timhanson81
Yamadori
Is anyone using Acer palmatum 'Seiryu' for bonsai? I couldn't find any pictures in a quick search, but it seems like it would be a great candidate. I'd love to see a group of these dissected leaved trees in a forest planting. Their leaves are closer in overall size to Acer palmatum sp. than to most of the larger leaved dissectum varieties and I assume they could be reduced a bit.
I collected a bunch of seed from a beautiful Seiryu last fall, and out of the 500 or so seedlings currently growing, about 50 have nice dissected leaves. Now I realize that these seedlings aren't technically 'Seiryu' and that they may not even keep these seedling leaf characteristics, but I am excited to see how they progress. I was also reading that it is possible to grow this variety from cuttings.
Anyone have any reasons as to why they are not more widely used for bonsai other than the fact that they are mostly grafts?
I collected a bunch of seed from a beautiful Seiryu last fall, and out of the 500 or so seedlings currently growing, about 50 have nice dissected leaves. Now I realize that these seedlings aren't technically 'Seiryu' and that they may not even keep these seedling leaf characteristics, but I am excited to see how they progress. I was also reading that it is possible to grow this variety from cuttings.
Anyone have any reasons as to why they are not more widely used for bonsai other than the fact that they are mostly grafts?