Specialty Gardening: Trees in Containers - a Discussion, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
The first thing that comes to mind is, 'are these trees from seed or are they grafted to Acer understock - and if they ARE grafted, how high/low is the graft'? The pics below are from collected seedlings and are about 20-30 years old, which gives you an idea of what CAN be done, and how compact you can keep even very old trees if you have the knowledge and the will. I wouldn't expect that you would be able to produce specimens like those in the pics, but certainly maintaining a collected maple compact and attractive in a container is within reach.

The last picture is a maple forest that will be coming into its own over the next 3-5 years. All are collected seedlings about 8-10 years old

Al