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Hey Everyone!

I'm kinda new to Bansai and living in SouthWest Florida
My Bansai White Cedar, Chinese Elm and Juniper are all doing well down here.

I was wondering if a deciduous tree, such as Chinese Maples would do as well.
It does tend to stay pretty dang warm and humid down here, would that be problematic?

You input would be great!

-Jim

Chinese maples are quite rare in cultivation. I would guess that is due to narrower growing zone distribution than the japanese maples. And the fact that most people would say that the japanese maples is looking so much better.

For chinese maples, I dont know. But for japanese maples, they just love humid summers as this is the normal environment in Japan. I am not that sure about winter in Florida thou. It may not be cold enough? All maples need a good winter dormancy.

The very best ways to find out suitability for a species in ones local area is to look for the species in gardens and garden centers. If it is grown and sold locall it is proboably a good species for bonsai. Talking to bonsai people in your local area will also give valuable input.

Yes, Japanese" Maples, not "Chinese".
My aging mind sometimes....

We do have some rather protracted hot, humid summers ( my arthritis loves it though).
It's the Winters which for down here, last about a month that concern me. It's an gardeners emergency when it gets down to 40, though it
rarely does,

I'm not overly sure that Maples would have enough wintering rest time before new leafing periods in our environment, but I thought I would ask.

Thanks for the help!

-Jim

40 degrees in winter! We have never had that hot even in peak of the summer.

Hint, in this international forum we use international units of measurement. If any other unit is used, please state which one in order to avoid missunderstandings.

I guess Fahrenheit? I think that is not even frost? I don't think japanese maples is for you.

Take a stroll in your local area. Look at what species is growing in gardens, parks and forests. Theese are all good candidates. Is any of them winter dormant?

A friend of mine grows japanese maples in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is dificult. Trident maple would be a better bet.

Most of the traditional bonsai subjects are from Japan which has cold winters. Cold means long periods below freezing. It is hard to grow trees outside of their evolutionary zone.

There are plenty of trees from tropical zones that will do well. Baobab, jaboticaba, ficus, and more. Google tropical bonsai and see what hits.

BTW, C=5[F-32)/9 and F=5C/9+32. People all over the world seem to have trouble with this. I usually write something like 50F/10C to make it easier.

If you want to use the R?mer scale this is the.convertion:

x °R? ? (x ? 7.5) × 40/21 °C

I have no problem converting different temperature scales. I just need to be sure what to convert from before I start. There are 8 different scales to shose from. .

Tropfrog wrote:

If you want to use the R?mer scale this is the.convertion:

x °R? ? (x ? 7.5) × 40/21 °C

I have no problem converting different temperature scales. I just need to be sure what to convert from before I start. There are 8 different scales to shose from. .

There was a time I thought in Kelvin. That was a while ago when I thought I would become a physicist.

Now they are all just equivalent linear metrics.

Last line should be F = 1.8 C + 32 which is 9/5.