It's seed season

[shibui]

End of autumn means seed is ripe on many temperate species.
We have a range of deciduous species in the garden and can supply budding propagators with fresh seed.
All seed freshly collected.
Packets of small seed (eg maple) $3 for around 20 seeds; 50+ seeds $5 and larger quantities by negotiation.
Postage cost: up to 3 packets of small seed $3; larger orders up to 1kg allow $15 delivery

Smaller seed:
*Trident maple - hardy, reliable bonsai favourite
* Japanese maples - we have a range of named cultivars and selected unnamed seedlings. Don't bother asking for specific varieties because seed always has genetic variation so every seedling is different from the parents. If there's some specific characteristic you'd like to try to grow let me know and I can try to select seed from the trees that MAY give some seedlings that MAY have similar characteristics. Usually the choice will be between standard JM - which tend to be stronger, faster growing OR a random selection of seed from various cultivars that will give you a lucky dip of different leaf shapes and tree size.
* Chinese elm
No Chinese quince available this year due to higher than normal bird activity.

Larger seed:
* English oak - acorns $1 each + post cost

PM or email neil@shibuibonsai.com.au for more details or to discuss your requirements.

For those who don't want to wait, Trident and JM seedlings will be available from July - spring again this year.

[Matthew]

I just noticed my garden ginko has produced and dropped seed this year. Be interesting to see if they are viable

[shibui]

Is there another gingko somewhere in the area Matthew? I know some trees grow fruit without pollination but not sure in Gingko is one of those. You can tell if seeds are viable by cracking one open. If the shell is empty it's obviously no good. If there is a seed inside it should be able to grow.

[dan.e]

hi I would love some more whips again this year neil put me down for some of both please

[shibui]

Plenty of maple seed available.

This is just one of the tridents in the garden. The entire tree is covered like this.

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JM seed tends to be a little more sparse on the tree but we have quite a few different palmatums to gather from.

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[Mitch_28]

Hi Neil, I sent you a PM but it's not in my messages? Did you get one earlier today? Cheers, Mitchell

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[shibui]

Hi Neil, I sent you a PM but it's not in my messages? Did you get one earlier today? Cheers, Mitchell

No worries Mitch. PM received and rely sent.

For any other budding JM growers, While collecting some seed the other day I wondered if anyone was interested in trying seed from specific types of JM. Obviously seed does not grow reliably true to type but a percentage of seedlings do often partly resemble the mother so if you want to try for some specific traits let me know and I'll try to custom pick some seed to match.
Some of the traits I can select for:
Reddish summer leaves
Dwarf
Deeply divided leaves
Long leaf lobes
Small leaves
Weeping (these have proved difficult to maintain on their own roots but some people have had better results)

Any other possibilities? just ask......

[AGarcia]

Do you have different characteristics in your seed bearing tridents?

[shibui]

Tridents all appear pretty similar. trident has not had the history of breeding and selection for ornamental garden plants that JM have.
I do know there are a couple of different varieties of trident around but most are just plain species so they tend to breed more true to type.