Now that I have your attention… This post is about a common bacterial disease called Pseudomonas syringae, which frequently affects Japanese maples yet is relatively easy to control. It is often misidentified as Verticillium wilt, as both cause tip dieback. The Pseudomonas bacteria form purply-black stem discolorations, which is the result of a toxin produced [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Japanese maple’
Read This If You Grow Japanese Maple
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bonsai diseases, Japanese maple, japanese maple diseases, maple diseases, pseudomonas on November 29, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Japanese Maple, year two
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged airlayer, double trunk, Japanese maple on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A post from last year was something of a quiz that asked how to improve a particular Japanese maple. This is a follow up post… The lower right branch was airlayered off and integrated into the nebari on the right side to create, eventually, a double trunked tree. The parent tree has been tipped slighted [...]
