Ficus microcarpa 2 progression. Green island? Green mound? Who knows?

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Too hot to be outside so I’ll start a progression thread instead.
March 2019

 

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July 2019 I split it into two larger pieces and many, many cuttings. The nursery had it in two pots. Rootball was solid.

 

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January 2020

 

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February 2020. I decided I didn’t chop them back far enough.

 

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Today

 

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There are probably more cuttings that came from this one but these are the ones I remember for sure.

 

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The smaller one of these is a cutting from the bigger cutting. I took the small one off a few months ago.

 

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The two bigger ones are pushing lots of growth. Did some thinning today.

 

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[Forsoothe!]

'Green Mound' is a more pointed variant of 'Green Island'. You have 'Green Mound'.

 

[SWfloirda]

'Green Mound' is a more pointed variant of 'Green Island'. You have 'Green Mound'.

All of the retailers down here call it green island but I also think it’s green mound. It has been very easy and forgiving to work with.

 

[Forsoothe!]

The variety is newly named in the last ten years or so. It probably has been around for a long time. I have both.

I don't know if these have been crossed back and forth (open or field pollinated) in the trade and some individuals are more different than others in the trade or if there is instability in the species so that individuals sport back and forth while nobody really pays attention because they can be pretty close. I denude both of these at least once a year so the leaves are smaller than the type which may or may not exaggerate the difference.

 

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Pruned hard today

 

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[Lorax7]

All of the retailers down here call it green island but I also think it’s green mound. It has been very easy and forgiving to work with.

I'm not familiar with Green Mound, but I agree that it doesn't look like Green Island. The leaves on Green Island are more rounded than these. The leaves also tend to be on the larger side in comparison to other ficus that are popular for bonsai, such as Tiger Bark.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

I'm not familiar with Green Mound, but I agree that it doesn't look like Green Island. The leaves on Green Island are more rounded than these. The leaves also tend to be on the larger side in comparison to other ficus that are popular for bonsai, such as Tiger Bark.

Its Green emerald

 

[just.wing.it]

Do you ever wire this ficus? Or all clip and grow?

 

[SWfloirda]

Do you ever wire this ficus? Or all clip and grow?

So far it’s been all clip and grow. I’m gong to let it grow through the winter and give it a hard prune and wire in the spring. Late January or early February for me.