Seahunter15
Seedling
Hello Bonsainut community, I decided to share a few of my trees after getting great info here for years.
This is a Randy magnolia (apparently cross of Stellata & Liliflora) that I grew as a landscape Tree for well over a decade. In spring of 2019 I chopped several sub trunks off the magnolia leaving one well tapered trunk and several large wounds. I left to regrow new shoots the rest of the year.
I dug it up and planted in a wood box in spring 2020late 2020late 2021
Late 2022some takeaways post chop are that the branching develops long internodes and grows straight up. Care needs to be taken to gently guide them down before they harden too much. I also wired new growth early and often. Magnolia has become one of my favorite bonsai and I have a few others (stella). I’d love to here of anyone else growing magnolias
This is a Randy magnolia (apparently cross of Stellata & Liliflora) that I grew as a landscape Tree for well over a decade. In spring of 2019 I chopped several sub trunks off the magnolia leaving one well tapered trunk and several large wounds. I left to regrow new shoots the rest of the year.
I dug it up and planted in a wood box in spring 2020late 2020late 2021
Late 2022some takeaways post chop are that the branching develops long internodes and grows straight up. Care needs to be taken to gently guide them down before they harden too much. I also wired new growth early and often. Magnolia has become one of my favorite bonsai and I have a few others (stella). I’d love to here of anyone else growing magnolias