Ginkgophiles of the world unite!
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Cadillactaste
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Omono
The hidden Ginkgo. After a somewhat uneventful repot.
linina
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Hartinez
Masterpiece
Found this one at a local nursery with the top broken off. They had it on clearance at 60% off! I’m going to ground grow it for at least 5 yrs prob more. Unless I move! Dwarf variety, Jade Butterflies.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
I’m pretty pumped to have a Gingko and I can’t wait for this one to take on some size!
Littlejoe919
Shohin
Got this on last year, it was 13" tall. Put it in my grow bed this spring. It's now 27" tall. Going to let it run and thicken.
... these two are new at my favorite shop and we're buying a new car. Grab them if you can. I'm on the same boat with LittleJoe, growing mine in the ground.
bobbywett
Mame
My Chi Chi from Scott Lee ... just love it!!!
amatbrewer
Shohin
I have a love/hate relationship with my Ginkgo.
It is one of (if not the) first tree I got when I got back into Bonsai (after a ~20 year hiatus) and I got it quite cheep from a local nursery, so I am kind of fond of it. I love the fall color and the fact that it is a living fossil, but it is painfully slow to develop and has a number of flaws (most my own fault), including being in desperate need of another branch on the left side (I gave up on it growing what I need so plan to do a thread graft). It could also benefit from chopping the trunk lower, but it still has not healed over some previous cuts so I am hesitant to do that, figuring I can more easily live with the lack of taper than with a huge ugly scar. And of course there is the reverse taper, the scare below that...and so on, and so on...
Here is a pix from earlier in the season. the trunk is about 14" (35cm) tall, and I have partially fixed the rightward lean since taking this picture. It looks much better in full leaf...because it hides many of the flaws. This will be its first season in a Bonsai pot.
It is one of (if not the) first tree I got when I got back into Bonsai (after a ~20 year hiatus) and I got it quite cheep from a local nursery, so I am kind of fond of it. I love the fall color and the fact that it is a living fossil, but it is painfully slow to develop and has a number of flaws (most my own fault), including being in desperate need of another branch on the left side (I gave up on it growing what I need so plan to do a thread graft). It could also benefit from chopping the trunk lower, but it still has not healed over some previous cuts so I am hesitant to do that, figuring I can more easily live with the lack of taper than with a huge ugly scar. And of course there is the reverse taper, the scare below that...and so on, and so on...
Here is a pix from earlier in the season. the trunk is about 14" (35cm) tall, and I have partially fixed the rightward lean since taking this picture. It looks much better in full leaf...because it hides many of the flaws. This will be its first season in a Bonsai pot.
cbroad
Omono
Yeah but also compliments that smooth trunk!
I don't think I've ever seen such a smooth trunk on a ginkgo!
cbroad
Omono
Oops, here's my picture:
Here's the biggest of my three 'green pagoda' ginkgos. Repotted finally into a cut down squat 10 gallon pot. She's growing really well this year, probably close to 8" so far and still pushing. Decent growth for a dwarf.
Noticed just today that I need to add another guy wire in the front, there's quite a bit more lean on it than I want.
Here's the biggest of my three 'green pagoda' ginkgos. Repotted finally into a cut down squat 10 gallon pot. She's growing really well this year, probably close to 8" so far and still pushing. Decent growth for a dwarf.
Noticed just today that I need to add another guy wire in the front, there's quite a bit more lean on it than I want.
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
Boy do I get that! But not necessarily for the same reasons. While the ginkgo is one of my all time favorite plants, I have not found most ginkgo bonsai to be pleasing at all. I have had a few oddball ones for years but I am surprised at some of the new dwarf ones I have seen.
This spring I took my 6 foot ginkgo that has been in a pot for 30 years, and I chopped it back, wired the branches down and put it in a bonsai pot. I think it will be very interesting in a few years. I also have a small ginkgo forest that needs cutting back and about 20 seedlings I started this year.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Here is my gingko chi-chi in the middle of the garden as I removed its wires and did a bit of partial defoliation. I'll need to take a closer pic of it.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Looks peaceful Serg. I’m ready to FaceTime you one day and pick your brain about this garden I’m getting tired of!?
Nice early morning shot with the ginkgo:
Nice early morning shot with the ginkgo:
Starfox
Masterpiece
Mine is powering away nicely, probably due a trim or something soon.
For the same price just about.
https://www.laosgarden.com/gb/deciduous/7746-import-2019-ginkgo-biloba-i-349.html
For the same price just about.
https://www.laosgarden.com/gb/deciduous/7746-import-2019-ginkgo-biloba-i-349.html
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Mine the other day...trimmed the long overgrowth.
Leo in N E Illinois
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I owe a photo. One way to cure taper issues without chopping is to let it get taller. At 14 inches it is not that large for a ginkgo bonsai. Maybe go 24 to 30 inches.
I would try a single point bud graft instead of a thread graft to add a branch. But you could just give it time. They do bud back every now and then, if they are happy. I'm always getting root suckers from mine. I did have a branch pop on a 30+ year old trunk. It had been dug and chopped from 15 feet tall to only 12 inches about 10 years ago. Initially only 4 buds broke on the trunk, then 3 years ago another popped. I expect off and on more will come. Give yours sun, water, fertilizer and time, it will happen.
amatbrewer
Shohin
I appreciate the advice! I had not really thought about going taller...that would also help bring the thick lower branches into better proportion.
I am by nature an impulsive person, and bonsai is kind of my self-prescribed treatment. The ginkgo's slow growth it is proving to be a real challenge for me (I also have a shesheshgara)...To compensate I also have a dawn redwood which grows so fast I sometimes think I might actually be able to hear it. ;-)
Grafting is something I have not done yet so I am kind of itching for the right opportunity, but my focus is on learning air/ground layering right now. At some point when I am ready, I might hit you up for some guidance/advice on grafting the ginkgo, if you don't mind.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Notice the entire right side almost undeveloped. (2017 photo) and current photo. (Sorry for a duplicate but side by side comparison got me today.)
That right side has come along way!
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