Golden Gumballs

[SteveW]

These autumn pics of Gumball liquid ambers are for LisaK, who originally grew them. They now guard the entry to the other bonsai.

Gumball is a dwarf that grows to about 3m.

[jadecuphey87]

I like the color. That yellow is intense wow.

[Beano]

Mine is yellowing only a few leaves at a time so far, then they drop and the tree is green again. Nice gum balls you have. The street one down the road is orange!

Are they grafted? I assumed that mine was but now I'm not convinced that it is, there just isn't an obvious graft line.

[SteveW]

Yes, they are grafted. The graft is high up, just below the lowest branches. Great for bonsai as they are compact growers.

[shibui]

A few years ago I came across what appeared to be a dwarf liquidamber in a large garden at Beechworth. It may be the same as these. I have grown a cutting from that tree. The cutting appears to also be dwarf so probably not necessary to be grafted?

[SteveW]

I will take some cuttings and see what happens. They grow to 3m in the garden.

[SteveW]

The graft line is just below the bottom branches.