One more year of ramification...

treeman · Post by **treeman** » May 31st, 2019, 1:01 pm

Dwarf Maple

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Ash

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Cork elm

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Japanese maple

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Chionanthus retusus

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Chinese quince

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English elm

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Trident maple

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Golden elm. Sorry about the blur but if you squint.....

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Jake fowler · Post by **Jake fowler** » May 31st, 2019, 2:40 pm

Coming along nicely Mike!

Boics · Post by **Boics** » May 31st, 2019, 2:49 pm

Amazing tree's Mike.

My favourite is the EE for some reason.

longd_au · Post by **longd_au** » May 31st, 2019, 4:03 pm

Those are some seriously beautiful trees. I find rushing maples leaves lumps and scars so your maples must have been cooked slowly with patient.
Thanks for sharing....an inspiration for me to chase.

anthonyW · Post by **anthonyW** » May 31st, 2019, 4:57 pm

Very well done and especially on the quince I find them a tough gig

Anthony

MJL · Post by **MJL** » May 31st, 2019, 4:59 pm

I want to swear - but in a good way - if there is such a thing .... so I’ll say: these trees are fbomb’ing fantastic!!

The 1st photo and the last four photos being especially pleasing to my eye. A photo will never do the trident maple forest justice - I have been lucky enough to see that in the flesh and it is staggeringly good.

Bonsai teaches me patience.
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treeman · Post by **treeman** » May 31st, 2019, 5:17 pm

MJL wrote:I want to swear - but in a good way - if there is such a thing .... so I’ll say: these trees are fbomb’ing fantastic!!

The 1st photo and the last four photos being especially pleasing to my eye. A photo will never do the trident maple forest justice - I have been lucky enough to see that in the flesh and it is staggeringly good.

Bonsai teaches me patience.
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I have never ever been able to take a good pic of the trident forest. Always looks laterally squeezed. Probably my camera and skills.

MJL · Post by **MJL** » May 31st, 2019, 6:38 pm

This picture from above is one of my favourites. I find it hard to reconcile the fact this is a forest from above - you have to look carefully to see that it is not one tree but over twenty trees!

Brilliant, harmonious ramification that can only come from skill and patience.

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Ok - that’s probably enough wind up your behind for one night!

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melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » May 31st, 2019, 7:47 pm

Fantastic work Mike, congratulations on your supreme patience to gain these results. Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

Keels · Post by **Keels** » May 31st, 2019, 9:06 pm

Wow impressive. They are coming along nicely. How old is that quince?

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » May 31st, 2019, 11:40 pm

A fan of the Ash myself. Lovely little tree.

Robsterios · Post by **Robsterios** » June 1st, 2019, 6:36 am

All awesome for sure.
Mike, are you pruning your chinese quinces and chojubie now..?

treeman · Post by **treeman** » June 1st, 2019, 11:17 am

Robsterios wrote:All awesome for sure.
Mike, are you pruning your chinese quinces and chojubie now..?

Yep you can prune from now on. All Japanese maples that have just lost leaves or still have some on should be pruned immediately unless you are root pruning as well.

Matt S · Post by **Matt S** » June 2nd, 2019, 4:52 pm

I love this time of year, I get to work on my winter pruning plus I can see how Mike's deciduous are progressing!

I remember that Trident group from last year's AABC convention, although I didn't realise who it belonged to. Really really nice.

Woudn't mind seeing that broom Zelkova too. Hint hint.

Matt.

DavidN · Post by **DavidN** » June 3rd, 2019, 9:44 am

Brilliant Mike!!

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