Share Your MAPLE LITERATIS

[Nybonsai12]

Closest i've got to a literati maple although doesn't really fit the bill. I've grown this one from seed and it's been fun. For the last two seasons i've debated layering off the top 3 or 4 inches and then chopping to just about the lower set of branches. for whatever reason i haven't done it. I kind of enjoy the long taperless trunk but the wiggle is all in the first few inches and it's begging to be chopped.

 

[SouthernMaple]

Chaparral honeysuckle

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Lodgepole pine

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Incense cedar

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incense cedar

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Lodgepole pine

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do people not know how to read? None of these are maples, go start a conifer literati thread.

 

[leatherback]

do people not know how to read? None of these are maples, go start a conifer literati thread.

That was 6 years ago. Is it really worth it bringing up now?

 

[SouthernMaple]

That was 6 years ago. Is it really worth it bringing up now?

definitely. Why is it still there? It really ruins the thread as I am now just getting into it.

 

[Gabler]

definitely. Why is it still there? It really ruins the thread as I am now just getting into it.

I get it. It bugs me when people ignore thread rules. However, this isn't the place to be a ruthless editor. Posts don't get deleted unless they're beyond the bounds of decency. It's just a few pictures of literati conifers. You'd do well to work for a publishing company where you can spend your days making writers cry by pointing out all their mistakes, and I mean that in all sincerity. There's good work for ruthless editors.

 

[leatherback]

Considering we have woken this thread, might as well post a maple

 

[Dan W.]

Here's my attempt so far Sergio. This is acer sieboldianum "seki no kegon". Great thread! There is some excellent inspiration here.

 

[Canada Bonsai]

Haven’t spent enough time thinking about the right angle for this one. Maybe next repot

 

[SouthernMaple]

Considering we have woken this thread, might as well post a maple
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beautiful tree and pot. Katsura perhaps?

 

[leatherback]

beautiful tree and pot. Katsura perhaps?

Thx.

Just a regular japanese maple (seed grown)

 

[Shogun610]

Here is an acer rubrum that I like to think of as a twin trunk literati. I planted 2 seedlings as close as I could a couple years ago. It's got a ways to go, especially the smaller tree, but I like it. It might get a smaller, shallower pot next year.

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I messed up and let wire bite in on the trunks, but I think the scars will be gone in an another 2 or 3 years.

Update ?