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Originally Posted by lagunamadre
I tried to collect Ashe junipers a few years ago, but I too have given up on them. I even collected one of 1/4" caliper, with the ENTIRE root system, and it didn't make it. Larry
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Having grown up in the North San Antonio / Hill Country area I will testify that the Ashe Juniper is very difficult to collect and to keep alive. I've known “Wild Bill” Cody for about 30+ years he is about the only 1 that I know of that has any luck collecting, keeping them healthy and growing for
more than a few years.
There is a place, that is owned by a childhood buddy (accessible by boat) along the Guadalupe River west of Canyon Lake that the Ashe juniper, Bald Cypress and the Cedar Elm grow side by side (ya gotta love Texas). I would go out there and collect
several of each for weeks every collecting season. I found that all the BC and Cedar Elms would survive, but maybe less than 5% of the Ashe Junipers would survive after the collection. The mortality rate after the 1st year’s growing season was very high too. I haven’t bothered to collect them for over 20 years.
Everybody south of the Texas “Hill Country” (non bonsai people alike) hates them with a passion due to the fact that every winter the “pollen” blows in with the winter storms and wreaks havoc on everybody’s allergies.
They do make very cool fence post and also great Bon-Fires! LOL
Happy hunting, redhawk