs?

Thanks!

 

[markyscott]

Scott, just yesterday I was thinking that my yaupon needed some work and here is your post! I can see that you have thinned the tree, but exxactly how did you do that? Trim exterior twigs? Remove old foliage and inner twigs?

Thanks!

Hi MP. This time of year, I’m sure to leave growing tips (maybe not all of them, but a healthy percentage). On shoots that extended in the fall, I remove interior leaves. At each node, I thin to two branches. I remove downward growth and try and leave > 50% of the foliage.

If you live in an area that has harsher winters, you might consider leaving this work until spring. It is extremely mild here (highs in the 70s today) and we rarely freeze. I‘m not sure we had a freeze at all last year. When it does freeze, its rarely more than an hour or two. So trees are never truly dormant and I don’t have to worry too much about dieback. For me, doing this work in the fall spaces things out so I don’t have to worry about it during repotting season.

- Scott

 

[Michael P]

Thanks, Dallas is a zone colder than Houston so I'll wait. Here is a photo of the tree.

 

[Pj86]

Do yours flower? I read that both male and female plants should produce flowers.

 

[markyscott]

Do yours flower? I read that both male and female plants should produce flowers.

Sorry I missed your question. Mine have never flowered in bonsai culture, unfortunately.

 

[markyscott]

Spring 2021. Looking like a puff ball. I’ll pinch back in a month or so.

 

[Michael P]

Scott, you always answer my questions before I even ask them, LOL. Looking at my yaupon yesterday, I wondered if it was too early for a trim--now I know.

 

[luvinthemountains]

Don't get me wrong, this looks fantastic, but does anyone else see a fantastical dinosaur-type shape in that shot?

 

[Carol 83]

Don't get me wrong, this looks fantastic, but does anyone else see a fantastical dinosaur-type shape in that shot?

I do now..

 

[markyscott]

Pinching and thinning, before and after.

 

[markyscott]

Summer thinnng. Before and after.

 

[markyscott]

From 2014 to today - my display at the National Bonsai exhibition in Rochester. Hope to see some of you nuts there.