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Acer rubrum (Red Maple) is native to my area and is considered by most as unsuitable material for bonsai.

I have identified a couple of promising sub-species here locally and been working with them for a while to see how they would adapt to bonsai culture.

This particular Red Maple decided to put on a show for me this year.
This tree was started from a seed in 1994.

I hope you enjoy.

Cheers,
Paul

Nice tree Paul it has some nice colour. I love the roots over the rock lots of character in them.

Hugh

Beautiful! Great roots

neal.

Nice tree Paul, we do appreciate seeing a touch of colour (color) during our springtime. Nice that you have used the word 'autumn" rather than fall.

Beautiful pot, Paul is it one of yours? Oh nice tree too, colour is good and the fall colors do make them special.

Pup nice work Paul

Verry Nice paul
I love the colour of maples Early spring and Autumn

ken

hugh grant wrote:Nice tree Paul it has some nice colour. I love the roots over the rock lots of character in them.

Thanks Hugh, I appreciate the positive feedback.

Cheers,
Paul

nealweb wrote:Beautiful! Great roots

G'day Neal,

Thanks for taking the time to comment on my tree and I appreciate the compliments.

Regards,
Paul

Gerard wrote:Nice tree Paul, we do appreciate seeing a touch of colour (color) during our springtime. Nice that you have used the word 'autumn" rather than fall.

Hello Gerard,

The fact that our seasons are opposite is one of the main draws of being a member of this forum. I always enjoy seeing whats happening on your side of the equator as we move from one season to the next.

I think the word 'autumn' is a much better term to use because it only has one meaning. Whereas, the word 'fall' has numerous meanings and is not quite as descriptive in this situation.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Cheers,
Paul

Pup wrote:Beautiful pot, Paul is it one of yours? Oh nice tree too, colour is good and the fall colors do make them special.

Pup nice work Paul

Thanks for the kind words Pup and yes, this is one of my pots.

For me autumn colors are very special. I live in the Southern part of the US where the temperature and weather conditions do not always produce this kind of color. In fact, this is the only one of my red maples that turned color this year.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Paul

kcpoole wrote:Verry Nice paul
I love the colour of maples Early spring and Autumn

G'day Ken,

Yes, the early spring and autumn colors are one of the benefits of growing maple bonsai.

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Your feedback is always appreciated.

Cheers,
Paul

Great looking tree, and great looking pot there Paul!! very nice.
Kudos for experimenting with "unsuitable" species and getting an excellent result

NathanM wrote:Great looking tree, and great looking pot there Paul!! very nice.
Kudos for experimenting with "unsuitable" species and getting an excellent result

Hello Nathan,

I appreciate you taking the time to comment on my tree.

For me, experimentation with endemic plant material is an important part of the bonsai process.

I can see that same mind set here on ausbonsai. Based on what I have seen in the many threads here, you all have some very promising native plant material there in Australia.

Thank you for the positive feedback.

Cheers,
Paul