Trident Maple #01: Chubbs

[bonsaiwood]

Following up on my older thread documenting my developing field grown (later box grown) trident maples... https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/tridents-in-development.64915/#post-1203295

Each tree now gets its own thread to keep things a bit more organized.

Today I moved Trident Maple #01 into a 16" ceramic training pot. Root work, directional pruning, lime sulfur spray. The tree is right about at the height where I want it. Next steps are to continue developing the primaries, scar healing and defining the look of the apex. Taper has really come along and I am happy so far. Kudos to Dylan for growing amazing stock and Shibui for the early advice. Tree farmers deserve a lot more credit for the service they provide IMHO.

 

[SeanS]

Which pixel is your trident?

 

[bonsaiwood]

Looks like my not-so-professional photos strike again

 

[Shibui]

The picture come up well all the way down here.

Congratulations on growing/choosing a decent trunk. So many field grown trees we see here are vertical stumps. This one has taper, scars smaller or hidden and better shape. All the best in developing branches over the next few years.

 

[Gabler]

Tree farmers deserve a lot more credit for the service they provide IMHO.

Thread 'Who gets credit for a bonsai tree?'

Jan 15, 2026

I have always wondered why it's acceptable to buy a nearly-finished tree, style it, and enter it into a show under your name. If that's the convention, then fine, I'll go along with it, yet it's not what I would have chosen, nor others I've spoken with in meat space about this topic. I'm guessing it's an artifact of Japanese culture.

If the nebari and trunk are the most important part of a bonsai tree, then at least some credit should go to the original grower—listed somewhere under the owner's name on the show placard. Any intermediate owners should also appear, for that matter. I...

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[brentwood]

Where did you get original tree from?

B

 

[bonsaiwood]

Where did you get original tree from?

B

Cedar Rose nursery in Placerville CA along with a few others not quite ready for bonsai pots.