Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Al,
I love this idea! I've been working on trees for quite a few years, and have never once had a trident maple in a bonsai pot. I've always figured that they were so easy to grow, that I wouldn't have one unless it was a damn good one. I have several trident maples in the ground, and so far, they've just been growing and serving as cutting stock. We've also moved enough times that they haven't had the benefit of staying in the ground for a long-enough stretch to really take advantage of our long growing season.
That stated, here is my candidate. It is a 3-year-old cutting from a tri (ironically) that came from Gary Wood about 7 years ago. It was rooted in early 2007 about pencil-thick, planted in the ground in mid-summer, and left to grow in place through present time. (The parent tree is right behind it).
Here is a photo of the tri, circled in red and yellow taken in early 2008, after growing for one season; 2007.
I love this idea! I've been working on trees for quite a few years, and have never once had a trident maple in a bonsai pot. I've always figured that they were so easy to grow, that I wouldn't have one unless it was a damn good one. I have several trident maples in the ground, and so far, they've just been growing and serving as cutting stock. We've also moved enough times that they haven't had the benefit of staying in the ground for a long-enough stretch to really take advantage of our long growing season.
That stated, here is my candidate. It is a 3-year-old cutting from a tri (ironically) that came from Gary Wood about 7 years ago. It was rooted in early 2007 about pencil-thick, planted in the ground in mid-summer, and left to grow in place through present time. (The parent tree is right behind it).
Here is a photo of the tri, circled in red and yellow taken in early 2008, after growing for one season; 2007.