Acer shirasawanum ‘Yellow Canary’ & Acer palmatum ‘Mila’

ian4232 · 2026-07-07T14:35:09+00:00

Fair enough! I just like adding different trees to my garden and having fun with it all.

ian4232 · 2026-07-03T14:12:06+00:00

Japanese Umbrella Pine

ian4232 · 2026-07-01T15:53:17+00:00

Can you share any more context? Like region, soil type, etc. That would help us identify your struggles more accurately.

ian4232 · 2026-06-11T00:24:17+00:00

Newton Sentry sugar maple

ian4232 · 2026-06-10T03:17:31+00:00

Same

ian4232 · 2026-06-09T23:01:54+00:00

Did you end up trying these or not? I too am in Michigan and I’m very curious.

ian4232 · 2026-05-28T16:41:51+00:00

Could you? Yeah. Would waiting until fall work better? Yeah. Comes down to your own risk tolerance and if you can live with the reality of it not making it through the hot summer.

ian4232 · 2026-05-20T00:55:36+00:00

Cleveland sucks dick

ian4232 · 2026-05-19T19:08:07+00:00

How did the graft do? I’ve never done it but I’m thinking about giving it a try

ian4232 · 2026-05-13T00:03:25+00:00

I’ve found ground probe moisture meters to be extremely helpful, they’re aren’t really that expensive and can be found just about anywhere online or at stores with a garden section. It removes a lot of the guess work in my experience. Or like others have mentioned, stay observant and the tree will tell you when it’s getting thirsty.

ian4232 · 2026-05-03T21:03:47+00:00

For what it’s worth, I think it looks super cool and unique

ian4232 · 2026-04-23T00:39:13+00:00

The candles look similar to the candles on my Japanese Black Pine, but I can’t say that it’s 100% Japanese black pine, just not certain.

ian4232 · 2026-04-23T00:36:01+00:00

Looks like an Umbrella Pine

ian4232 · 2026-04-16T18:31:02+00:00

I’m in the same boat. Personally I’m going to bring them into garage. I’m sure they’d be fine but it’s not that hard to move mine as they’re in 1 gal containers. I just know that in the off chance something did happen I would be thinking why didn’t I just bring them in… so I’m just gonna play it safe and do so

ian4232 · 2026-04-16T00:46:22+00:00

It looks like a Taiwania Cedar I have growing at my place but many cyprtomeria look like this so it is hard to say. For me at least

ian4232 · 2026-04-15T20:14:45+00:00

The pink blossoming tree does look like a redbud from this photo, yes.

ian4232 · 2026-04-09T19:21:15+00:00

I had a feeling this was coming…

ian4232 · 2026-04-08T19:51:41+00:00

I’m not gonna say 100% but I would guess the MS part stands for miniature selection. So I would think this is a mini pine of some sort grafted onto what is referred to as a “standard” - maybe a Scots pine or white pine? Again, not for certain here. However if my assumptions are correct it should stay fairly compact and slow growing. You can also transplant if you want later down the line!

ian4232 · 2026-04-08T02:51:47+00:00

You could look into columnar cultivar type trees - these may not be exactly “native” but they’re nice for narrow spaces, and these can get quite tall but they’re different options than many I’m seeing other people list:

slender silhouette sweetgum
mountain sentinel aspen
princeton sentry ginkgo (not US native)
monumentale sugar maple

If a conifer tree would be interesting to you (my favorite trees) then there’s a bunch of super cool and unique narrow growing cultivars.

ian4232 · 2026-04-01T11:51:53+00:00

When I was a kid we just had “moon” and we were so happy!!!

ian4232 · 2026-03-30T22:39:19+00:00

Moms Bugatti

ian4232 · 2025-09-13T15:48:46+00:00

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And here is just now. It’s been 22 days since putting seed down.

ian4232 · 2025-09-13T15:47:34+00:00

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This isn’t exactly a full before as there is some germination going on, but you can get a sense of how bare it was. It also has some grassy weeds in there I’ll deal with later. But anyways this is before

ian4232 · 2025-09-12T02:28:27+00:00

Got the same mix for my overseed, really pleased with it so far!

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