TreeKiller64
Mame
OKAY, this goes out to the one who have doubts about a white poplar (ALBUS spp) that can become a reasonable looking BONSAI. I'll have pictures tmorrow. (after this STORM) LOL!
White Poplar and those who dis-belive,,
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I seriously think white poplar should be able to become great bonsai. We have them growing all over here, they bud like weeds and have quite small leaves for such huge trees. The leaves are similar to a trident maple too. 
For some reason everyone in my home town is convinced they are silver maples...(some argue adamantly with me about this... I just leave it after a while.) We do actually have some silver maples around town; but a lot of poplars too.
For some reason everyone in my home town is convinced they are silver maples...(some argue adamantly with me about this... I just leave it after a while.) We do actually have some silver maples around town; but a lot of poplars too.
TreeKiller64
Mame
i have a FEW Silvers too,,, and I know the diff, this is a white, Hope your's is growing well.
DRIFTER7777
Yamadori
Still storming?
Dario
Seedling
I am really interested to see your white poplar results as I am collecting one in a couple of months.
Cheers, Dario.
Cheers, Dario.
tmmason10
Omono
The anticipation is killin us!
marcosolo
Mame
This might be the first bonsai troll ever......we shall see....
daygan
Chumono
While we're waiting for this legendary white poplar bonsai, here are a couple of awkwardly angled (but real!) photos of a (I'm assuming White Poplar) sucker that I collected a couple months ago that's struggling to survive. If it makes it through the summer, maybe in a couple years I'll have something interesting that can start its journey to becoming bonsai...
Nothing special.. but it's something... whereas from Treekiller, so far we've got...
Nothing special.. but it's something... whereas from Treekiller, so far we've got...
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bonsai barry
Omono
This is a birch (I think) that I bought at a local nursery. This clump style was created by removing the origianl main trunk and letting the suckers develop. I don't have a lot of experience with birch, but what little experience I have has been frustrating because of random die back. However, I love the bark and the shape of the leaves,so I keep trying.
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monza
Shohin
Why we wait, here was one of my poplars. It died, should of never collected it not enough roots.
monza
Shohin
Lots of gnarly trees in the area, dog on bear alert.
daygan
Chumono
It does seem to be that with poplars, since many are suckers with greater dependency on the root system of the parent tree than their own root system, the challenge is getting enough devoted feeder roots. Perhaps trenching and a few extra seasons of growth would be helpful for separating and collecting these trees?
TreeKiller64
Mame
Sorry for the Wait,
Sorry for the wait, gets kinda busy being in the military, but here it is, I did have those in the past ( which shall remain nameless) who have said a White Poplar, wouldn't make a good bonsai. let me know what you think? Sorry, not the best at photography.
Sorry for the wait, gets kinda busy being in the military, but here it is, I did have those in the past ( which shall remain nameless) who have said a White Poplar, wouldn't make a good bonsai. let me know what you think? Sorry, not the best at photography.
marcosolo
Mame
Impressive.....I don't think the species can compete with some of the smaller foliar and nodal native species, but this tree is something to behold in its own right...I applaud you for trying and succeeding in making something presentable..Forgive me for my previous doubts......How long has it been in training?
daygan
Chumono
For a Poplar that's really nice! Thank you for posting when you finally found some free time. Do you think it's possible to get shorter internode length / denser ramification on this particular tree?
TreeKiller64
Mame
I think if I could spend some time I could possibly shorten the inter node length, the tree took a hit last year's heat wave, I just let it grow out a bit and recover.I'm afraid of it suckering along the root system like it's parent tree which I collected it from.Any help here on the shortening process will surely help.
Thanks again.
KJ
Thanks again.
KJ
Dario
Seedling
Thanks for the update KJ.
How long has it been in training and how much has the leaf size reduced?
Cheers, Dario.
How long has it been in training and how much has the leaf size reduced?
Cheers, Dario.
TreeKiller64
Mame
I think I've had this tree about 10 years, I got it and a few more from a Massive growth out where I work it was about a pencil thin taper at the time. I found this tree can be complicated at time, doesn't take well to pruning, like water, and could prob use almost 2 transplanting a year. They also love to sucker out along the root line. But i'll Keep it for a few more years.
