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7-Nov-2005

Dale Cochoy

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Fall BONSAI colors

I saw a thread on fall TREE colors but don't remember seeing anything on strictly bonsai colors. How about starting one. If there was one, and I missed it, sorry. Maybe Matt can just move this there.
Here in the US this year some areas seem to have had great fall colors and some not. Although my local trees looked great many of the bonsai were un-impressive. The tridents, zelkova, hornbeams were "blah" up until the leaves all fell off. Most of the J. maples bonsai were nothing to spectacular this year. The large "BloodgoodMaples" were outstanding but still in work-up stage in large nursery containers. They turned overnight one night. Amazing!
The Ginkgos were there usual pretty selves but I showed some last year.
Here's the only J. Maple that actually looked pretty good.
Lets see some other folks' trees.
Dale

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7-Nov-2005

mistermoyogi

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Good idea, Dale...I will join in.

This is an A. palmatum dissectum flavescens....its color actually is a bit better this year than in recent years.

Tom

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7-Nov-2005

mistermoyogi

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Sorry folks, I wanted to include this tree in my last post - a small crabapple...

Regards,
Tom

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7-Nov-2005	#4
zenwarrior Observer Join Date: Aug-2005 Location: Houston, TX Country: United States USDA Zone: 9a AHS Heat Zone: 9 Posts: 487	Beautiful trees. I would love to have a maple. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. -Morihei Ueshiba

7-Nov-2005

randyclark

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more fall color

Well... the fall color this year has been terrible, but if I dig into my photo archives and think I can see your crab apple and raise you one Korean hornbeam.

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7-Nov-2005	#6
rkburgess bonsaiTALK Journeyman Join Date: Oct-2004 Location: St. Louis, MO Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 40	Here is a crabapple I am working on. <img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1...n/new0007_1.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

7-Nov-2005	#7
robert1955 bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Jan-2005 Location: North San Diego county USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 524	Nice crabapple your working on RK- I have killed 2 of them. Good luck on it. I have had nice but fast fall colors here in southern california. Still waiting for a few more to change. Peace Bob __________________ The older you get, the older old is.

8-Nov-2005

dtree

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spirea

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8-Nov-2005	#9
007 Secret Agent Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Detroit, Michigan Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 5/6 AHS Heat Zone: 4/5 Posts: 834	Love the Dissectum above! I have one as well and the color this year was AMAZING! It took a long time for it to start, but once it did, it was over before I got a chance to snap a picture. Its bare branched now . . . it was quite a sight though! __________________ Here's to a long life and a merry one, a quick death and an easy one, a pretty girl and an honest one, a cold beer and another one!

8-Nov-2005	#10
mistermoyogi mistermoyogi Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: Northern West Virginia Country: USA USDA Zone: Zone 5B AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 616	007: I know what you mean about dissectums this year - literally an overnight color change, following by leaf drop. I love working with this cultivar and thanks for your kind words...one word of caution - I never leaf prune this cultivar - I was told this many years ago by many learned artists (Vance Wood for one). I only remove overly long shoots occasionally, and during leaf out in the spring I always pinch the center buds in leaf clusters...don't mean to be forward or pushy... Regards, Tom

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