barrosinc
Masterpiece
I can't get enough of looking at these and they seem so scarce!
show your seigen maple!
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thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
sikadelic
Chumono
I had to google that one...I haven't heard of it before.
AboveBeyond
Shohin
I got a couple but they haven't bud out yet. Do seigen bud our later than most JP?
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Nice one Adair!
Here is mine photographed as it was just barely budding out in April. Unfortunately I missed taking a pic of it with its spring foliage which is a remarkable hot pink/red color. It easily rivals the most brilliant of maples like deshojo. Sadly, it is also notorious for poor autumn colors. The best specimen in the US that I know of is owned by Bill V.
Here is mine photographed as it was just barely budding out in April. Unfortunately I missed taking a pic of it with its spring foliage which is a remarkable hot pink/red color. It easily rivals the most brilliant of maples like deshojo. Sadly, it is also notorious for poor autumn colors. The best specimen in the US that I know of is owned by Bill V.
barrosinc
Masterpiece
nice one Adair and Mach5
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
I take bonsai pretty seriously, but can't recall a time when I've worked on one in the bathroom. 
Way to take it up a notch, Adair!
Way to take it up a notch, Adair!
William N. Valavanis
Chumono
I have a couple of Seigen Japanese maples I'm playing with. Some years the autumn color is great, but most years they are not colorful.
Like many fine bonsai, often both sides are attractive, but I prefer this view.
Bill
Like many fine bonsai, often both sides are attractive, but I prefer this view.
Bill
Eric Group
Masterpiece
And Bill just took this thread Nuclear! A couple trees posted that are very nice little Maples, then Bill posted pics of trees we buy books just to read about- Well, I do anyway... Specifically, isn't that first one you posted on the cover of "Classical Bonsai Art"? That just happens to be the last Bonsai book I purchased- Highly recommended!
I take bonsai pretty seriously, but can't recall a time when I've worked on one in the bathroom.
Way to take it up a notch, Adair!
Ha ha!
Yeah, I brought some of the shohin inside during one of the cold snaps this spring. Didn't have anywhere to put them where I could water them. Took them into the bath room so I could water them over the sink.
I think I've got a new line for Ron Anderson's "You know you're a bonsai freak when you..." Facebook page!
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Indeed...Bonsai in a can!
Now if he could only change the "your" to "you're" I may be able to read it without gritting my teeth!
AboveBeyond
Shohin
Where's a reliable source for getting Seigen that's intended for Bonsai (not grafted)?
William N. Valavanis
Chumono
Sorry, I don't have any either! Let me know if you find some, I'd like to purchase many…..
AboveBeyond
Shohin
Wow, that is a very nice Seigen...but way out of my budget.
http://www.suthinbonsaistudio.com/#!044-J-Maple-Seigen-12/zoom/c24tf/image_1c0n
barrosinc
Masterpiece
same here!! out of my budget by like 7400Wow, that is a very nice Seigen...but way out of my budget.
does anyone know why these are not very popular anymore? older books have a lot of them.
Eric Group
Masterpiece
I guess because nobody can find them! Jk
I went and did some intensive research ( this new site called "google", fist result...)
http://www.kiginursery.com/dwarf-miniatures/acer-palmatum-seigen-japanese-maple-tree/
Looks like there are some to be found...
Now, is it a tiny little twig grafted onto to regular JM stock? I am sure it is... Get your layering skills up and make your own trees from one of these... A couple years from now you could have a whole mini- tree army of them!
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