Has anyone use these maples for Bonsai material?

[remist17]

I just picked up 5 maples today from Topiary Gardens. By the way great place to get trees from.

Nishiki Gawa Rough Bark
Kasen Nishiki
Koto Ito Komachi
Edgewood golden ( red lacy leaf)

If anyone has used or seen these before I would like to hear from you. Any problems or quirks?
Thanks
Tim

 

[Dan W.]

I have Nishiki Gawa. So far I love it, but I've had it for less than a year. The bark is beautiful and the leaves are a decent size, and turned a nice red last fall.

 

[drew33998]

Yea ugh , I use dem maples fer bonsai.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

I have Nishiki gawa. Love it. Some say the bark is superior to that of Arakawa for bonsai.

 

[barrosinc]

Are they harder to grow than a regular acer palmatum?

 

[Kodama16]

I love that place! She just mailed me another 100 maples. They should be here Friday or Saturday: ) Diana is the best.

 

[remist17]

I love that place! She just mailed me another 100 maples. They should be here Friday or Saturday: ) Diana is the best.

100 maples! are these all going in pots are do you landscape with them>?

 

[Poink88]

I love that place! She just mailed me another 100 maples. They should be here Friday or Saturday: ) Diana is the best.

What place?

 

[Dan W.]

Dario, probably "Topiary Gardens" mentioned in the original post.

 

[Poink88]

Dario, probably "Topiary Gardens" mentioned in the original post.

Thanks. Since he said for Topiary Gardens, I thought he is making topiary. He meant "from". The following sentence made it clear.

 

[Paulpash]

Don't do it Dario - Maples are the bonsai equivalent of crack cocaine

 

[GrimLore]

I just picked up 5 maples today from Topiary Gardens. By the way great place to get trees from.

Nishiki Gawa Rough Bark
Kasen Nishiki
Koto Ito Komachi
Edgewood golden ( red lacy leaf)

If anyone has used or seen these before I would like to hear from you. Any problems or quirks?
Thanks
Tim

No problems with any of those that I know of. The shaded areas under larger trees you have will give you the best results. Enjoy!

Grimmy

 

[Kodama16]

All of my maples are in pots... Well like 20 in the ground as grow outs but will go back into pots. Yes maples are like crack. I got rid of 99% of my other trees. I do just maples now.

 

[remist17]

I put 2 in the ground as landscape trees. three of them are in pots, topiary "Jerry #2, Koto Ito Komachi, and edgewood golden.

I figure the two in the ground I can layer off sections. Ones in the ground are Nishiki gawa and Kasen nishiki

I am placing another order of 5 with Diana later next week.

 

[Kodama16]

Diana is the best guys. If you haven't order from her you need too. Best maples in the market.
Here a photo of the recent ones I just got from her: )
So happy.