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Hey everyone, Need help identifying what could potentially be going on with my privet clump. summary of work so far: bought in sept last year trunks chopped and sealed and repotted out of nursery mix into 50% diatomaceous earth 50% pumice 2 weeks ago as buds were swelling. everything was...

Hey guys, Got a sweet golden privet the other day from a local nursery and thought I’d post this thread as a time capsule of sorts. It has a fantastic base and nebari and I feel like a lot of potential. Going to be exciting for sure!

Sounds great, I'll try and get to it this weekend :)

Well time for choppy choppy. Will be repotting the tree as well in the next week and will be screwing the tree to a board a la Ebihara.

I'm in zone 5a and I'm overwintering in my garage. I agree with you about eliminating one of the leaders at the fork, and I'll post a virt of where I'm thinking of going soon

Hey guys, Just picked up a sweet ilex for $10. Any suggestions on chopping for a new trunk line are welcome!

Also I'm a long way away but does anyone have experience with defoliation acer Rubrum? Does it take well yo defoliation or is it more like Japanese maples where partial defoliation is more the game?

I've heard everywhere that reducing the petiole length is neigh impossible. How are you achieving this? Through leaf pruning or defoliation?

Nice maple and thanks for the advice. I've found similarly that these maple are thirsty all the time. The thing I love about them is how vigorous they are. I have a few that put out 7' canes this year. It was crazy

Trunk is about 3.5" at soil level and about 2.5" all the way up from there

Collected this spring and just allowed to grow freely. Tree has buds everywhere on the trunk and has many design options. I was considering an air layer in the second pic as the top of the tree has some nice wiggle to it as well

Hey nutters! Need some suggestions on an appropriate chop height for my collected acer Rubrum. I like some of the movement halfway up the trunk I find the lack of taper a little boring. I really would like to keep the second trunk to develop a mother daughter style. All suggestions are welcome!

Hey the tree did really well this season, put on loads of new growth. I can get some pictures posted of it soon. I'm not planning on working it for another year until I'm sure it's good to go

Image might help....

Hey bnuts, Ive come across some Amur seeds that I'll be straitfying soon and while prepping them, I got a tiny bit confused about one part. Am I supposed to be stripping all of the outer key as you can see exposing the red seed within, or do I just get rid of the key blade and let it retain...

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Went to take some pictures that day but the snow was already melted...sorry to disappoint @JudyB

I'm sure I can whip something up soon :)

Thanks Judy! I figured this was the case but you put my mind at ease. It really is quite beautiful

Hey bnuts, We just got some snow where I am and a few of my trees had yet to start fall colours and changes (cotoneaster, firebush). Should I be concerned at all about them, they are all very hardy trees and are zoned to handle the cold. Thanks, Tim

Is that a euphemism for something else?

This looks almost identical to a needle juniper BVF has a thread on. I'd look at this for some inspiration maybe http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/literati-tosho.24269/ I also like option a personally :)

I'll see you in spring ;)

The leaves were no bigger than a hornbeams leaves. I wish I would have taken pics but i didn't have my phone with me. The trunk was about 5" at the base so it would accommodate the large leaf size I believe

http://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Corylus.html