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[Bonsai Forest]

Fell in love with Dogwood Kousa



The overall structure, flowering pattern, color harmony, all of it is pleasing to the eye and I need one in my life.






“It will be mine. Oh, yes. It will be mine.”

 

[PerryB]

Fell in love with Dogwood Kousa

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The overall structure, flowering pattern, color harmony, all of it is pleasing to the eye and I need one in my life.


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“It will be mine. Oh, yes. It will be mine.”

The structure on these is always so good. I say they look like a really nice layered haircut (but then I'm bald, so, really, haircut jealousy).

I don't know about internode length on Kousa, but it's a big problem with Cornus florida making into a bonsai. I have 2 of those as yardadori and will be attempting defoliation this summer in an effort to manage nodes.

 

[Fidur]

Today I decided to produce a chamaecyparis forest over slab. I will be building it in the next days....



Also, when the trees are perfectly located, I will prune (about 40% of that foliage), and add lava stones, driftwood and moss. Those saplings are cuttings I took from their mother tree 2 years ago:



and this is the mother right now:



Whenever it is assembled I will post a thread in the forest forum to explain the process and final result.

 

[Japonicus]

Today I went pot shopping online. Many hours later I prepped a pot I already have on the left. Right is identical mica pot already in use.
Hate being ill prepared this time of year, but pots are one thing I've never had enough of.
Didn't want this big a pot as I was hoping to barely step down in size rather than barely up.

 

[Ugo]

Well not precisely today but along the week I slip-potted (they came without pots) my Shohin Shimpaku, Kishu, garden junipers and pines that are in training.

 

[broken_branch]

I found some more dirt cheap 3 gallon Acer's today, I know one is shin deshojo, the other two I don't know because they weren't labeled. Maybe you lovely people could help identify them. There really should be an app of some kind
$28.75 each tax in (USD converted)

 

[19Mateo83]

I wasn’t happy with my cutting setup from yesterday. I redid them in new, taller boxes with deeper substrate. Nishiki gawa, deshojo, Beni maiko, sangu kaku and corallinum. Hoping I get something out of this this season.

 

[broken_branch]

I wasn’t happy with my cutting setup from yesterday. I redid them in new, taller boxes with deeper substrate. Nishiki gawa, deshojo, Beni maiko, sangu kaku and corallinum. Hoping I get something out of this this season.

I saw a really good setup using tubs like that but they put the substrate in clear plastic cups with holes drilled in them and they kept about a half inch of standing water at the bottom of the tub so the cups could wick up water as needed

 

[Weta]

Having a couple of hot cuppa teas while the Autumn morning mist clears.

 

[Ruddigger]

Show prep.

 

[Japonicus]

Show prep.

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I've got nothin'. Best of luck on the show, and safe travels!
Look at the shine on those pots! I love that colour.


Today I repotted a juniper I erroneously named...Dothan.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Today I decided to produce a chamaecyparis forest over slab. I will be building it in the next days....

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Also, when the trees are perfectly located, I will prune (about 40% of that foliage), and add lava stones, driftwood and moss. Those saplings are cuttings I took from their mother tree 2 years ago:

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and this is the mother right now:

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Whenever it is assembled I will post a thread in the forest forum to explain the process and final result.

This might be a dumb idea, but....

Maybe you could do a photo shoot one night... put a tiny tent in there and a flickering LED campfire that lights up the surrounding trees. Might make for a cool pic.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Cleaning up mountain maples today, photo shoot inspired by @ShadyStump, lol, this materials not quite there. Glad you enjoyed the other one.

 

[bonsailevel:master]

Got my "irrigation" system set up for vacation
Goin' rockhounding in Missouri. Hate leaving them.

 

[RKatzin]

New item by Rick Katzin

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Okay, when's the last time you saw one of these!?
Had to call AAA on this one. It's been a rough day. LoL

 

[Paradox]

Finally got my deciduous trees out of the cold frame and onto the bench.
Cold frame has been open but not much sun over there so it feels good getting those trees into their spots.

 

[ShadyStump]

Cleaning up mountain maples today, photo shoot inspired by @ShadyStump, lol, this materials not quite there. Glad you enjoyed the other one.

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It's getting there!

That one, though, it got all of us. Still amazed.

 

[RKatzin]

New item by Rick Katzin

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Okay, when's the last time you saw one of these!?
Had to call AAA on this one. It's been a rough day. LoL

Almost everyone on this mountain has done this at least once. Today was my turn. If you zoom it up you can see the hog wire fence that kept us from going all the way over and into the creek. Soft shoulder after a lot of rain! No damage to persons or vehicle.

 

[We're all Mad Here...🎩]

Admired new growth on ~150 yo Engelmann yamadori

 

[CapeCodBonsai]

Okay, when's the last time you saw one of these!?

It’s been about 5 years.

While coming off the flats following a solo trek out to our oyster farm, my wife decided to be the courteous one and moved to the (very soft) shoulder to allow a group of beach-going youngsters the room to pass. Needless to say she was too generous in giving up her piece of the road. She felt too embarrassed to call me for help so, like in your situation, Triple “A” was recruited for the task.