it has a heavy angle to its dangleDoesn't look like a cherry to me.
To be honest, I'm having a hard time finding interesting features that would make it a nice bonsai.
I personally would pass. But it could be good practice to dig it up.
Don't you mean... ask permission to dig it up?we have these around me, this one is on a hillside and i see some potential for claiming it in future.
Sorry, can’t help with ID. I have to agree with the others though. You have a straight stick in the usable zone so instead of thinking about angles, think about movement. Unless, there’s something underground you can see that we cant. There’s just nothing dynamic that draws you in.it has a heavy angle to its dangle
its in my backyardDon't you mean... ask permission to dig it up?
appreciate the input.Sorry, can’t help with ID. I have to agree with the others though. You have a straight stick in the usable zone so instead of thinking about angles, think about movement. Unless, there’s something underground you can see that we cant. There’s just nothing dynamic that draws you in.
okits in my backyard
Second that. While the ones in my area (not so far from Dartmouth) appear to be essentially bulletproof while growing wild where you *don’t* want them, I’ve never managed to get one to survive more than a year or so in a pot or grow box.All the reports I've read, like from RockM, and others, the choke cherries are difficult to work with as bonsai. Doesn't mean I'm suggesting to avoid the species, but if you are looking for instant gratification, its not going to be with Prunus serotina or Prunus virginiana.
remeber this?Cherries, genus Prunus - leaves are in an alternate pattern
Viburnum - leaves are opposite pattern
Dogwood, genus Cornus - are in opposite pattern, except Alternate Leaf Dogwood - Cornus alternifolia - has alternate leaf pattern, with occasional reversion in places on the shrub to opposite pattern. The alternate leaf dogwood is native to your area of the country.
I think you are looking at either one of the choke cherries - Prunus virginiana (choke cherry) or Prunus serotina (black cherry) which have flowers in racemes
But you could be looking at Cornus alternifolia - which has flowers in a broad terminal cyme at the ends of lateral branches.
Easy to sort out when / if they bloom, but foliage and bark is fairly similar. Fairly "generic".
All the reports I've read, like from RockM, and others, the choke cherries are difficult to work with as bonsai. Doesn't mean I'm suggesting to avoid the species, but if you are looking for instant gratification, its not going to be with Prunus serotina or Prunus virginiana.
The Wikipedia was my source for the above info, and if you need to review definitions of cyme or raceme, Wikipedia has good definitions and examples.
Ulmus thomasii
You write well imoWho's the silver tongued devil that wrote that? I do use my real name there, though my screen name here is not much of a disguise.
I do believe in working with natives. My latest projects include Amelanchier, Diospyros virginiana, I'm looking for Ulmus thomasii. I have Ulmus rubra in the works. Jack pine, Pinus banksiana are native to areas a few hundred miles north of me, so I have been giving them a try.
So yes, I did indeed write that. You'll find a lot of my more verbose musings on IBC. If you can stomach reading them. I cringe a little at some of my older writing. Actually I cringe a little at some of the things I wrote yesterday. While I am not up to @sorce 's ability to write stream of consciousness, I can type as fast as I talk, which is why some of my notes tend to run on a bit.
Which is this?
I want a Rubra again.
Sorce
I think it has the prettiest leaves of all elms. At least of all my elms and I have maybe 6 or 7 types.Which is this?
I want a Rubra again.
Sorce
note, I take powdered slippery elm in capsules every day. Have done so for more than 30 years
Slippery elm is a tree. The inner bark (not the whole bark) is used as medicine. People take slippery elm for coughs, sore throat, colic, diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bladder and urinary tract infections, syphilis, herpes, and for expelling tapeworms.You trying to catch the blame for the lack of good stock? Lol!
What's it for? Super bonsai skills?
Sorce