Kiyohime Maple - care and suggestions for styling

[erb.75]

woot! I see my first bud forming! Only took the little bugger 1.5 months! I was beginning to doubt! I am thinking it'll pull through now

 

[PeaceLoveBonsai]

Any updates on this tree? Did it make it?

 

[erb.75]

didn't pull through...it did form leaves and seemed to be doing OK for a month or so, but then the top where the cut was turned a blackish purple color and it just kept slowly spreading to the rest of the tree

 

[thumblessprimate1]

RIP Kiyohime.

 

[PeaceLoveBonsai]

didn't pull through...it did form leaves and seemed to be doing OK for a month or so, but then the top where the cut was turned a blackish purple color and it just kept slowly spreading to the rest of the tree

Sorry to hear that. I've recently acquired a Kiyohime maple, so this post has taught me a lot...so if it makes you feel any better, your little Kiyohime didn't die for not

 

[erb.75]

Sorry to hear that. I've recently acquired a Kiyohime maple, so this post has taught me a lot...so if it makes you feel any better, your little Kiyohime didn't die for not

that does make me feel better!

 

[M. Frary]

These little guys aren't supposed to be as vigorous as the big ones so maybe taking time and getting to know the tree and it's growth habits and rates will help

What is good for the species not always so much for the cultivars. Kiyohime is perhaps my favorite variety of J. maple but also by far the most difficult to grow well.