Question: why do you say “probably the only one for thousands of miles”? I took it as there aren’t oaks in China so I looked it up there are three native oaks. Is yours a native? How are the Chinese oaks for bonsai?
Here are my oaks..... none are in bonsai training yet but are growing strong! Not sure Of the scientific names but I have black oaks, cork oak, regal prince oak, shumard oak, and the little seedlings you see are blue oaks from a great big oak I collected acorns from in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Super happy to see the renewed interest in this thread! Here are a couple more of mine. View attachment 312738View attachment 312739View attachment 312740View attachment 312741View attachment 312742View attachment 312743View attachment 312744View attachment 312745
Those are both Buckley oaks. The two below them are escarpment live oaksWhat are trees 3 & 4 from top please?
... I was hoping it wouldn't drop its leaves as these are known to do with root work but after 2 weeks it dropped 90+%. It came back with new buds on all branches within a month or so. I'm really curious what's going on under the soil.
I had 4 flushes of growth last year on my Q. ilex, though the last one was minimal and only on some branches.I get multiple flushes on my Quercus agrifolia. I suspect nearly all oak species are multi flush but it depends on the climate and growing conditions.
It’s been a pretty mild year so far here. Both my agrifolia and garryana specimens are in a second flush right now. They’ll go dormant for July and August, especially when upper 80s are common highs.
I forget if I tend to get a fall flush. I want to say yes but I don’t have any photos from previous years that would prove it.