Huge Yaupon Holly

crab apple

Shohin
Messages
264
Reaction score
329
Location
N/W Florida
USDA Zone
9a
Just scored this huge landscape Yaupon Holly. It was minutes away from the bull dozer. I kept it moist and got it right home and in this bus tray. It's 96 degrees out so it may be doomed but I'm gonna give it a go. A couple of questions:
1) Should I leave the few remaining green growth that's on there (twigs w/leaves) or prune off.
2) Should I further reduce the whole thing ?
3) Leave in shade for a coup[le week?

The plant seemed to be vary vigorous just an hour or two ago.
 

Attachments

  • Yapoun 1.jpg
    Yapoun 1.jpg
    342.7 KB · Views: 91
  • Yapoun 2.jpg
    Yapoun 2.jpg
    349.3 KB · Views: 89
  • yapoun 3.jpg
    yapoun 3.jpg
    339.7 KB · Views: 90

Eckhoffw

Masterpiece
Messages
2,934
Reaction score
4,743
Location
St. Paul Mn.
USDA Zone
4b
I’d leave any green on there. That bit of foliage won’t demand much from roots, but may pull enough sap to keep that part alive.

If it’s real hot like you mentioned, a very shallow tray of water under the pot may help ensure it doesn’t dry out.
 

Bonsai Nut

Nuttier than your average Nut
Messages
12,418
Reaction score
27,830
Location
Charlotte area, North Carolina
USDA Zone
8a
They are really strong plants. I'd leave the green, but consider giving it afternoon shade. Make sure that tray you have it in has tons of drainage, but otherwise they drink water like a sieve.

If it survives, it should start pushing new buds all over the trunk. As soon as those buds start to push, I would eliminate the long growth you left on from before.
 

crab apple

Shohin
Messages
264
Reaction score
329
Location
N/W Florida
USDA Zone
9a
I wonder if I should black bag it. I did that with a wild Yaupon that I collected last winter that never came out of dormancy and it stated popping some buds, but now it seems too hot to be black bagging anything. I have very little experience with the technique.
 

Eckhoffw

Masterpiece
Messages
2,934
Reaction score
4,743
Location
St. Paul Mn.
USDA Zone
4b
I wonder if I should black bag it. I did that with a wild Yaupon that I collected last winter that never came out of dormancy and it stated popping some buds, but now it seems too hot to be black bagging anything. I have very little experience with the technique.
The bag seems dangerous. Pretty tough to safe monitor in high heat. Like @Bonsai Nut said, maybe afternoon shade/ or A dappled sun shade spot would be safer.
 

Cajunrider

Imperial Masterpiece
Messages
6,539
Reaction score
12,880
Location
Louisiana
USDA Zone
9A
I wonder if I should black bag it. I did that with a wild Yaupon that I collected last winter that never came out of dormancy and it stated popping some buds, but now it seems too hot to be black bagging anything. I have very little experience with the technique.
You are in NW Florida. Black bag it now will cook it. I collected 2 big ones last year right around this time. All I did was tossing them each in a Home Depot concrete mixing tub that I drilled a bunch of holes for drainage. Then I covered the roots with the cheapest potting soil I found. I watered them well every day. They budded in about 3-4 weeks and were kept for a year before I put them in bonsai soil.
 

rockm

Spuds Moyogi
Messages
14,181
Reaction score
22,178
Location
Fairfax Va.
USDA Zone
7
I wouldn't worry about black bagging this (that will, as said, cook it). You could even remove the green stuff. Yaupon is extremely tough and this one will likely push new buds from the trunk in a couple of weeks. Once those buds open and begin growing, you should watch the plant closely, as initial buds can be driven by momentum alone and not new roots.
 

crab apple

Shohin
Messages
264
Reaction score
329
Location
N/W Florida
USDA Zone
9a
Is this guy rdy for full sunlight? It's been about 5 weeks since collectionyaupon sprouts 1.jpgyaupon sprouts 2.jpgyaupon sprouts 3.jpg
 

crab apple

Shohin
Messages
264
Reaction score
329
Location
N/W Florida
USDA Zone
9a
Can anyone offer any help on how to proccede with this tree. I'm only about 3 years into bonsai and don't really know where to go with this one, it's way ahead of most of my other stuff cuz it was already old when I collected it. Seems like I'm stuck with this umbrela style top, each branch is kinda a broom style all messed together but I'm not really digging it. I have made pads in junipers but the branches were coming out of the sides so it wasn't difficult to cut voids inbetween, but with this one all the brances pointing strait up as seen in earlier pics.
I guess I've either got to accept the helmet head look or try to cut pads in it but the only way I can see to cut pads would be to reduce each "broom" down to one or two branches and this would probably reduce the foladge initialy down by 90 percent or more. Any suggestions?yapoun 4.jpgYapoun 5.jpg
 

Eckhoffw

Masterpiece
Messages
2,934
Reaction score
4,743
Location
St. Paul Mn.
USDA Zone
4b
It’s dense and shoots are running upwards yes, but it could be thinned out.
I would get in there and prune anything, not growing out of the side of branches

If you do this completely, I bet the tree will be thinned out enough to start picturing pads within the mass.
 

crab apple

Shohin
Messages
264
Reaction score
329
Location
N/W Florida
USDA Zone
9a
Would I need to reduce each branch where it only had a few secondary branches coming out of each large branch, usaully you would reduce to two or is that something that might be overlooked in a situation like this?
 
  • Like
Reactions: KTH
Top Bottom