What the hell did I just do???

[just.wing.it]

Dang!
Big and thick!....just how I like em.... lol!

 

[Dav4]

Nice, flowers. They look like male flowers, I wonder if any of the others are female flowers. Would be extra nice to have some berries on it.

This is the first time in three years that either of the three plants have flowered, so I have no idea if berries will be forthcoming or not… But pictures will follow if deemed necessary .

 

[Dav4]

Fat and happy

 

[Dav4]

I do believe this tree is happy to see me!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I do believe this tree is happy to see me!

Miller Lite?

 

[JackHammer]

What's that little thing in the hole? A mushroom?

 

[Dav4]

What's that little thing in the hole? A mushroom?

Yup. Funny thing is, it wasn't there just a few days ago when I was pruning the tree. They literally pop up overnight.

 

[Carol 83]

Miller Lite?

All you haters on the Miller Lite. Some people don't want to chew their beer or get fat.

 

[JackHammer]

All you haters on the Miller Lite. Some people don't want to chew their beer or get fat.

I like the way you party Carol. Stick to the hard stuff to keep the weight off.

 

[Carol 83]

I like the way you party Carol. Stick to the hard stuff to keep the weight off.

I am not adverse to a little vodka from time to time.

 

[Dav4]

 

[Forrestford]

Dude that thing is awesome!

 

[Njyamadori]

Omg I love these trees! I wish I can find something like these but all I find blueberry with thin straight trunks with no thickness or nebari or even any cool pitch pine

 

[Dav4]

So, as much as I loved the three subjects of this thread, I knew they wouldn't do well here, being solid zone 7 cold hardy trees. I sold the small shohin to my teacher and the big stonker was sold at the ABS annual auction last fall. At Tyler's urging, I decided to keep one since I had a good place to overwinter it. So far so good... not quite show ready but not dead, either .

 

[PonderingSage:]

Love it!

 

[Dav4]

My single yaupon continues to not die here in the frozen north...



As a reward for not dying, this one will make the move up from Turface to Akadama next spring!

... which will likely kill it

 

[HorseloverFat]

My single yaupon continues to not die here in the frozen north...

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As a reward for not dying, this one will make the move up from Turface to Akadama next spring!

... which will likely kill it

LOOKING NICE!

I had a Yuapon here.... It survived in cold frame.

Then got eaten by rabbits! (or stripped by squirrels)

 

[HorseloverFat]

LOOKING NICE!

I had a Yuapon here.... It survived in cold frame.

Then got eaten by rabbits! (or stripped by squirrels)

What I took away from the experience was positive, though!

It CAN be done! With a relatively crude overwintering structure.

In My weird USDA 5a, but AHS 3 "Geographical Microclimate".

They'll do alright in "Mainland Michigan" .

 

[luvinthemountains]

It CAN be done! With a relatively crude overwintering structure.

My one surviving yaupon is in a shed kept at 32F-40F under T5 fluorescents. @Dav4 what is your secret?

 

[Dav4]

My one surviving yaupon is in a shed kept at 32F-40F under T5 fluorescents. @Dav4 what is your secret?

I’ve got an unheated room off of my garage. I can dial in the temperatures during the colder months simply by opening or closing the windows. Right now, it’s 35° in there… May have fallen a touch below freezing overnight as I wanted to cool things off finally.