My Trees > Japanese Maple 2

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Japanese Maple 2

Tall, skinny japanese maple in brown deep ceramic pot

Provenance

Gift from Jason Balfor at PSBA Eastside study group

Background

  • Estimated Origin: April 2017
  • Training Since: March 2023
  • Acquired: March 18, 2023
  • Progression: Pre-Bonsai

Tree Details

  • Exhibition Ready: No

About Japanese Maple 2

Care Log

  • July 19, 2025

    Prune

    I make a couple directional decisions with this tree. Identified and promoted a single leader to tell the tree what to do. Also pruned some for taper.

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  • July 14, 2025

    Observation

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  • June 9, 2025

    Prune

    Trimmed back to 2 buds to ramify, keeping smaller

  • May 31, 2025

    Other – Relocated

    Moved from the courtyard to the new backyard bench

  • May 22, 2024

    Observation

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  • April 22, 2024

    Observation

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  • April 5, 2024

    Observation

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  • May 21, 2023

    Observation

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  • March 18, 2023

    Repot

    took cuttings from trunk of this seedling (now JapaneseMaple-Batch-001). It had terrible nebari, and may never be suitable for bonsai, still have cut off trunk planted in small plastic starter pot

  • March 18, 2023

    Other – Took cuttings

    took cuttings from trunk of this seedling (now JapaneseMaple-Batch-001). It had terrible nebari, and may never be suitable for bonsai, still have cut off trunk planted in small plastic starter pot