Where Can I Buy a Chojubaj?

[Giga]

The real question is who has the deepest red chojubai cuttings for sale? I would pay more for a darker red for sure.


Like this one:
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when you find it let me know as I'll be buying it too

 

[JoeR]

when you find it let me know as I'll be buying it too

I doubt I will be able to find any, I have only seen them as mature specimens either in Japan or imported from Japan.

 

[mattspinniken]

Any thoughts on why chojubaj are hard to come by and expensive?

 

[JoeR]

Any thoughts on why chojubaj are hard to come by and expensive?

They're slow growers for one thing. Other than that I have no idea, they supposedly propagate easy.

 

[Dav4]

Any thoughts on why chojubaj are hard to come by and expensive?

Along with being slow growing, there doesn't appear to be much of a demand for them in the landscape nursery trade.

 

[quietobserver]

Young ones, when grown hard, grow at a decent clip. Shove an old one in a cramped bonsai pot and it'll sit there and look at you all year and might give you a courtesy extension of a couple nodes here and there. Go read up on crataegus.com. Follow his horticultural advice on growing a younger one and you might be shocked by the results.

 

[JoeR]

Bump!

Still no cuttings....

 

[quietobserver]

Bump!

Still no cuttings....

Pretty sure Don Blackmond (gregory beach bonsai) has some younger ones, i.e. somewhat newly rooted cuttings. He's on here quite a bit and his email is on gregorybeachbonsai.com. No idea what he charges on a young one, but his 'older' ones are reasonable considering what you're getting and market value.

 

[Paradox]

Julian Adams in VA also has cuttings or did a month ago.

 

[milehigh_7]

I am hoping to have some ready by fall.

 

[Don Blackmond]

I currently have about 8 pots for sale, and they each have between 1 and 4 two year old cuttings. They come from high quality stock. Send an email, not pm, if interested. Individually priced.

 

[JoeR]

Finally got one (well, actually two).

Thanks @Don Blackmond !


Now I just need to buy some white ones from Brent.

 

[quietobserver]

Finally got one (well, actually two).

Thanks @Don Blackmond !
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Now I just need to buy some white ones from Brent.

Good stuff Joe!!

 

[jcrossett]

@Don Blackmond what else do you have i can't email you.

 

[JoeR]

Now Brent has red ones but not white ones!! Arghh. Anyway, here they are today after being repotted and wired a few weeks ago. They have yellow leaf edges and I'm not sure what that's about? Maybe a fertilizer issue?

 

[quietobserver]

Now Brent has red ones but not white ones!! Arghh. Anyway, here they are today after being repotted and wired a few weeks ago. They have yellow leaf edges and I'm not sure what that's about? Maybe a fertilizer issue?

Keep in mind chojubai are technically a dwarf shrub, not a true tree like an acer or an elm. They recycle leaves quite a bit during the growing season.

 

[JoeR]

Keep in mind chojubai are technically a dwarf shrub, not a true tree like an acer or an elm. They recycle leaves quite a bit during the growing season.

Thanks for the tidbit, but it had just leafed out when it yellowed so I don't think that's the problem?