All Conifers but Wanting Deciduous Next

[SeanS]

Check out this for tridents. SeanS has done pretty cool things with tridents. He also has a nice one of Japanese maples.

Sean’s Trident Projects

Starting a thread to document some of my trident projects. Over the last 12 months I’ve managed to amass around 60 tridents ranging from 1 year old seedlings grown from seed myself to a really chunky stump that I chopped down from a 3m tall nursery tree. I’ll document them all here. I currently...

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Thanks for the kind words @Jrmcmich! Tridents are pretty bullet proof if they’re healthy, but they do battle with fungal infections if the conditions are right (or wrong I guess). Chinese elms would be a great first choice, they do everything any other deciduous tree does and are pretty much trouble free. I have a few as well and they’re very enjoyable to work with and a great starter d-tree

 

[Bonsai Forest]

No deciduous for you.

That does not make sense. I will begin with deciduous soon. Recommendations are coming as a response to my post. Your replies are not meaningfully contributing.

 

[Bonsai Forest]

Check out this for tridents. SeanS has done pretty cool things with tridents. He also has a nice one of Japanese maples.

Sean’s Trident Projects

Starting a thread to document some of my trident projects. Over the last 12 months I’ve managed to amass around 60 tridents ranging from 1 year old seedlings grown from seed myself to a really chunky stump that I chopped down from a 3m tall nursery tree. I’ll document them all here. I currently...

www.bonsainut.com

Thanks!

 

[Bonsai Forest]

Besides a deciduous tree you could also try to get a few different types of junipers as a change to the Procumbens and/or Prostrata junipers you have now.

Nice! Am transitioning to work on deciduous all the same

 

[Scorpius]

Bonsai 2 step makes me want only my conifers, but that's because I work 7 days a week.

 

[Carol 83]

No deciduous for you.

The soup Nazi has infiltrated B-nut...

 

[Cajunrider]

If you have conifers and want to move to deciduous, then you must try "the bridge" - Bald Cypress!

 

[Jrmcmich]

If you have conifers and want to move to deciduous, then you must try "the bridge" - Bald Cypress!

Can also do dawn redwood which is deciduous but reminds me of conifer

 

[rockm]

Can also do dawn redwood which is deciduous but reminds me of conifer

That's because it IS a conifer. It's just a deciduous conifer.

 

[Jrmcmich]

That's because it IS a conifer. It's just a deciduous conifer.

Ahh didn’t realize that

 

[rockm]

Ahh didn’t realize that

Deciduous conifers are a pretty small club, Bald Cypress, Pond cypress, Dawn Redwood, Larch are the most notable. All produce seeds in cones like pines but drop their needles annually in the fall. Regular conifers aren't really evergreen, they just shed needles on a different time line and have replacements already in place.

 

[Jrmcmich]

Deciduous conifers are a pretty small club, Bald Cypress, Pond cypress, Dawn Redwood, Larch are the most notable. All produce seeds in cones like pines but drop their needles annually in the fall. Regular conifers aren't really evergreen, they just shed needles on a different time line and have replacements already in place.

Thanks for explanation and makes more sense. I have read something about needles dropping like 3 year increments or something like that but going off memory. Don’t have much experience especially with conifers.

 

[FreshAirSunshine]

What would you suggest as a 1st deciduous tree for someone who works with and only has conifers thus far? (1 year+ into bonsai)

Is there one that tends to be “easier” to maintain health and prune for ramification? I’m surrounded by 2-3’ high Japanese Maple trees all day every day at work and I feel compelled to acquire a JM (not necessarily from the nursery I work at) as my first broad leaf bonsai.

Hmmm. Maybe crabapple?

 

[RKatzin]

If you have conifers and want to move to deciduous, then you must try "the bridge" - Bald Cypress!

I was just going to suggest the same, but I was thinking about a ginkgo. I also have all the others mentioned. All are easy money, at least for me.

 

[RKatzin]

I was just going to suggest the same, but I was thinking about a ginkgo. I also have all the others mentioned. All are easy money, at least for me.

I know someone will ask, or is thinking about what makes me say deciduous conifers are easy. Trees I consider easy are strong growers, respond well to manipulation and are easily propagated.