Doesn't look like JM. But it is nice maple just not JM.
I couldn’t tell being not as familiar with JM. As a matter of fact there are not many maples around here either. The nursery owner told me it is but I trust Bonsainut people more.
From a landscape perspective it is a good buy since I can bring them back to health. I post it here to see if any of them has potential to be decent bonsai. I know the Formosa Azalea tend to have big leaves and now I know that the maple is not a JM. So yeah to me it matters the opinion of folks in this forum.
were on an enthusiast website...why would you be on here at all if not to get some peer review?
Sure if you want to plant it in your yard, why not? Any plant can be put under the practices of bonsai.....just some are better subjects than others for the practice.
Yes, we are. The OP did not ask about the care of plants, what design style to approach, or anything else bonsai'ish related, only about their purchase of the plants. More often than not people buy plants in rough shape (knowing and seeing the plants are in rough shape) and post here and ask for our opinion as in a justification for their purchase.....hence stating the amount that was paid for the purchase.
All those questions will come later after I nurse them back to health. It wasn’t a justification for the purchase question because the amount is inconsequential. It was more like a hey guys with my buddies. My buddies then tell me I did good or that sucks and why so I learn. Either way I am happy with the input.
I understand.
Most humble person I know on this board. Stop by for a drink when you in Houston/Katy area.
We should meet some day.
The nursery owner said he ordered 50 red maples from a wholesaler delivered to him last February. They were placed in a sunny spot and all were sold except for this one that looked like the sun burned all the leaves. For that reason he thinks it is a JM because the leaves are much smaller and it can’t take much sun. He put it among the junk pile in the back of the nursery with the intend to try to bring it back to health later once he got through with the hurricane and freeze damage to his nursery.
