Show your 2024 maple colors!

[Japonicus]

Very nice! I love Katsura, and that one will be a great tree.

Thanks, and we love Wyoming. Just a bit low on the grow zone side of life for my blood

 

[Japonicus]

Ordered another Wilsons Pink today. Expecting poor graft hoping for best.

 

[Dan W.]

Thanks, and we love Wyoming. Just a bit low on the grow zone side of life for my blood

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a zone or two warmer for the trees. But it would be hard to give up a lot of the other things I love about Wyoming.

 

[Dan W.]

Ordered another Wilsons Pink today. Expecting poor graft hoping for best.

Even if the graft isn't great, they root well. Here's one of my Wilson's Pink Dwarf air layers from last year.

 

[Japonicus]

Even if the graft isn't great, they root well. Here's one of my Wilson's Pink Dwarf air layers from last year.

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Curious to see how it performs on its own roots. Especially that cold. When did you start the layer?

Katsura leaves looking better after yesterday's frost.
Frost is why i put the side boards on the box.

 

[Dan W.]

First leaves are coming out on my Wilson's Pink Dwarf parent plant.

 

[Piedmont Bonsai]

First leaves are coming out on my Wilson's Pink Dwarf parent plant.

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I have a strong feeling that Wilson’s pink is from the Seigen lineage

 

[vp999]

 

[brentwood]

Unknown, unmarked JPM, rebounding after deer took it down to a nub two years ago.. any guesses for cultivar welcome.

B

 

[19Mateo83]

Unknown, unmarked JPM, rebounding after deer took it down to a nub two years ago.. any guesses for cultivar welcome.

B

That’s a nice little mountain maple

 

[Dan W.]

Here's another photo of the parent tree's leaves from last spring. Definitely one of my favorite cultivars.

I ordered a Peve Multicolor from Maplestone. And I blame you @andrewiles !
It's past the spring color, but these leaves are still pretty awesome.

 

[andrewiles]

I ordered a Peve Multicolor from Maplestone. And I blame you @andrewiles !
It's past the spring color, but these leaves are still pretty awesome.
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Haha. It's a finicky one but I love it. I honestly don't know how you manage these maples in zone 4, or how you're already leafing out ahead of me in some cases.

My Peve Multicolor is now moving on to yellow white instead of pink white. Can't complain.

Do you have Murakumo? Another fun one with speckled leaves. I'll try to take a photo of mine tomorrow.

 

[19Mateo83]

Another one of last years air layers showing off. This one was a sucker growing off the base of a tamukeyama rootstock. It has the prettiest spring colors

 

[19Mateo83]

Heres an ilarion, I wish this one had this coloration consistently throughout the entire tree. Only the new growth tips get the variegation.

 

[Kbazz]

One of my Beni Kawas

 

[andrewiles]

Murakumo

Mizuho Beni

Japanese Princess

Mayday

Yama Nishiki

Kawahara Rose

Ryugu

Bonfire

Coral Magic

Otaha

Sweet Lucile (Skeleton Reach)

And just for @Dan W., Peve Multicolor with growth turning more yellow

 

[Piedmont Bonsai]

Otome Zakura showing out

 

[19Mateo83]

Picked up a Beni maiko today.

 

[NateDyk47]

'Ao kanzaski' leafing out well before the rest of my JMs

 

[Dan W.]

Haha. It's a finicky one but I love it. I honestly don't know how you manage these maples in zone 4, or how you're already leafing out ahead of me in some cases.

My Peve Multicolor is now moving on to yellow white instead of pink white. Can't complain.

Do you have Murakumo? Another fun one with speckled leaves. I'll try to take a photo of mine tomorrow.

I don't have Murakumo. Another one for the list..? lol

The Peve Multicolor just came, so that's not a reflection of my climate. But the other maples are all kept in my garage over winter with temps usually between 30 to 40F. The bonsai shuffle begins when buds start breaking; then I'm giving them as much sunlight as possible when temps are high 30's and up. Most of the cultivars are on pallets, so I just use a pallet jack to move them in and out.