MrGiraffe said:

I've been taking cuttings of  'slender silhouette' american sweet gum while pruning at work this week.  Hopefully they root, got them in a perlite/coco mix in the green house.  I should probably shade them.  I think they'd look awesome as a grove/forest planting.  Some of the branches are pretty large.  One has a nice fork for a twin trunk if it takes root.  I know the bigger older wood is less likely to root but I had so much cutting material I couldn't resist trying a bigger one and maybe getting a head start.  Apparently sweet gum grows rapidly and back buds profusely on it's own.

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Damn! I had never seen a sweet gum before, cut one down this past week and thought about taking some cuttings home. Alas they went in the chipper. Good luck with them, should make for a cool bonsai

Jah2997 said:

My Norway spruce bonsai


cotoneaster (current)


my whole tree and shrub collection

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ThatKidWithTheFace said:

I've got a little rosemary plant I'm gonna trim up tomorrow,  and take some Japanese Maple cuttings

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Right on,post your progress

ThatKidWithTheFace said:

I've got a little rosemary plant I'm gonna trim up tomorrow,  and take some Japanese Maple cuttings

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Just a heads up on the JM, most don't root well.  That's the reason the bigger nurseries use grafting for propagation instead of cuttings.  If you take it up they usually do grafts as low as possible for cultivars that are sought after for bonsai.

These are some jade plants I picked up at a local greenhouse the last few days.  Got all 3 for $23.  $12 for the biggun, 6.50 for the one on the right and 4.50 for the one on the left.  The little one in the front came off the mid sized one, had already rooted so I shoved it in the pot with a little cactus I picked up from Lowe's that has flower buds and the portulaca trailing vines.  Bought the biggest one and then decided to go back and get a few more for a sort of grove style planting.  The big one is right at "12 tall and the thicker trunk on it is 1" .  The little one is a single trunk specimen and it's actually pretty thick for it's height. the angle of the picture just doesn't show it all that well.  May eventually separate them, but this was the biggest pot I had and I wanted to give them plenty of room to grow.

MrGiraffe said:

ThatKidWithTheFace said:

I've got a little rosemary plant I'm gonna trim up tomorrow,  and take some Japanese Maple cuttings

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Just a heads up on the JM, most don't root well.  That's the reason the bigger nurseries use grafting for propagation instead of cuttings.  If you take it up they usually do grafts as low as possible for cultivars that are sought after for bonsai.

These are some jade plants I picked up at a local greenhouse the last few days.  Got all 3 for $23.  $12 for the biggun, 6.50 for the one on the right and 4.50 for the one on the left.  The little one in the front came off the mid sized one, had already rooted so I shoved it in the pot with a little cactus I picked up from Lowe's that has flower buds and the portulaca trailing vines.  Bought the biggest one and then decided to go back and get a few more for a sort of grove style planting.  The big one is right at "12 tall and the thicker trunk on it is 1" .  The little one is a single trunk specimen and it's actually pretty thick for it's height. the angle of the picture just doesn't show it all that well.  May eventually separate them, but this was the biggest pot I had and I wanted to give them plenty of room to grow.

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Very nice score man

p0stij said:

Here's a little Japanese Maple seedling I dug up the other day from underneath a big mature one. It was redder when I first brought it home. I'm thinking maybe it changed from either light or pH difference? Figured it's a perfect bonsai candidate.

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I'd say that is a perfect candidate!