I’ve been on the hunt for this for years but every single Bonsai enthusiast or professional in the community that I’ve spoken to have said they just don’t exist commercially in Australia outside of some rare personal collections.
The closest I came across were just grafted Shin-deshojos which were all very much raw material and not yet bonsai ready.
I found this by pure chance while visiting a nursery and the owner was showing me his collection. He apparently got it over 10 years ago but didn’t know what exact cultivar it was, and had just been referring to it as a “red maple”. I’m surprised no one else snatched it yet as it was up for sale.
Thanks to /u/small_trunks for helping me ID this in the weekly thread.
My plan for now is to continue letting it grow for a couple years and just develop the side branches with maybe some light wiring to fix the angles to create some pads – would you guys have any other suggestions?
blissfully_insane22
Looks great! Love the color, bet that was 200-300 bucks?
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I’ve been on the hunt for this for years but every single Bonsai enthusiast or professional in the community that I’ve spoken to have said they just don’t exist commercially in Australia outside of some rare personal collections.
The closest I came across were just grafted Shin-deshojos which were all very much raw material and not yet bonsai ready.
I found this by pure chance while visiting a nursery and the owner was showing me his collection. He apparently got it over 10 years ago but didn’t know what exact cultivar it was, and had just been referring to it as a “red maple”. I’m surprised no one else snatched it yet as it was up for sale.
Thanks to /u/small_trunks for helping me ID this in the weekly thread.
My plan for now is to continue letting it grow for a couple years and just develop the side branches with maybe some light wiring to fix the angles to create some pads – would you guys have any other suggestions?
Looks great! Love the color, bet that was 200-300 bucks?