Awesome progression. The tree looks great and I love the trunk. I have a small one in training that looks like your tree in 2016. Every year I think it is dead because they are so late to leaf but poof it comes back like magic. Hopefully mine will look like yours in 5 to 6 years!I repotted the tree this spring and it was definitely packed into that pot. The base is continuing to get better and better. I will probably spend some time wiring the tree this fall.
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Awesome progression. The tree looks great and I love the trunk. I have a small one in training that looks like your tree in 2016. Every year I think it is dead because they are so late to leaf but poof it comes back like magic. Hopefully mine will look like yours in 5 to 6 years!
Thanks but I'm definitely no master. I think if you can manage to keep a tree alive for 7 or 8 years you'll have improved it a lot no matter what you do (within reason). Time does good things for a bonsai.@VAFisher You are the crape myrtle master! These progressions are very nice.
Ok, but these 3 crape myrtle progressions are quite graceful. No heavy-handedness with very elegant results.Thanks but I'm definitely no master. I think if you can manage to keep a tree alive for 7 or 8 years you'll have improved it a lot no matter what you do (within reason). Time does good things for a bonsai.
Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it.Ok, but these 3 crape myrtle progressions are quite graceful. No heavy-handedness with very elegant results.
I really need to get a larger one. I've tried growing from seeds 2 years in a row. One made it to about 6" and died. None of the others even made it out of the soil.
That is stunning. I blame you for my growing collection of crapes.
Beautiful, nuff said. Do you think you can post another picture after the leaves drop? I would love to see the structure on it! I think my little "crap" myrtle got too much sun and all the leaves fell off. No fall show for me unfortunately.
They are addicting. I had a lot more at one point and forced myself to downsize.That is stunning. I blame you for my growing collection of crapes.
Thanks. Will do.Beautiful, nuff said. Do you think you can post another picture after the leaves drop? I would love to see the structure on it! I think my little "crap" myrtle got too much sun and all the leaves fell off. No fall show for me unfortunately.