Show Off Your Mulberry Bonsai

[milehigh_7]

I just got this tree into the ground two or three weeks ago in my new raised bed made from everything available in my yard, medium included

I do not know what kind of mulberry it is but I have a large 30 footer in the yard. Started cuttings recently, too.

This might be of some help. https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr_237.pdf

 

[HandyGringo]

It's not much, but it's a Mulberry! Should have been repotted. I didn't get around to it.

 

[Drohnen]

Defoliated a few days ago O.O

I noticed new roots growing in a hollow area of the trunk right where they will be needed, and other areas, so I raised the soil level around the tree with an old mirror frame to improve the nebari.
The trunk does flare out a bit more than you can see in the pictures, too.

Starting a few trees, and I must say as a beginner, the mulberry is so damn fun! It is responsive to pruning, good for practicing wiring, hard to kill, buds easily, etcetera... Just an awesome species!

 

[Drohnen]

 

[MMJNICE]

Fruiting for the first time this year and been in training since it was even a littler tiny sapling..

 

[Joe Dupre']

This one character-laden specimen has a story to tell, but I just guessed. Found on roadside, having been positively ravaged by the road crews for years. When I found it, it was growing completely flat on the ground. The hollow was caused (??) by a Bush Hog some years ago. It took me a couple of years to train it to an upright position. It throws sprouts everywhere but where I want them. I'm in the process of trying an approach graft. The "new" side seems to be getting bigger than the "old" side.

 

[SFDrake]

This one character-laden specimen has a story to tell, but I just guessed. Found on roadside, having been positively ravaged by the road crews for years. When I found it, it was growing completely flat on the ground. The hollow was caused (??) by a Bush Hog some years ago. It took me a couple of years to train it to an upright position. It throws sprouts everywhere but where I want them. I'm in the process of trying an approach graft. The "new" side seems to be getting bigger than the "old" side.

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I love a tree that has stories, and this one definitely does! I hope you keep us updated on its development....nice tree!

 

[Joe Dupre']

I'll add a bit of info. The tree had been flattened and split open like a wagon wheel, with much smaller trunks radiating out from the center. This one was the biggest and best of the lot.

 

[MMJNICE]

This one character-laden specimen has a story to tell, but I just guessed. Found on roadside, having been positively ravaged by the road crews for years. When I found it, it was growing completely flat on the ground. The hollow was caused (??) by a Bush Hog some years ago. It took me a couple of years to train it to an upright position. It throws sprouts everywhere but where I want them. I'm in the process of trying an approach graft. The "new" side seems to be getting bigger than the "old" side.

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Super cool tree!! I found a siberian elm in the same situation growing sideways on the ground being mowed over countless times
. I turned it into a raft why fight the way it was growing i thought, but your tree looks amazing already... nice find.

 

[roberthu]

Here's one I dug in Feb. of this year. This pic was taken in May. Really vigorous growers!

The leaves look like oak?