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

[Milly]

Repotted the euonymus
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Great little trunk!

 

[just.wing.it]

New shoots aren't particularly brittle, but, the joint to old wood is quite fragile.

Two strategies seem to work. One is to wrap aluminum wire on the old wood and then just use the end of it to direct the young shoot. The other is to use a fine gauge copper wire, like #20/#22 and wire 'properly' (carefully remove it a few weeks later).

Hmm, reminds me of my first go at wiring green shoots on my Crape Myrtle....popped a few branches off at the shoulder as you mentioned....eventually I got the hang of it.

 

[JudyB]

Repotted the euonymus
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Looks good in that container, one of yours?

 

[wsteinhoff]

Looks good in that container, one of yours?

Thanks! Yes it's one of mine.

 

[cockroach]

As leaves emerged from defoliation and prune

 

[ABCarve]

This is an update on the erodium. The red leaves started a couple of weeks ago. It's never done this before and wondering if anyone has some insight.

 

[Hyn Patty]

If you do an internet search on erodium and red leaves you will find a number of references to this happening in spring. Some of the common names for erodium include mention of red stems or leaves. From what little I read it seems the oldest leaves that have been chilled turn red (full of sugars) as or before the new leaves are coming out - just as leaves would in autumn for other species. But you may want to followup and read more about this as I haven't yet grown erodium. Yours is very lovely!

 

[0soyoung]

If you do an internet search on erodium and red leaves you will find a number of references to this happening in spring. Some of the common names for erodium include mention of red stems or leaves. From what little I read it seems the oldest leaves that have been chilled turn red (full of sugars) as or before the new leaves are coming out - just as leaves would in autumn for other species. But you may want to followup and read more about this as I haven't yet grown erodium. Yours is very lovely!

You are saying that sugar is red?

 

[sorce]

New for me both homemade red iron Oxide...
And the "my largest pot yet" that it went on.
With some wood ash.
Going in the new to me propane gas kiln...or wood....TBD.

Sorce

 

[ABCarve]

Kingsville boxwood. Fifth growing season in a pot from a cutting. Repotted and wired. Wiring can be a challenge. I

 

[rockm]

Nice. I've got one about this size. Not as nice, though.

 

[Hyn Patty]

You are saying that sugar is red?

No, but as chlorophyll breaks down and the leaves are getting ready to shed the sugars build up in the leaf and the red pigments often become brighter. Think autumn color in regular leaves - only it happens in the spring with these from what I have read.

 

[0soyoung]

No, but as chlorophyll breaks down and the leaves are getting ready to shed the sugars build up in the leaf and the red pigments often become brighter. Think autumn color in regular leaves - only it happens in the spring with these from what I have read.

Chlorophyll is at the heart of the photocenters that drive the making of sugars by the Calvin cycle. Seriously, does it make sense to you that sugars would build up when the machinery that makes them is being dismantled?

Chlorophyll gets dismantled into compounds that are, generally speaking, colorless when triggered by ethylene signalling.
Anthocyanin, which generally makes red colors, works as a sun shade for the photocenters.
Xanthophyll, which makes the yellow colors, works to protect PSII and the thylakoid.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

My tiniest JRP. Now three years old from seed.
Pot size has restricted the needle size to around 10% of the previous year. The 2018 needles are longer than the entire tree.

 

[NewWorldBonsai]

Here is a little Chinese elm I've been working on for about seven years. I need to graft a branch... I'm not looking forward to that haha.

 

[It's Kev]

Here is a little Chinese elm I've been working on for about seven years. I need to graft a branch... I'm not looking forward to that haha.

Dang, look at those fine branches, now I see why my shito size Fukien tea is not such a great idea, it grows too chunky for that size

 

[Shibui]

Here's a little trident maple. Not traditional informal upright shape but I think it has more interest because of that.

 

[SniffingKrylon]

Here's a little bougie cutting I wasn't sure was going to survive. It's been about a month and its pushing new growth so I guess its alive. I might make a few of these, I kind of like it.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I like miniature hostas, and found a few fun ones this spring. Here is a ‘Cherry Tomato’ from NH Hostas:
https://www.nhhostas.com/cherry-tomato-hosta-3-inch-container/
The Chojubai will not be upstaged, however...showing off in the foreground. Of course it took the week off blooming during our annual spring show!

 

[Tycoss]

That hedge cotoneaster I posted last fall inspired me to try some more.
First styling by Jon Deere (the lawnmower).