What tree species is your kryptonite?

[PastryBaker]

We all have favs, whether you are just starting or a pro.
What species is one or two that you love, and will always want more of? Even though you probably have a few already.

I will start. I have two, Bougainvillea and Texas Ebony. I have 3 of each, but every time I see a nice one I get weak.

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

I like big curves and I can not lie, when I see that bulge in just the right spot,
with that rugged bark, I cant help but buy that pot.
...yeah, my kryptonite is any tree that has good movement, nice base, and lots of potential. Of course, I'm finally developing enough impulse control to have refined my opinion of "potential." I'm learning to curb my enthusiasm, although I did pick up a variegated benjamina last week. At Walmart. I know. You don't even have to say anything.

 

[Charlo]

Satsuki /black pine and yamadori pondos

 

[Mike Westervelt]

Pinus, any variety, JPB, Scots, contorta, JRP, ponderosa hard to kill easy to tame

 

[BrianBay9]

Believe it or not, I don't seem to be able to keep trident maples alive

 

[jason biggs]

Believe it or not, I don't seem to be able to keep trident maples alive

i cannot keep bald cypress alive... how useless is that??

 

[Potawatomi13]

Bristlecone Pine: aristata, longaeva and balfouriana

 

[jeremy_norbury]

I like big curves and I can not lie, when I see that bulge in just the right spot,
with that rugged bark, I cant help but buy that pot.
...yeah, my kryptonite is any tree that has good movement, nice base, and lots of potential. Of course, I'm finally developing enough impulse control to have refined my opinion of "potential." I'm learning to curb my enthusiasm, although I did pick up a variegated benjamina last week. At Walmart. I know. You don't even have to say anything.

I have a tree to sell you...
IMG_2949 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

 

[jeremy_norbury]

My favourites and Larch and Korean Hornbeam...if I had to chose 2 species forever, it would be these two.

 

[zens]

I have too many favorites still...olives, flowering quince, elm, trident and hawthorn would be up there.

Black pines are probably my kryptonite still...i have one sapling left in my collection and i keep it with my succulents and cactus plants (ie i ignore it and it seems to be thriving finally).

 

[Charlo]

A feature that is my kryptonite is layers and layers of plated bark usually seen on old pines

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

I have a tree to sell you...
IMG_2949 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

Very nice, but...
... somehow, it looks nothing like the trees from the big box garden centers...

I have, finally, developed enough discipline to (mostly) stick to natives (or, at least native to the desert climates). I don't yet have the skills to keep something alive that grows so well in Amsterdam. Our climates are slightly different .

 

[NashsMan]

My Kryptonite is Japanese White Pines.
Unfortunately, despite my love of them and lots of reading and research about them, I seem to kill them one-by-one:
* The first was too much water during a rainy period when it was the wrong season to repot and get it out of the nursery soil.
* The second (though it's still struggling to live) was when a squirrel or chipmunk decided to overturn a pnd basket and rip the tree out of the careful half bare root potting medium.
" The third (which might actually survive!) was also a squirrel/chipmunk concretemp . I have since adopted the use of mothballs!
* The fourth is a JWP that I got at a club sale in September. I've been sparing in water on this one, but it's still not looking happy.

 

[EHA]

I would love to have a Stewartia monadelpha in my collection. But sadly, I have never seen any advertised or available in landscape nurseries in South Africa.

 

[EHA]

Also cannot find seed vendors locally, and I am too cautious to order seeds from overseas due to import restrictions etc.

 

[Kievnstavick]

I would love to have a Stewartia monadelpha in my collection. But sadly, I have never seen any advertised or available in landscape nurseries in South Africa.

If you can, buy some seeds and grow it yourself. The ones you would like find at a nursery would be around 3-5 years old.

My kyrptonite is Boababs. I have always been drawn to them. The best part is that I live in a climate that is not suitable for them. So I got into tropicals just because of my desire for that one species.

My second species would be Korean Fir. I just can't stop feeling the needles and I love the smell of it.

 

[EHA]

If you can, buy some seeds and grow it yourself. The ones you would like find at a nursery would be around 3-5 years old.

My kyrptonite is Boababs. I have always been drawn to them. The best part is that I live in a climate that is not suitable for them. So I got into tropicals just because of my desire for that one species.

My second species would be Korean Fir. I just can't stop feeling the needles and I love the smell of it.

I also love Baobabs, very easy to get in South Africa. Their trunks thicken really quickly. I have a few in development.

 

[EHA]

This Baobab is about 10 to 15 years old.

 

[Canada Bonsai]

What species is one or two that you love, and will always want more of?

Ume

 

[Yamamomiji]

So, I've started with Japanese maples and still cannot resist their many shapes, colours and arrangements with countless varieties.


Especially fond of my latest purchase, an Acer probably mixed palmatum with Shirasawanum ...

Varieties/species I currently plan to add: Acer palmatum Shishigashira, Acer palmatum Mikawa Yatsubusa, Acer japonicum aconitifolium (some seedlings in the making), Acer monspessulanum, etc ...