With my obsession toward my Miyasama (e.g Taiwanese Trident Maple), when I came across Mino Yatsubusa (close cousin of Miyasama), I started looking into it. As usual, there weren't much info out there other than bits and pieces info (including some in language I do not understand). However, I fortunately ran into this seller via Amazon who had it listed (purchased date December 11, 2016 but shipped Closer to mid February of the following year) . Although I wasn't a happy camper when I first saw it ( withstood some shipping damage and I received what looked like a dead stick :D) . My initial reaction in my defense were not uncalled for. I was so upset, I gave the seller a negative feedback when he didn't respond to my first couple of email. After the negative feedback, he came back to me and wanted to solve the situation (he didn't have one to replace; therefore offered me a full refund). I decided to let bygones be bygones, forget the refund and stick with the stick. :p
Anyway, fast forward to late Spring 2017, I started to see some encouraging signs and by Summer 2017, tree was putting out pretty good growth. (Picture Above)
Description from the Seller:
Few small trees stand up to urban conditions as well as the trident maple, Acer buergerianum. In the wild in eastern China and Taiwan it can form a large tree and I was fortunate to see a giant on Tianmu Shan that must have been over 65′ tall. In the garden however they rarely grow larger than 35′ and have been shown to tolerate compacted soils, significant drought, and pollution rather well once they are established. The selection ‘Mino Yatsubusa’ is a slow growing, very choice selection with deeply cut leaves and narrow lobes. It will slowly form a small tree with a broad domed head. It is highly prized for bonsai work and can be pruned into lovely shapes in the landscape. Overall, it gives a somewhat fine texture to the middle canopy and fits into almost any garden setting. Fall color is an intense medley of red, orange, and gold and the winter bark is attractively shaggy on older plants. Plants will grow in full sun but seem to be happiest in light shade in the heat of the south. Plants are often difficult to find since it can be difficult to graft and softwood cuttings root only in very small percentagesAcer buergerianum 'Mino Yatsubusa'Minimum 6 feet , Maximum 10 feet Rare and special, this dwarf rounded shrub has beautiful (tho un-maple-like!) foliage with 3 narrow lobes, the 2 basal lobes at right-angles to a long finely-tipped center;lacquered orange-red fall color! S-PSh/Med
I am curious how this would look in a bonsai format in the years to come (leaves look pretty interesting). Leaves aren't as thick as Miyasama, but not as thin as typical Trident Maple leaves either. I like what I'm seeing ...
So I continue to let it vigor up in a growing pot with intention of field growing for thickening up a bit.
December 5, 2017 (almost 3.5 months on the ground since I moved the plant for field growing. I like the orange red look of her Fall Color. It stayed like this for a bit (I didn't count) and expected the leaves to drop soon but she had other plan.
These pictures taken with iPhone actually fail to do justice here as it didn't capture the beautiful orangy red color. I can't wait for this tree to get some growth and with lush, it would show the true color.
So here I am in 2022, decided, I need to move the plant to a different location as it is growing way bigger for that specific location. I decided to do some heavy trimming at first while it was still in dormant, before moving. Here's some pictures
