32 year old Acer Rubrum

Orion_metalhead said:
Any current fall/winter photos of this tree?
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Well just got it out of storage to see how the new pot may look.

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Frozentreehugger said:
When did it start to get rough .
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That's a tough one.....it happens so slowly you don't really notice. It's kind of like watching your hair turn gray. All of a sudden......there you are.

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ABCarve said:
Well just got it out of storage to see how the new pot may look.

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That's a tough one.....it happens so slowly you don't really notice. It's kind of like watching your hair turn gray. All of a sudden......there you are.

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Ain’t that the truth at least about the hair.got some of that grey also . Love the pot matches the bark great 👍👍
 
This tree for me . Is a perfect example . To many in the west think . The world will never have the quality of trees that are in Japan . Here is a native tree that most think is non bonsai materiel . Very very well turned into a finished bonsai . Been in a pot for 32 years . Take this tree and multiple other native trees from North America and Europe . That have been in a pot for 30 to say 50 years . The number is not great but they exist . Then double there age in a pot . And in less than another 50 years you have a collection of true masterpieces. Compare that to Japan . Where bonsai has been practiced for hundreds of years . And you conclude that the west is way ahead of the curve . Add to that the wild materiel availability . In the west . Conclusion Japan advanced bonsai to its current level . That will never change . But the future is elsewhere
 
Frozentreehugger said:
This tree for me . Is a perfect example . To many in the west think . The world will never have the quality of trees that are in Japan . Here is a native tree that most think is non bonsai materiel . Very very well turned into a finished bonsai . Been in a pot for 32 years . Take this tree and multiple other native trees from North America and Europe . That have been in a pot for 30 to say 50 years . The number is not great but they exist . Then double there age in a pot . And in less than another 50 years you have a collection of true masterpieces. Compare that to Japan . Where bonsai has been practiced for hundreds of years . And you conclude that the west is way ahead of the curve . Add to that the wild materiel availability . In the west . Conclusion Japan advanced bonsai to its current level . That will never change . But the future is elsewhere
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sounds like you would be a fan of the NC Arboretum's bonsai garden
 
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ABCarve said:
This tree has appeared in some other threads but I thought it deserving of it own. This was the first tree I ever collected (1987-1988) and it was out of my own woods. It was stumped a few inches above the ground line and then let grow for a season to recover as well as it could. The following spring it was dug and put in a pot. Sorry I don't have photos of those years before 2014. Back then I thought photo documentation was a waste of time. Mostly because of film being a PITA. Hmmmmm??
My intent was to mimic a red maple growing in a cow pasture near me whose trunk had mostly rotted away with only a single lower branch keeping it alive. It has since fallen to the wayside. So once put in a pot I proceeded to completely carve a hollow on one side of trunk almost entirely to the living cadmium on the other side. Little did I know of the trees healing power. Since then the wound has just about completely healed. The close up shows the zipper line left from healing over. Inside that wound is cut putty, gorilla glue and maybe a pair of scissors I've been looking for.
One photo is from May 4, 2014 just leafing out and the other close up is current.

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How successful were you in reducing the leaf size?
I know these trees have very large leaves as I have one in front of my property.
Very nice work.
 
Another couple native highlights from the North American collection:

June Chambers' Coast redwood, in training since 1954. I personally love this tree, though I think it looks a little shaggy most times

North American Collection — National Bonsai Foundation

www.bonsai-nbf.org www.bonsai-nbf.org

Arch Hawkins' cedar elm, in training since 1981, collected in Texas. Phenomenal twigging and ramification in winter

North American Collection — National Bonsai Foundation

www.bonsai-nbf.org www.bonsai-nbf.org

Mary Madison's buttonwoods are awesome too

North American Collection — National Bonsai Foundation

www.bonsai-nbf.org www.bonsai-nbf.org

And this doesn't even get into the bald/pond/Montezuma cypresses or California junipers

Edit to add: sorry for bogarting the tread. I'll knock it off
 
Very impressive pot! We need a photo when the Acer Rubrum has been transplanted.
 
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