Thanks so much for the kind words.
This species loves heat (Hot and dry) and seems to that the hotter it gets the better it grows. I see you are in Ireland so it could be that it gets too cold and too wet.
In Winter you almost have to not water it at all. You can see the pot it is currently...
This is the current pot that the cascade is in and I did a few mock ups with a pot that is not as tall.
A few mockups.
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Let me know your thoughts
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Hey Sorce
Good to hear from you mate and appreciate all the feedback.
When I originally rotated the tree, I did some virtuals on it but I haven't done any of late. I will do a few and post them and get some feedback from all.
The pot is definitely way too deep and half the depth would...
Agree. Now I will work it down to a Jin. I am very inexperienced in this but I have a few friends that will assist on this. It will fit in nicely if the carving is done properly
Absolutely. I think I would be long dead and buried before it is even 1/3 of the size of this. We believe that this is well over 100 years as the bottom branch we cut off had over 70 rings on them.
You might not have the olives but you have a great variety of species that I would love to get me hands on. We are lucky to have quite a few regions here in SA where you can get great olive yamadori.
We got stuck into cleaning up the unwanted branches and wiring the ones left into place
After the meeting it was carefully brought back home because due to the size, it had to lie sideways in the back of the car. I had to make sure that it hadn't shifted around in the pot and I gave it a good...
Lockdown happened due to COVID and we were only allowed to restart our bonsai meeting at the end of September. I decided to take this olive with to the meeting to get some more options on what style would work and then to do some initial styling on it. It had grown strong and healthy over the...
I have a friend who emigrated to New Zealand from South Africa in Nov 19. He asked me to take over his bonsai collection and one of the trees was this olive yamadori that he had dug out in the Eastern Cape. I wasn't too sure on which direction I would take it as the lower branch was really...
Time to lime sulphur the dead wood again
It is also time to wire the branches again
After some wiring and cutting. I need to increase the ramification.