Collecting update

[WNC Bonsai]

Last winter I collected three American beech, two carolina hornbeams, two hawthorns, and a blackhaw virburnum so here is an update on their status.

First we have the Amerixan beech. Of the three, one has bgun to furl leaves, a second large one has buds that are starting to swell and change color from a medium brown to tan, and a smaller one is jsut sitting there but may come on late. Here are some photos of the success stories. More photos to follow.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

Next up is the hornbeams. The big one is jsut sitting there sulking so we’ll see what happens in the coming months—wo der if sweating it would help? At any rate the smaller one ismoushong a few buds. These things look like little red pin heads but as you can see on of them is about to push past the red phase and shoot out a green stem. Hopefully more will come.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

Now there are the hawthorns. One of them with twins trunks came from my back yard while the group came from a mountain top at over 5300’. They both are doing fairly well.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

Finally there is the blackhaw viburnum, also from my back yard. These are everywhere around here and grow like weeds plus I really like the bark. This one has a number of small buds erupting from the bark on the trunk, some root sprouts, and a few sprouts on the low limbs I left when collecting. It seems to be doing fairly well although it is running a bit behond the others like it in the yard.

 

[brentwood]

That's interesting - I had a Blackhaw 'chopped' by a buck, looks like he rubbed it into submission about 3 feet off the ground. It's sent a ton of growth off since, now thinking I may harvest it this year and move a dogwood into its former home. And put something up to spare it the same fate....

Brent