A Score, Maybe?

[Mellow Mullet]

Update:

These are beasts! Here It is now, ready for a trim.









The scar form the chain is continuing to heal:

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update:

Pulled most of the weeds from this one today:

 

[Mellow Mullet]

His big brother:

 

[small trees]

These are really shaping up. Nice work!

 

[markyscott]

MM. Good tree. Best advice I could give is to thin the shoots rather than shorten them. Just keep the shoots that will be part of the design. It will look shaggy at first. Let the shoots extend and grow - wire then into position. Give them at least two full growing seasons before you cut back. When you do, cut back hard. When you get a flush of new growth, thin and select again. Then repeat. Letting the shoots extend for two seasons made all the difference for me.

S

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update:

These two got a haircut the other day:

 

[defra]

Nice!
In a couple years this is show worthy material
At first I Tought it has red fruits lol but it's the wire protection

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Nice!
In a couple years this is show worthy material
At first I Tought it has red fruits lol but it's the wire protection

I wish that it would get fruit, but none so far, it has bloomed once but I keep it pruned heavily so not much of that either. I may be a a male plant.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update: This one is really starting to shape up:

 

[Mellow Mullet]

This is the third one of the group, I gave it a trim today.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update: Starting to put on some new growth

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update: Was out taking pictures this morning and snapped this one. It is starting to grow out from a recent haircut (2nd one this year).

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update:

I probably need to start a thread for each one of these. Here is a repot of one of them. It had kinda slowed down and and I wanted to check the roots.

 

[BonjourBonsai]

Beautiful! I love the similarities between ilex and olea europea.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Beautiful! I love the similarities between ilex and olea europea.

They are kinda olive like, aren't they...

 

[Mellow Mullet]

UPDATE:

Spring trim, before and after:

 

[19Mateo83]

I love how these guys turned out. Well done!

 

[Kullas]

Nery nice. I pulled one out of the ground this year. If it turns out half as nice as yours I will be happy.

 

[MHBonsai]

Awesome material and great work with it!

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update: Mid Summer Trim

Before:



After: