Great trees - how old is the first one? I went to Birmingham (UK) botanical garden on Saturday and took some photos of the UK National collection of bonsai - I will share them if interested, I know there are several Bonsai enthusiasts on here (too difficult for me!)
Thank you. I'm not sure. I've only had that one for a few years. I believe it was originally imported from Japan though, and I'd be willing to bet that it's at least 10-15 years old, possibly more. Yes, I'd love to see your photo's! There's a bonsai maples thread, but if you're sharing more than maples maybe it would be better to start a new thread? Just guessing at protocol here.. lol.
Hey everyone, it has been a while eh! I hope you are all well and enjoying this time of year. I have started to rebuild my Japanese Maple collection. I lost over 100 over the last few years, some sold, many died. My passion has returned to it’s former glory.. And with it so will my collection. It’ll take some time but I’m going to savour the journey. Luke
Thank you Alain. It’s good to be back on here. I actually just got back from the local garden centre. They had soooo many Acers, and I told myself I wouldn’t.. but I did.
Hino tori nishiki, Azuma murasaki: Orange Dream: One grown from seed: Sango kaku (Senkaki) lots of flowers: Filigree: A potted Shishigashira with (female) flowers:
Hello, Spring is definitely my favourite season for maples! Unfortunately, the weather is a bit dull today. Amber Ghost: Sister Ghost: Beni Tsukasa: Beni Chidori, withBeni Tsukasa and Ukigomo still leafing out behind: Golden Falls: Rainbow: Midori no Teiboku: Black Lace, Olsen's Frosted Strawberry et Lileeanne's Jewel: Kamagata: Mikawa Yatsubusa: Elegans: Celebration: Sango Kaku: Seiryu: Amagi Shigure: Sazanami:
Hi Luke! I agree, the Azuma-murasaki is really pretty. I don't really remember thinking about it before (name aside, which means Eastern Purple, referring to origin in Japan). Have been away from the garden for almost 2 weeks, and not seeing very well -- so apologies for blurry pics -- but did take some snaps yesterday. A couple of apologies for naming errors in these. I label the photos as I take them, to avoid later confusion, which in this case added more. The correct name is not Chishio but Chi-shio, a fantastic name which means "Blood Tide". (This takes precedent over the earlier kanji, meaning A Thousand Shades. Both names are hyphenated the same, though). For some reason I wrote Murasaki-kiyo-hime, which is wrong, should be Murasaki-kiyohime. The Serene Princess Kiyohime is a famous fictional character. Goshiki-shidare is the way the plant is labeled, but it is a synonym for Toyama-nishiki. Other notes on these, the Usu-gumo are 3 different plants which are normally quite varied in color; this year they're all similar, I wonder if it might be drought related. The two A. diaboliucum flowers are from different trees, one much brighter red than the other.. And apologies for continuing to post pics of my pauciflorum mutant, I find it a hoot! -E
Most of my trees are in full leaf now, except Acer griseum about to leaf out, and the usually very late Acer pentaphyllum :
Oriental Mystery, Pixie: Dissectum Nigrum, some type of regular green dissectum: Sode no uchi, Milligan:
Hey @maf can you tell me about Milligan? Obviously Reticulatum Group, anything on origin, into date, who selected it, etc? Thanks! -E
Hi, no it's Ukigumo (names in small characters at the bottom of the photos). 'Peaches and Cream' a couple of days ago :
Hey! It is selected by Wendy Skinner of Barthelemys nursery in southern England. Not sure of the date but I think it is likely to be this century as it has only been sold in relatively recent years. I think Barthelemys is the only place that sells it as of now. There is a thread in the photo gallery that may have more info. Here is a vid of the lady herself talking about Milligan, which was named after her pony! Should start at the right place, but if not go to 54:47 for the Milligan info, or 52:43 for the start of Wendy's chat about grafting and selecting maples etc:
Here are a few things seen over the last few days. It's that time of year, but I do note that 'Albolimbatum' is much more variegated than usual this year. Go figure!
Some JM seedlings I rescued from the public boulevard planted with Bloodgoods last April - happily they made it through the winter. Really interesting to see all the slight differences in the leaves. Excited to see these mature!
