Ume in Japan

First some flower forms



and a few trees





These were taken in Kinashi village and at Shunka En.

stunning !!!
wishing spring would arrive

really beautiful
I love the first bonsai, it's stunning
where can I get one?

Ume are one of the most impressive and strong looking flowering specimens when old. These ones are truly stunning. Great pictures.

Regards
Morten

Absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing Kev.

These trees are stunning, in fact they throw this image upon us as it says respect and I will show FLOWERS!

For this year I want to set my hands on one as I buy 1 good tree a year and must say this should be it.

Yesterday this was underlined by mr Theunis Jan Klein at Noelanders, he'd put one in the show
(with a table which I have made underneath and I didn't know)

coincidence doesn't exist!

Thanks Kev for sharing!

sitarbonsai wrote:really beautiful
I love the first bonsai, it's stunning
where can I get one?

you should contact george muranaka if you want a ume.
visit muranakabonsainursery.com

art rod.

[quote="art_rod"]

sitarbonsai wrote:

you should contact george muranaka if you want a ume.
visit muranakabonsainursery.com

art rod.

That link doesn't work. Try this, http://www.muranakabonsai.com/ , although there is nothing listed under items for sale.

[quote="John Quinn"]

art_rod wrote:

sitarbonsai wrote:

you should contact george muranaka if you want a ume.
visit muranakabonsainursery.com

art rod.

That link doesn't work. Try this, http://www.muranakabonsai.com/ , although there is nothing listed under items for sale.

That link works, but it doesn't have anything in the shop
but, I'm not really interested in getting one
I wouldn't want to ship a bonsai across the country, especially a flowering species
I was just joking, because the species is so beautiful
Thanks anyways,

Justin

Hi Kev.

Beautiful. Thanks for the approach of spring. (We are now -18 ° C. )

Pavel

[quote="sitarbonsai"][quote="John Quinn"]

art_rod wrote:

sitarbonsai wrote:

you should contact george muranaka if you want a ume.
visit muranakabonsainursery.com

art rod.

That link doesn't work. Try this, http://www.muranakabonsai.com/ , although there is nothing listed under items for sale.

That link works, but it doesn't have anything in the shop
but, I'm not really interested in getting one
I wouldn't want to ship a bonsai across the country, especially a flowering species
I was just joking, because the species is so beautiful
Thanks anyways,

all you gotta do is call him about your ume request.
his last entry for 2010 in his blog shows a pic full of umes he has available.
he starts shipping in February.

FYI. I went to the muranaka site blog. there are no images of ume, or other trees for that matter. the email must be misspelled because it came back to me as undeliverable. The content of the blog was in a language other than english. so, my question is ???????????????

That "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", etc., is kind of a standard block of text for websites under development.

Muranaka's does have a number of prebonsai in their eBay online store, including an ume. I think it's pretty young, though, so it might be a while before it blooms. Also, it looks like it was grown from a seedling, so there's no predicting what the blossoms will look like:

http://stores.ebay.com/Muranaka-Bonsai-Nursery-1978

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=190367362902&Category=20524&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2#ht_720wt_772

Speaking of which, if you live in the US and are tempted by a nice-looking ume on eBay, be sure to read the customer reviews and make sure the vendor doesn't actually ship from overseas. The "item location" specified on the auction page can be misleading.

Hello
You can find a very old and promising mume on : http://www.espritsdegoshin.fr/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=9022&Itemid=2
laurent

sitarbonsai wrote:

That link works, but it doesn't have anything in the shop
but, I'm not really interested in getting one
I wouldn't want to ship a bonsai across the country, especially a flowering species
I was just joking, because the species is so beautiful
Thanks anyways,

Justin

Good call. Ume or plum will not live in south Florida. Too hot and no dormant period.

Rob Kempinski wrote:Good call. Ume or plum will not live in south Florida. Too hot and no dormant period.

Very true Rob, and sad for us southerners, but I've come across what seems like an acceptable stand in. My local nursery has started carrying peach trees that thrive in our climate (developed at U.F.) that honestly look a lot like the trees in these photos. They are in flower right now and the white/pink flowers are wonderful.

I'm going to grab one later. My concern is with the roots. I don't know how much I can safely cut without killing the tree. Any ideas?

Ed

Okay, here is the actual Muranaka blog. Found it using a Google search.
http://muranakabonsainursery.blogspot.com/

And here is the photo of the ume at the nursery:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sj5zq3fJURw/S1er8cYffDI/AAAAAAAAAGI/lxJsb5c9DG4/s1600-h/nursume.jpg

Thanks for making the effort to locate these.

Oh my quite stunning.

lol wrote:Hello
You can find a very old and promising mume on : http://www.espritsdegoshin.fr/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=9022&Itemid=2
laurent

wonderful material for sale. Too bad they can't be shipped to the States. sigh

Rob Kempinski wrote:

sitarbonsai wrote:

That link works, but it doesn't have anything in the shop
but, I'm not really interested in getting one
I wouldn't want to ship a bonsai across the country, especially a flowering species
I was just joking, because the species is so beautiful
Thanks anyways,

Justin

Good call. Ume or plum will not live in south Florida. Too hot and no dormant period.

Thanks, I thought that it would to different from the conditions it would usually grow in Japan, especially considering there's no dormant period. In Florida to fill are flowering bonsai craving, we go for Bougainvillea, which love the heat/humidity and no dormant period
thanks,

Justin

Just a note on George Muranaka. He has beautiful pre-bonsai stock. His shipping is perfect. I have purchased several times from him and each item was better than described. He sells on ebay. He has a nusery in California.

EdMerc wrote:

Rob Kempinski wrote:Good call. Ume or plum will not live in south Florida. Too hot and no dormant period.

Very true Rob, and sad for us southerners, but I've come across what seems like an acceptable stand in. My local nursery has started carrying peach trees that thrive in our climate (developed at U.F.) that honestly look a lot like the trees in these photos. They are in flower right now and the white/pink flowers are wonderful.

I'm going to grab one later. My concern is with the roots. I don't know how much I can safely cut without killing the tree. Any ideas?

Ed

Hey Y'all.

We have one here on the north Gulf Coast that flowers well with deep pink blooms. The variety is 'Peggy Clark'. Someone here must have developed it and named it after his wife! Anyway, I haven't tried any of the others but this one seems fine with less chill hours. I know we are still comparing apples (apricots) to oranges as far as zones go, but this one may be worth a try.

Russell

Russell Coker wrote:
Hey Y'all.

We have one here on the north Gulf Coast that flowers well with deep pink blooms. The variety is 'Peggy Clark'. Someone here must have developed it and named it after his wife! Anyway, I haven't tried any of the others but this one seems fine with less chill hours. I know we are still comparing apples (apricots) to oranges as far as zones go, but this one may be worth a try.

Russell

Hey Russel, but even the Gulf Coast in Alabama is at least a zone or two lower than me and certainly South Florida. So no can do.

Here are some shots from Seiju-en nursery in Kawaguchi-Angyo, not too far from Omiya.