source for J. maples?
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rockm
Spuds Moyogi
What are you after--seedling, mature larger stock, finished tree?
0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
They are commonly the root stock of varietals, so one strategy is to buy any a. palmatum variety at a big box store and chop it just below the graft line. My favorite garden center nursery often has nice generic 'green acer palmatum' and/or 'red acer palmatum' - these are just root stock trees 'gone wild' (so to speak) and great for bonsai. If you can get one before it has leafed out, you could chop it immediately; otherwise, you will need to wait until spring 2019, so you might want to wait until the end-of-season sales and get it at a bargain price.
Another option to consider is a Korean maple (acer pseudosieboldianum) - they appear similar, but are very cold hardy (USDA zone 4). Also, Iseli Nursery has a new line they call their 'Jack Frost' collection that are palmatum x pseudosieboldianum hybrids which are also hardy to USDA zone 4. Likely any of these would be more $$ than a big box close out, but you could grow them out in your landscape and even keep them as bonsai outside year-round.
Another option to consider is a Korean maple (acer pseudosieboldianum) - they appear similar, but are very cold hardy (USDA zone 4). Also, Iseli Nursery has a new line they call their 'Jack Frost' collection that are palmatum x pseudosieboldianum hybrids which are also hardy to USDA zone 4. Likely any of these would be more $$ than a big box close out, but you could grow them out in your landscape and even keep them as bonsai outside year-round.
... And here I thought I was done buying trees for this season.
I figure I'll end up buying a nursery maple and chopping it. I just have a really hard time with the idea of killing off the top part. Thanks for the tip on korean maples, I'll look into them too.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
There is always air layering...if one doesn't wish to chop and waist the top. ?
WNC Bonsai
Omono
I have bought from these guys near me (https://mrmaple.com). They ship plants and have an extensive inventory.
Thanks, I forgot about Mr. Maple. How big were the trees you got? Are they grafted or own root?
0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
If you are wanting mail order, also look at
forestfarm.com
coniferkingdom.com (really!)
mendocinomaples.com
forestfarm.com
coniferkingdom.com (really!)
mendocinomaples.com
WNC Bonsai
Omono
Mine were a couple feet tall and grafted for landscaping. I got them a coupke eyars ago and they have grown like weeds. They may have ungrafted root stock you can order but they really are after reproducing unusual stuff for collectors, etc. They also have a lot of conifers and ginkgos. The grafts on the ones I have are barely noticeable.
quietobserver
Omono
You could always layer the top this year and chop next spring to get your desired Acer.
I have a plan that I hope will work. Mom bought a dissectium and wants me to airlayer it under the graft so it will still have the green leaf for rootstock. I'll get the green stump.
Just have to wait a bit longer for the leaves to harden. Hopefully the top will survive, mom wants it next to her pond.
I still might order a plain green from mendocinomaples.com/
Just have to wait a bit longer for the leaves to harden. Hopefully the top will survive, mom wants it next to her pond.
I still might order a plain green from mendocinomaples.com/
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Hmmm......
Zone 4 you say.
Well have to see if that's true,won't we?
I can supply a nice cold zone 4.
Let me know how they go. If they survive you, they might well survive me.
lordy
Omono
GailC I sent you a PM
Here are two of my four Korean Maples (other two are ground planted). They all survived last winter in zone 3b (northern WI). And last winter was an exceptionally cold winter, even by 3b standards. I wouldn't even worry in the slightest.
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Timbo
Chumono
I've had Korean maples i bought online a few years ago, put them in the ground and this year they are taking off. They look really neat when they bud out. Mine are a little wider leaf than JM though.
Now i need to see it i can do cuttings as i only have a few.
Acer Truncatum is a zone 3 but not as nice looking and slower growth.
It's odd they don't sell any of those up here, but they sell JM.
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