![]() ![]() My thoughts? In the end zone, it’s a solid species for bonsai. Which this one is beginning to do, following suit with old tree mechanics. Crowns on old freely growing trees are not uniform after all. We’re fertilizing it a bit more, which can often resurrect weaker branches. A tree as mature as this is going to lose a twig or branch now and then, and you can see one in the crown at about 1:30 that’s been getting weaker the last couple years. We upsized the pot after the last photo, needing more wiggle room. Much like Anne I’ve partially defoliated occasionally to weaken overly strong branches.Īnd as it looks in August, 2021, exactly 30 years since Anne’s first photo of it. Here the tree had settled into middle age and the petioles and internodes were shorter. In 2014, when the maple had been in my garden for a few years already. In 2008 Anne documented her leaf reduction technique to bring light into the interior and balance strong areas. ![]() The structure that it retains today was well in place by then.Īnne said the internodes were starting to behave in 2008. Here is the Red Maple in 1999, showing the long internodes that Anne said took nearly 20 years to simmer down into polite short ones. The photo on the left is from 1991 when it was 3 years old. The first images from Anne Spencer’s ‘adoption papers’, the complete photographic history handed to those lucky enough to get one of her trees. Almost all the photos are Anne’s, except the last two. I have, however, taken care of an older one for 10 years, and have a few thoughts.Īnne Spencer designed and grew the tree featured here for 20 years, from a 3-year old plant. It’s a bit of a stretch to suggest I have wide bonsai experience with Red Maple. It’s well regarded as a street tree for great fall color and less sidewalk issues than other maples. Red Maple, Acer rubrum, is a North American forest tree with a range extending from southeastern Canada to Florida. Posted by crataegus on Augin Uncategorized | 9 Comments ![]()
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