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3 Small Ash

Hi all,

Just documenting the start of some mini Ash as an experiment.

Lots of defoliation and trimming to follow.

All trees were spares from my potting mix trials and are now about 3 years old. They were put into bonsai pots about six months ago.

grant

Hi Grant
I am really glad that you are sharing these mini ash that you are developing! I for one will learn a whole lot from watching these trees evolve! ...so thank you ever so much mate
Thank you for posting this so promptly too!
Along with your other threads on ash, this thread will be the icing on the cake in terms of how to work this tremendous species
These ash look very promising and are sure to look the goods under your care and expert guidance!
Cheers, Dario.

#1 is a little ripper Grant, nice work,

Hi Grant, i have a load of these , self sown in the mulch from the local council , magic trunks as they are contorted from growing through the mulch and plants in the garden .Any idea of the species .They were actually my next topic , English Elm Maybe . I will learn something here that's for sure .

Cheers Alpine

alpineart wrote:Hi Grant, i have a load of these , self sown in the mulch from the local council , magic trunks as they are contorted from growing through the mulch and plants in the garden .Any idea of the species .They were actually my next topic , English Elm Maybe . I will learn something here that's for sure .

Cheers Alpine

I presume these are Fraxinus angustifolia var angustifolia; known as the desert ash in Australia. They should get a nice rough bark eventually and smaller leaves as time goes by. One had a fat trunk, one was skinny and one had lots of movement.

Chinese elm would be another good subject.

Grant

Hi Grant , i don't know if mine are Desert Ash , but they could be . Iwill do a progression topic soon , maybe some could positively I.D them . Got loads of Chinese Elm trainers also .Contorted , twisted and fused spirals ., another topic .Just as well i've got all this spare time on my hands of late , might as well contribute to the forum rather than look at 4 walls and the roof .

Cheers Alpine

Desert Ash, hey. I've been thinking the one's self seeding in my front garden were silver birches. I should have looked a bit harder. Those trunks on the Desert Ash really thicken up quickly for their size and are easy to train after the new growth has hardened off slightly, otherwise they will damage easily. Only a few weeks of wiring the trunks should do it if you get them at the right time. I've got a few that I'm waiting to see if the trunk fuses together where the curls join. These are looking good. Look forward to the evolution! Congrats:)

Adrian

A quick update of one of the Ash.

After about 6 months of training its not going too bad. Looking forward to the bark and nebari maturing over the next few years.

Grant

Got some colour on the small ash this year. Started to lightly colour about two weeks ago so I put it out in full morning sun.

I hope Pat K can make some more pots in this colour; he could not remember making this one,

Grant

Sure is a nice pot Grant and the trees coming along nicely too. Lots of new branches since you first posted it. How are the other 2 looking?

What are your intentions with the aerial root at the front of the trunk?

Regards,
Steven

Steven wrote:Sure is a nice pot Grant and the trees coming along nicely too. Lots of new branches since you first posted it. How are the other 2 looking?

What are your intentions with the aerial root at the front of the trunk?

Regards,
Steven

The other two are nothing special so will be progressively potted into slightly larger bonsai pots or back into plastic.

I have about another 30 to choose from growing on.

Re root at front it will probably eventually be removed.

Grant

A bit of colour

Hi Grant,
That colour looks spectacular.

Regards Ray

Ray M wrote:Hi Grant,
That colour looks spectacular.

Regards Ray

It looks like 5% or so of my 40 or so Ash may be seedlings from the Claret Ash in our yard.

I was never sure if they had seed; if the seed was viable; and if true to type or variable.

The 95% balance were definitely from the green species that was growing in our yard when we bought our house 6 years ago.

Grant.