Acer campestre 1

[AlainK]

This field maple is from a hedge in my garden:

It's quite nice in autumn, though the leaves are slightly larger and the lobes less marked than most of those I've seen. It may be a hybrid or just a variant:

Here is a photo of the mother-tree, or rather the new trees that started from the roots that were left in the soil:

 

[jriddell88]

Love the fall color. Nice trunk, this is going to be a very nice one!

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Very nice Alain!
Acer campestre is my favourite species ever

 

[ColinFraser]

Lovely. I look forward to seeing more of this one. I too love this species.

 

[AlainK]

Thanks Colin.
I must work on the roots: perhaps I will make small round holes with a chisel, use some hormone powder (I know that some are not enthusiastic about that, but for me, it works and I think is helps most of the time), put some sphagnum moss and fine sand, and hope for new roots to grow at the base of the "big" roots. If I do, I'll keep you posted.

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Nice movement...I like the colour and the leaves...must love them.

 

[Giga]

great tree and species, good job!

 

[ColinFraser]

I must work on the roots: perhaps I will make small round holes with a chisel, use some hormone powder . . .

Or you could do a big-ol' @Smoke style ground layer. I actually have one going on a campestre right now:

 

[MACH5]

Thanks Colin.
I must work on the roots: perhaps I will make small round holes with a chisel, use some hormone powder (I know that some are not enthusiastic about that, but for me, it works and I think is helps most of the time), put some sphagnum moss and fine sand, and hope for new roots to grow at the base of the "big" roots. If I do, I'll keep you posted.

Nice tree Alain! One species I'd like to try one day. Do you by chance have pics of this technique and results? I have had little success with this as the tree tends to just heal and not produce any roots at all. Perhaps I am missing something?

 

[AlainK]

Do you by chance have pics of this technique and results? I have had little success with this as the tree tends to just heal and not produce any roots at all.

Sorry, but it will be a first try for me. I read an article, with photos, on this technique in a French bonsai magazine. It was done on a Buxus sempervirens, the common box-tree, and I thought it might work on Acers: since they can be reproduced by air-layering or cuttings, I would think that exposed cambium was prone to produce new roots...

 

[AlainK]

Or you could do a big-ol' @Smoke style ground layer. I actually have one going on a campestre right now

Right, I had thought of this option too for the big root on the right. I don't think I'll have much time to devote to bonsai until next weekend, so I have a few days to consider which would be the best...

I'll probably take it to our club next meeting, Sunday 12th.

 

[MACH5]

Sorry, but it will be a first try for me. I read an article, with photos, on this technique in a French bonsai magazine. It was done on a Buxus sempervirens, the common box-tree, and I thought it might work on Acers: since they can be reproduced by air-layering or cuttings, I would think that exposed cambium was prone to produce new roots...

Thanks again Alain. Please keep us posted as to your results. In theory it should work. My reality has been quite different with very mixed results on A. Palmatums. That's why I tend to resort to root grafting.

 

[ColinFraser]

perhaps I will make small round holes with a chisel . . . for me, it works and I think is helps most of the time.

. . . it will be a first try for me. I read an article, with photos, on this technique...

Wait; what? Did I miss something?

 

[aml1014]

Wait; what? Did I miss something?

I think he meant the rooting hormone.

Aaron

 

[AlainK]

I think he meant the rooting hormone.

Right

 

[AlainK]

Waking up now :