Info on Chinease Tallowwood tree as Bonsai

Andrax · 10-27-2010, 01:47 PM

Hello everyone! This is my first time posting

I was wondering if anyone has any exp. with chinease tallowwood as bonsai? sorry no pics are avalible at this time, im realy bad with computers but i'll try to get my nephew to link some for me, lol. Perhaps a little discription of the tree may help, its a decidieus tree with 1 1/2-3'' spade shaped leafs. green ball shaped seed pods, and has yellow flowers. I live in sw Louissianna and the tree is considered a ''trash tree'' in this area. any coments,advice, ect would be great! thanks.

treebeard55 · 10-27-2010, 03:04 PM

Welcome, Andrax! Can you give us the scientific name? That may help some of us know what you're referring to.

Andrax · 10-28-2010, 08:20 AM

thanks for the reply treebeard, sory i forgot to include the latin name but is Sapium, not sure of my sub spieces. I'm not new to bonsai, ben a bonsai artist for nearly 20 years now but im VERY bad with computers, lol. This is my first time joining a forum and from what i've seen so far i like bonsaiCHAT, agian thankyou for any help/info you maysuply.

M.B. · 10-29-2010, 12:36 AM

I have one I dug up at a friends yard a few years ago. I haven't worked it very much so it's still in the expiremental stage. When I took it to a bonsai workshop somebody told me it's a weed tree and not much good for bonsai but other than having difficulty with branches and ramification they seem to be pretty tough.
Mary B.

Andrax · 11-01-2010, 08:37 AM

Yep thats the tree MB, thanks for the info, sorry it took so long to reply i've ben out of town.It's considered a weed tree here also, but idc, im gonna train it anyway. The tree i have my eye on is in my horse pasture and has ben bushhogged downto a stump for sevral years, its about 4-5'' around and about 4'' tall with sevral ''trunks'' growing off of it. There is also a lot of deadwood so i plan to try n train it in a stump/hollow trunk style. theres an issue i have observed in the groth habits of hte tree's that im worried about. whereever you make a cut the tree puts out sevral shoots, so i think branch ramifacation in the this way over sevral years should do well, but the issue that concerns me is a tendancy for the trunk/branch to thicken considerbly whereever you cut, atleast thats what has happened in trees in the yard i have trimmed. any advice on that? thanks agian for the info sorry about the rambling post, lol.

10-27-2010, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Andrax Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Dequincy, La. USDA zone 8-9 Posts: 9	Info on Chinease Tallowwood tree as Bonsai Hello everyone! This is my first time posting I was wondering if anyone has any exp. with chinease tallowwood as bonsai? sorry no pics are avalible at this time, im realy bad with computers but i'll try to get my nephew to link some for me, lol. Perhaps a little discription of the tree may help, its a decidieus tree with 1 1/2-3'' spade shaped leafs. green ball shaped seed pods, and has yellow flowers. I live in sw Louissianna and the tree is considered a ''trash tree'' in this area. any coments,advice, ect would be great! thanks.

10-27-2010, 03:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
treebeard55 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw IN, USA USDA zone 5b Posts: 511	Welcome, Andrax! Can you give us the scientific name? That may help some of us know what you're referring to. __________________ Treebeard 55 Steve Moore http://hoosierbonsai.blogspot.com The most important bonsai tool is your brain.

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10-28-2010, 08:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Andrax Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Dequincy, La. USDA zone 8-9 Posts: 9	thanks for the reply treebeard, sory i forgot to include the latin name but is Sapium, not sure of my sub spieces. I'm not new to bonsai, ben a bonsai artist for nearly 20 years now but im VERY bad with computers, lol. This is my first time joining a forum and from what i've seen so far i like bonsaiCHAT, agian thankyou for any help/info you maysuply.

11-01-2010, 08:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
Andrax Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Dequincy, La. USDA zone 8-9 Posts: 9	Yep thats the tree MB, thanks for the info, sorry it took so long to reply i've ben out of town.It's considered a weed tree here also, but idc, im gonna train it anyway. The tree i have my eye on is in my horse pasture and has ben bushhogged downto a stump for sevral years, its about 4-5'' around and about 4'' tall with sevral ''trunks'' growing off of it. There is also a lot of deadwood so i plan to try n train it in a stump/hollow trunk style. theres an issue i have observed in the groth habits of hte tree's that im worried about. whereever you make a cut the tree puts out sevral shoots, so i think branch ramifacation in the this way over sevral years should do well, but the issue that concerns me is a tendancy for the trunk/branch to thicken considerbly whereever you cut, atleast thats what has happened in trees in the yard i have trimmed. any advice on that? thanks agian for the info sorry about the rambling post, lol.

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