JoeR
Masterpiece
This is a stump that I chopped and collected this winter. I didn't know what it was but it has great bark for being so small so I figured why not. I started sawing it down to the lowest branch on the tree only to find out that the branch was dead. It was already too late so I finished the deed. It was chopped to nothing but a stump.
Come this spring, I notice it was (surprisingly) pushing out a few buds so I dug it up. Yet another complication, it is a shoot off a root from a larger tree. Some roots but not much.
Despite all this, it survived and is vigorous! The only issue is that the leaves are huge. I think they will reduce but I don't know if It will reduce enough to match the trunk size of this one. I cut one (I saw this done on a cherry in "The Bonsai Art of Japan") and it looks fine, it browned just a tiny bit on the edge but it's not noticeable.
I think its some sort of oak. I know oaks hybridize so it's difficult to identify them, but if anyone can tell me that it is an oak, and if so what kind of oak it is and if the leaves reduce that would be awesome.
Pictures:
Joe
Come this spring, I notice it was (surprisingly) pushing out a few buds so I dug it up. Yet another complication, it is a shoot off a root from a larger tree. Some roots but not much.
Despite all this, it survived and is vigorous! The only issue is that the leaves are huge. I think they will reduce but I don't know if It will reduce enough to match the trunk size of this one. I cut one (I saw this done on a cherry in "The Bonsai Art of Japan") and it looks fine, it browned just a tiny bit on the edge but it's not noticeable.
I think its some sort of oak. I know oaks hybridize so it's difficult to identify them, but if anyone can tell me that it is an oak, and if so what kind of oak it is and if the leaves reduce that would be awesome.
Pictures:
Joe
