Field Maple seed 35 years
Hawthorn seed 7 years
Silver Birch seed 16 years
Chojubai cutting from a friend 6 years
Arakawa maple cutting 5 years
Cotoneaster seed 35 years
Chinese Elm cutting 12 years
Cork bark Elm cutting 8 years
If you learn how to build you can develop the exact trees that float your boat. I'm lucky I started early (when I was 22) for the longer projects. This is to give you an idea of the timescales involved with the older ones DEFINITELY extended because of my lack of knowledge / experience and understanding. There are soft rules (aesthetics) and hard rules (manipulation of how trees grow). Learning the hard rules is very important early on as you start the hobby and I cannot stress enough about looking at the tree and knowing a) what is needed to move the tree forward b) what hard rules must you follow to achieve your goal.
I hope this helps the builders out there.
by Paulpash
4 Comments
Great post
Holy crap that Cotoneaster….Goals.
These all look really great, well done
Incredible work.