Anyone have any hazel bonsai experience?

[Tim.E]

Hey guys,

There is a wicked hazel tree by my parents place I'm hoping to collect next spring. Wondering if anyone has any experience working with collected hazels and the pros and cons of them? Apparently the leaves are difficult to reduce?

 

[Stickroot]

Hey guys,

There is a wicked hazel tree by my parents place I'm hoping to collect next spring. Wondering if anyone has any experience working with collected hazels and the pros and cons of them? Apparently the leaves are difficult to reduce?

Hazel nut? Witch Hazel?

 

[fredman]

Witch Hazel?

which or witch

 

[Stickroot]

which or witch

Haha!
Which Hazel is it?
Witch Hazel works great!

 

[Stickroot]

This is how Witch Hazel starts the season, blooms first, then the leaves.

 

[fredman]

I got a feeling he is talking about the other hazel. I have one to and are wondering the same thing. The leaves are huge...not sure if its worthwhile continuing with it as bonsai.

 

[Stickroot]

I got a feeling he is talking about the other hazel. I have one to and are wondering the same thing. The leaves are huge...not sure if its worthwhile continuing with it as bonsai.

Yeah probably. I think he went to bed.
Hey @fredman what time is it there?

 

[fredman]

4 pm when you asked the question mate.

 

[petegreg]

We can find some decent trees online... and bonsai material is often offered.
https://bonsaischule.de/en/shop/717...tdoor/bonsai/alnus_glutinosa_schwarzerle.html

 

[Tim.E]

Yeah probably. I think he went to bed.
Hey @fredman what time is it there?

Yeah i definitely went to bed haha not witch hazel but in my case I believe it to be common hazel native to Canada. It has a similar leaf to a Canadian hawthorn or American elm but it feels "thinner" than the leaf of an American elm.

I've been reading that they can be problematic to reduce the leaves on but the trunk on this thing is making me swoon. Wish I took pictures to show you guys but it's now 5 hours away from me

 

[Tim.E]

We can find some decent trees online... and bonsai material is often offered.
https://bonsaischule.de/en/shop/717...tdoor/bonsai/alnus_glutinosa_schwarzerle.html

Yeah it looks like the leaves are still very large on these. The trunk I'm after is very large (4-5" base) so that should help there.

Thanks for the link!

 

[Tim.E]

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This is how Witch Hazel starts the season, blooms first, then the leaves.

Is this your tree btw? It's beautiful!!

 

[M. Frary]

I went to school with a girl named Hazel Farthing. We called her Fart thing.

 

[Waltron]

she probably still hates you till this day Mike haha, or was Ms. Fart Thing your first love?

 

[augustine]

Is hazel one of the common names for Alnus here or in Slovakia? Nice trees on the link posted from Petegreg, great bonsai nursery.

 

[Tim.E]

Is hazel one of the common names for Alnus here or in Slovakia? Nice trees on the link posted from Petegreg, great bonsai nursery.

The species I'm referring to has a Latin name of corylus

 

[Tim.E]

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

 

[petegreg]

Is hazel one of the common names for Alnus here or in Slovakia? Nice trees on the link posted from Petegreg, great bonsai nursery.

It's a German nursery I always find
species in when I cannot find them closer. And no , hazel is English name.

 

[petegreg]

The species I'm referring to has a Latin name of corylus

Ouch. You're sure right. See how English names can be strange for us sometimes.

 

[Cypress187]

You mean the one with giant leaves? It's hard to make a small bonsai with it, you have pics?