[IBC] FW: [IBC] Purple leaf plum
 

Randall,

No - still attached to the tree. I'm going to remove it this weekend and stick it in a nursery pot. Hopefully, there is still enough time for additional roots to develop so that it will survive the winter. Will probably keep it on the sunporch once temps start dipping below freezing. I probably won't take a picture until it survives the winter! I'm with you, though. If I can get 15 or so years out of it after that - assuming the other qualities can be achieved - I'll be quite happy. The tree that I'm layering is about 17 years old and definitely showing signs of age. However, I drastically pruned it last year and got a huge amount of new growth this spring. I'm going to hard prune everything I didn't do last year and hopefully the results will be similar. I'd like to get a few more years out of the tree - replacing it with something of similar size will be a MAJOR expense.

Jeff Isom
Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39


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At my present state of expertise, or lack there of, lol I'd take a bonsai
with the potential of living 10-15 years...
I love the color, and in the yard they have very pleasing shape, and nice
flowers. If you can get everything else to cooperate, ramification, leaf
size, etc... Aren't they all somewhat of a gamble anyway? lol

Jeff, any pics of yours?

Randall

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At my present state of expertise, or lack there of, lol I'd take a bonsai
with the potential of living 10-15 years...
I love the color, and in the yard they have very pleasing shape, and nice
flowers. If you can get everything else to cooperate, ramification, leaf
size, etc... Aren't they all somewhat of a gamble anyway? lol

Jeff, any pics of yours?

Randall

Randall

I don't think this is correct. Perhaps in some areas purple plums succumb
early, but out here in the West where they are common, there are many
examples of trees that are at least 50 to perhaps 75 years old. Some purple
plums are 40 feet tall, hard to do in 15 years. I know of at least one fine
bonsai purple plum that is older than 15, but unfortunately, I don't have a
picture of it.

Around Ukiah, I know of at least a dozen trees that have been here longer
than me, and that was 30 years ago.



Brent in Northern California
Evergreen Gardenworks USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 14

http://www.EvergreenGardenworks.com

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With that said, have at it. I personally do not like to invest the time and energy in species that historically start to decline after 10-15 years.

As Brent mentioned, there are exceptions . . .

Cordially,

Michael Persiano
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