Japanese Maple #15

just.wing.it

Deadwood Head
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Just keeps getting better!
All the color variations are simply amazing.
I was just comparing the Nebari from the the first pics from 2018 to now....looking very nice and mature now.
 

ponderingsage

Yamadori
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Nice pot choice as well, it really accompanies all the color change.
 

Walter Pall

Masterpiece
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So you also do full defoliation on JM. Interesting...Definately the tree is beautiful. Full respect sir!

The trick is that I do nothing in spring. I just let grow and defoliate and hedge prune six to eight weeks after bud break. Thus the tree is very strong and has no problem to cope with the full defoliation. It answers with many more new buds than would come normally - because it has lots of energy for this. Traditional methods which are used by most folks lead to weaking of trees on purpose. Weak trees can react very negatively to full defoliation. Therefore they tell us to avoid this, especially on the smaller leaf varieties. No problem with my methods.
 
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