What a great opportunity. No bonsai guy could resist.The building where our club meets is being remodeled, and a maple hedge needed to be removed. Instead of being shredded, they were donated to our bonsai club, and now begin new lives as bonsai.
This was an exciting project for our club.These trees, estimated to be 30-40 years old, are outstanding raw material for bonsai.
Each club member got a tree. Many
could be split into two or three trees. Many had fantastic shapes. They
should have brilliant yellow fall colors. Even as they were being dug, it was tempting to start studying them for design and how they will eventually take shape as bonsai.
Assuming they survive in pots, these trees are about five year projects.
It is hoped that in the future our club will present an exhibit of
these maples.The excavator operator saved us a lot of work, and dug the trees neatly to preserve as much of the roots as possible. The operator dug 30 trees in under 90 minutes. He ran like clockwork.
We had them bundled up and ready to pot up in the afternoon. Take a look at this video on our YouTube channel that shows someNow just look at those trunks and their fantastical shapes. They look like something out of a fairy tale.
Can't wait to see them develop.
