My Tiniest tree, What are you trying that's new??

[newby]

Hi!

Im not working on a mini-bonsai yet! But Im working on the mother tree.
An Acer palmatum Yuki Hime.
Its leaves are the smallest Ive seen so far naturally without defoliation.

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That is a lovely leaf, have never seen this Acer. Where did you get it? I'm in Ontario

 

[Ugo]

That is a lovely leaf, have never seen this Acer. Where did you get it? I'm in Ontario

Hi!

Its imported from Japan by @Canada Bonsai
Dont know if he plans to get some more but that's a very interresting cultivar for Shohin.

 

[newby]

Thank you. Canada Bonsai still has one for sale on his web site.

 

[newby]

I got some erodium a couple of months ago, bought some small pots and the tiny pot was an extra they threw in. After my cuttings threw out some roots I put one of them in the smallest of pot.

Since it's so new I'm fighting the urge to trim off all the leaves and have them grow back small at first without so much stem.

They root exceptionally easy. Buy one plant and you'll get 7-10 depending on how much you cut it back. This is my first venture into the world of tiny trees. I want a mud man who looks like he's working on a tree to combine with this little guy.

Trying something new keeps the hobby fresh and interesting for me...What are you trying that's new??!!

I had an Erodium in a not-very-happy trough garden. You inspired me to rescue it and treat it as a bonsai! I have a nice little cascade, and a bunch of cuttings to play with, photos to follow if it survives.

 

[Paul F.]

I got some erodium a couple of months ago, bought some small pots and the tiny pot was an extra they threw in. After my cuttings threw out some roots I put one of them in the smallest of pot.

Since it's so new I'm fighting the urge to trim off all the leaves and have them grow back small at first without so much stem.

They root exceptionally easy. Buy one plant and you'll get 7-10 depending on how much you cut it back. This is my first venture into the world of tiny trees. I want a mud man who looks like he's working on a tree to combine with this little guy.

Trying something new keeps the hobby fresh and interesting for me...What are you trying that's new??!!

I’ve been wanting to get into the shito bonsai. I’ve seen some erodiums online. I live in The Florida Keys though. Are they suitable for a tropical climate? And I don’t even know where to get one. I wanted to try some bougies with some root cuttings. Might be the only species we have here to do this with or maybe a ficus.

 

[Topdec]

9 months in and he's still going, think i need a smaller pot though!

 

[Clicio]

9 months in and he's still going, think i need a smaller pot though!

What a beautiful composition!
Let it grow a little and it will fit perfectly.

 

[HamburgerTrain]

My littles.

 

[Topdec]

View attachment 493038My littles.

That's a nice looking collection you've got there hamburger train, I love the pot back row 2nd right

 

[HamburgerTrain]

That's a nice looking collection you've got there hamburger train, I love the pot back row 2nd right

Thank you! A neighbor grabbed that for me at a thrift store for a couple dollars. Someone from my club has the same one if you can believe it.

 

[cockroach]

Little round pot premna

 

[cockroach]

Tiny literati Chinese elm

 

[cockroach]

Another very small literati elm in the making

 

[cockroach]

Small premna semi cascade. These small bonsai can go in a whole new direction with the loss of a single branch.


A micro Duranta erecta

 

[HamburgerTrain]

@cockroach those elms rule!
I purchased this lil red alder from @JEads Left Coast Bonsai at the Farm to Table seminar held by BSOP two springs ago? I just removed the sacrificial poodle branch, hoping for finished height under 10cm.

 

[newby]

How do you overwinter mame? I have several native species tinies. If they were bigger I would bury the pot in my vegetable bed but this doesn't seem feasible with the 2 inch ones!
For reference, I have picea glauca, acer rubrum, larix and a tiny elm as well as oak seedlings. Location is zone 5- central Ontario

 

[HamburgerTrain]

How do you overwinter mame? I have several native species tinies. If they were bigger I would bury the pot in my vegetable bed but this doesn't seem feasible with the 2 inch ones!
For reference, I have picea glauca, acer rubrum, larix and a tiny elm as well as oak seedlings. Location is zone 5- central Ontario

My winter cold temps are pretty mild. I put everything in my daughters playhouse and cover with a tarp. My stuff thats in tiny pots live together in larger containers filled with pumice to insulate in winter and stay moist during warm weather. If I lived where you are I might use styrofoam coolers to store them in.

 

[HamburgerTrain]

My winter cold temps are pretty mild. I put everything in my daughters playhouse and cover with a tarp. My stuff thats in tiny pots live together in larger containers filled with pumice to insulate in winter and stay moist during warm weather. If I lived where you are I might use styrofoam coolers to store them in.

Unheated basement, shed or garage would also be ideal.

 

[0soyoung]

How do you overwinter mame? I have several native species tinies. If they were bigger I would bury the pot in my vegetable bed but this doesn't seem feasible with the 2 inch ones!
For reference, I have picea glauca, acer rubrum, larix and a tiny elm as well as oak seedlings. Location is zone 5- central Ontario

You could fill a lot the size used for your bigger trees with substrate. Embed one or more mame in it and then bury the works in your vegetable bed.

 

[cockroach]

A little juniper that needs some tlc.