Why Deciduous Literati Are Rare (one word)

Carl_Bergstrom

Winter.

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Carl_Bergstrom

(A sumac from the Pacific Rim collection, photographed a couple of weeks ago. And actually, I kind of dig it.)

Cheers,
OMC

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GaryS

OMC,

I just think it's because you don't find many deciduous trees in nature that look like literati.

Sumac is an exception. I've seen good representaions in the Prunus familiy too, like apricot, cherry amd plum.

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GaryS

Carl_Bergstrom

Good point, Gary.

I should have included a or whatever the tongue-in-cheek smiley is...

I think this tree is cool, because it is quite literally a stick in a pot - not even any primary branching (!!) - and yet it's quite aesthetically pleasing even this denuded state.

Best,
Carl

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Kazuki

That is very inspiring!.. So much that I will try that to a few of my japanese maple seedlings ASAP (I germinated them this year and theyre about 12-15" tall!! I was surprised how fast they grew with a little fertilizer!

TRUELY AN INSPIRING PICTURE

Kazuki

zeb

Lol!
This is the reason I'm on this forum, among the other things like well-designed UI. But this forum would be nothing without people like Al, Matt, OMC, Rips and so on (alphabetical order, see ) .

I kinda liked the tree, too. Such a glorious trunkline.

Zeb

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Jayne

Wow OMC so simple yet so captivating! I keep going back and looking at it!

Carl_Bergstrom

Thanks for the kind words, all...

It was actually a rather shocking tree to see, walking through the collection there. I think that's because you're looking at all of these gorgeous pines and incredibly ramified beeches and so forth...and then you round the corner, and there is this...this...you don't know what to make of it. You eye follows the bends upward, looking for a canopy or some sort of crown to rest upon, and it's not there!

But then you step back, start looking at it for what it is, and it's an amazing piece of art. Like something Dr. Seuss might have envisioned in one of his wilder moments, planted there in that perfect lopsided and whimsical pot.

Jayne, I agree with you. I kept going back and looking at it too...and I keep looking at the picture over and over, as well.

Best regards,
Old Mister

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GaryS

I really like this Sumac bonsai too.

We have a lot of sumac growing wild here in Central Wisconsin and this bonsai captures it's spirit. All summer long it's hardly noticeable but then Fall comes and it gives one of the best color shows and finally the leaves fall and
all you see are a bunch of grey sticks, but they are a certain color grey that is unique.

I think I may do some collecting come Spring. They aren't the easiest plant to get roots when you dig them from the wild.

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