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Old 27-Mar-2008   #21
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Kiyohime MAPLE?

WHAT?!....U GOT ONE OF THEM?

no way!!!!!!!!!!!!!

talk about rare aftifacts!, rarest of the rare!

u got a picture you can show us?.....apparently those maples have a natrual broom shape......extremely slow growing...
and very very very delicate....
they are even more easily scrortched by sun than any other maple.
less able to defend themselves against insect or fungal attacks, and if not regularly thinned out, it can cause die back due to lack of air/ventilation!

and it said that these trees are unlike other maples or other trees.....the energy of growth is channeld vertically HORIZONTALLY rather than vertically like other trees, causing a low spreading shrub....other trees concentrate on growing taller and rapid APEX...

this particular cultivar...apparently ONLY the side branches must be pruned, any attempt to prune the few upward-growing branches would result in the total loss of the central part of the crown, and would ruin the bonsai forever.......

amazing trees............

do show us!!!


It's not a very good picture, but this was the maple in April of 2004 (this first year in that l. blue Albright pot).

You are correct about the tendency to be apex weak. This bonsai is roughly 20" high, but much wider. It is not in exhibition quality, as I have worked on it to improve the apex at the cost of better overall design. I will try to take a photo of it soon.
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Old 28-Mar-2008   #22
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OH MAN......what a tree!

that would be ONE EXPENSIVE TREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

not one person in australia sells this kind of maple........

keep it up, thats a rare Gem!
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Another maple that appears to be "basally dominant" (Like Satsuki are) is the Ara Kawa (corkbark) Maple. great care needs to be taken to protect the apex. John
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Another maple that appears to be "basally dominant" (Like Satsuki are) is the Ara Kawa (corkbark) Maple. great care needs to be taken to protect the apex. John


And guess what is sitting to the left of the Kiyohime? Yep, an Arakawa (my dogs broke the primary branch off last year while in winter storage). Down below it is my only Deshojo.
These photos were on March 31st, 2008.
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I have a lot of "average" trees.

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you are batting a very high average, good effort
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And guess what is sitting to the left of the Kiyohime? Yep, an Arakawa (my dogs broke the primary branch off last year while in winter storage). Down below it is my only Deshojo.
These photos were on March 31st, 2008.

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww mannnnnnnnnnn

those treeeeeeeeeeeesssssss areeeeeeeeeeeeeee niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


i love your trees man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

the deshojo looks very nice!

i wish youd stop posting pics from now.........ur definately making me envy you
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wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww mannnnnnnnnnn

those treeeeeeeeeeeesssssss areeeeeeeeeeeeeee niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


i love your trees man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

the deshojo looks very nice!

i wish youd stop posting pics from now.........ur definately making me envy you


Uh oh, sorry> Stopping now.

I love the thread though!!! Spring has sprung!!!
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you are batting a very high average, good effort



Agreed. Keep it up. Time and effort will change average to something even better!

You're doing great.
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