Some type of ash

[Waltron]

Here are my collected neglected ash, not sure what kind, if they are the white like mikes, or whatever kind you have here. Collected these last year just to mess with and study a bit.. was thinking of making a little mini ash forest which sounds lame. But you have made me want to try out a better piece of ash material, and I have thousands available to me.. these ones haven't done much, but they get very little attention, im going to pull out a fatter one this spring I reckon, see if I can do what you have done. have you figured out which kind of ash you have yet?

 

[aml1014]

Here are my collected neglected ash, not sure what kind, if they are the white like mikes, or whatever kind you have here. Collected these last year just to mess with and study a bit.. was thinking of making a little mini ash forest which sounds lame. But you have made me want to try out a better piece of ash material, and I have thousands available to me.. these ones haven't done much, but they get very little attention, im going to pull out a fatter one this spring I reckon, see if I can do what you have done. have you figured out which kind of ash you have yet?

Mine is an Arizona ash (fraxinus velutina)
I'm glad my tree inspired somebody! I'm even surprised it started turning out as nice as it has.
Aaron

 

[Craigm]

I'm glad my tree inspired somebody!

Some of us don't need inspiring, we already have been growing them for years.Some peopl do need to
open their minds though

 

[Potawatomi13]

Some of us don't need inspiring, we already have been growing them for years. Some people do need to open their minds though

Hear, Hear!

 

[M. Frary]

Some of us don't need inspiring, we already have been growing them for years.Some peopl do need to
open their minds though

No thanks.

 

[aml1014]

No fall colors this year, it got hit with 25°f when it was still green. So here's a nude pic, I'm starting to wire it.
I'll update when I'm finished wiring.

Aaron

 

[Nwaite]

Very nice.

Love the base on this tree.

 

[aml1014]

All wired up, I'm in dier need of some small wire
It's amazing how much ramifications it developed this year.
Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Repotted into a concrete pot I made over winter, nebari exposed!
I need a better back drop

Aaron

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Nice, coming along nicely. I would have kept the nebari buried a couple more years, it does look pretty good though.

My local ash, the green ash, tends to be very coarse. I have not tried to do bonsai with them yet. Don't think I will, got enough stuff already. But I am not ''against'' anyone trying the larger leaved, or more coarse growing trees. I have a couple magnolia, one is virginiana, the other is Liriodendron and they are coarse trees not normally used for bonsai, so I am a sympathetic soul for those who want to try ash trees. And I do recall seeing a couple horse chestnut bonsai that I admired. So I encourage your project. In some ways, this ash is much like a box elder, Acer negundo, which also tends to be somewhat coarse in their branching. Nice tree.

 

[aml1014]

Nice, coming along nicely. I would have kept the nebari buried a couple more years, it does look pretty good though.

My local ash, the green ash, tends to be very coarse. I have not tried to do bonsai with them yet. Don't think I will, got enough stuff already. But I am not ''against'' anyone trying the larger leaved, or more coarse growing trees. I have a couple magnolia, one is virginiana, the other is Liriodendron and they are coarse trees not normally used for bonsai, so I am a sympathetic soul for those who want to try ash trees. And I do recall seeing a couple horse chestnut bonsai that I admired. So I encourage your project. In some ways, this ash is much like a box elder, Acer negundo, which also tends to be somewhat coarse in their branching. Nice tree.

I also have a few negundo

Aaron