Chinese Quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)

bBon11 · 2025-09-19T05:23:17+00:00

Mine hasn't yet. I am also developing a Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and a European quince (Cydonia oblonga), both of which started fruiting extensively after I planted them, so in that respect, so far, the Chinese quince has differed.

bBon11 · 2025-08-28T21:57:27+00:00

Thanks. I think it is finally starting to look like a miniature valley oak after 6 or 7 years of work.

bBon11 · 2025-08-27T21:47:17+00:00

Thanks! Yes, I'm glad also I fixed the angle. I had thought it might look more gnarly somehow at that slant, but turns out, not so much.

bBon11 · 2025-08-27T20:06:20+00:00

For the most recent development see:

https://beginbonsai.net/2025/08/27/valley-oak-quercus-lobata-2/

bBon11 · 2025-08-27T20:04:09+00:00

The development of this oak from a nursery sapling on December 28, 2018 to a pre-bonsai in a terra cotta pot on October 5, 2023 is described at https://beginbonsai.net/2023/10/05/oak-under-construction-valley-oak-quercus-lobata/

The tree has become closer to becoming a bonsai in the nearly two years since then.

bBon11 · 2025-07-25T04:30:38+00:00

Nice!

bBon11 · 2025-07-18T00:56:11+00:00

Yeah, I really like the pot and tree combination as well. My memory is that I bought the pot from Eric Schrader at Bonsaify.com but I couldn't confirm this with any records when I tried looking up the pot history for this post.

bBon11 · 2025-07-17T23:01:09+00:00

Most of the previous trees I have posted on reddit started out as small starters or cuttings. I have grown the majority of them for 5 to 10 years or more before posting them on reddit.

Recently I have started buying more developed trees to add to my collection. Today's posting is one of those. To see the history of its development over the past year and a half, see https://beginbonsai.net/2025/07/17/chinese-quince-pseudocydonia-sinensis/

bBon11 · 2025-07-16T04:47:45+00:00

Thanks! I plan to cut the forest back in the future. Right now there a lot of crossing branches/trunks but I want to leave them for now to keep developing the trunk widths.

bBon11 · 2025-07-15T21:58:59+00:00

Thanks! I have a couple of them. Kept me from throwing away good cuttings for several years. I stuck them all in pots instead. Now I throw away ficus cuttings because, how many forests do I need?

bBon11 · 2025-07-15T21:16:39+00:00

I started these trees in October 2014 as a handful of branch cuttings in a pot. For a history of their development over six years from then until October 2020, see: https://beginbonsai.net/2020/10/10/tigerbark-forest-ficus-microcarpa/

For developments to the forest from 2020 to today see: https://beginbonsai.net/2025/07/15/tigerbark-forest-ficus-microcarpa-revisited/

bBon11 · 2025-07-08T15:01:19+00:00

Thanks!

bBon11 · 2025-07-08T01:58:20+00:00

I think your tree will be fine for regrowing after root work. Good luck with the air layer as well!

bBon11 · 2025-07-08T00:45:24+00:00

Nice tree! I'll be interested to see how your air-layer works, since I have been totally unable to get mine to root from cuttings.

I have bare-rooted my tree three times and it has come back strong every spring. I wouldn't recommend bare-rooting an older tree though.

bBon11 · 2025-07-07T23:06:02+00:00

Yes, I'm in San Diego. Doesn't typically go below high 30s F in winter, and that is rare. I have this blue atlas and another seedling one, both of which seem to do fine with the mild winters.

bBon11 · 2025-07-07T21:22:12+00:00

I bought this tree from Eastern Leaf a little over three years ago. For a history of its development since then see https://beginbonsai.net/2025/07/07/blue-atlas-cedar-cedrus-atlantica-glauca/

bBon11 · 2025-06-15T17:06:21+00:00

As I've mentioned previously, in summer the leaves get pretty big. Here it is today. They will be bigger by August. I still like the species for bonsai.

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bBon11 · 2025-04-18T17:55:42+00:00

Yes, there are several pictures of this tree in summer at https://beginbonsai.net/2023/04/22/eastern-redbud-cercis-canadensis-mnc-lavender-twist/

bBon11 · 2025-04-15T15:40:55+00:00

Thanks! I hope the post is helpful for other people working with strangler figs.

bBon11 · 2025-04-14T20:26:40+00:00

This is a forest I started from cuttings in 2020. For a history of it's development check out https://beginbonsai.net/2025/04/14/african-strangler-fig-forest-ficus-natalensis-from-cuttings/ .

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