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Ive been there too, in my earlier years ive let what others thought influence some of my decisions.

Let's try again! Not had much luck with them, but along with Taxus they're my favourite conifers. Norway Spruce is known as one of the best varieties across Europe. This is a garden centre buy, this one had the thickest trunk out of a bunch tagged at the same price. And judging by the foliage...

Some work on a young Green Beech. Going for a slender, elegant look...

One year progress on a Hornbeam from nursery material. All the primary lines are set now and some secondary branching. I may hollow out the rest of the trunk..

I first saw the tree in someone's front garden a couple weeks ago, while on my walk (I'm a postman) suffering in the hot spell we had, leaves all crispy. I knocked to see if anyone was in but no answer. Well today I had the delivery van, had a parcel drop off a few doors down, so knocked again...

New article from: https://bonsai4me.com/collecting-deciduous-trees-for-bonsai-in-autumn-fall/?fbclid=IwAR2IOeJoukGiXB6__zK6mDtDZv7yRo8x3p8L0W-Vqa4LRk1_db51YjeqM_k "The roots of deciduous trees are very active in the late Summer and throughout the Autumn. Having spent the growing season...

Saw this on Ebay, its kinda similar to some stuff im trying to do myself with Beech. This would make a great little multitrunk and the price is good too. I wonder if any of the UK members here would snap this up, I probably would, im actually tempted...

I called it reverse taper in another thread, but I meant inverse taper. There is a swelling where the two trunks meet that will increase with time, its important to have a good base, that will also widen over time to offset the visual weight from where there the trunks meet. Trying to load pics...

Here's a Beech layer started in May

Started a layer on this nursery Beech purchased recently. I like this tree with its subtle angles in the trunk, natural branch placements which is a feature of the species. There are good sized, potential leaders to cut back to and nodes close to the trunk on most branches, with a view to cut...

Here's a Green Beech I picked up last week.. the plan is to begin a layer on it as the buds start popping. Ive been positioning primary branches up n out, with guy wire, to allow light into every twig and to get a feel for it, I think im going to layer it at a slant... Under the 3 low branches...

Or Copper Beech! I like this tree because it reminds me of the trees I see in the park here... The double apex is a common feature. I thought of reducing the main trunk a little more, but in the current state it just seems to 'fit' for me atm. I may make a wooden box for it. I dont think its as...

I took these Punica cuttings last season from a small stump growing in my allotment...all 3 have produced roots, with one surprising me with a pretty decent radial spread. Ive potted them up in a shallower container on top of a plastic tile, with a view to building a 3 tree clump... Long term...

Here's a fun project I just started by clamping a few young trees together. They all have ok roots, so just tried to arrange them best I could to complement each other. I guess its a clumpy/multitrunk type arrangement. With a naturalistic outlook... attached a couple inspirational trees as...

If I was buidling a forest I'd probably want to watch this, nice to see the Beech forest again, the redwood forest is pretty epic too as is the bald cypress one. top tier production

This one definitely deserves its own thread! Love the work Arthur Joura did on this American elm, its so typical of the Oak trees we see here in the forests and parks. some of you may remember his posts from the old IBC forum, he does great work making trees look like real trees.

Here's just a quick example of how leaving a tree in a nursery pot can power rapid growth in just one season. Its not root bound, its not compacted, its just a well established pot bursting with healthy roots. This Beech was chopped low back in April this year 2022

Long term project, I started this layer a little late in season, 5th Aug

Found this gem of a Taxus in the garden centre yesterday, went back for it today. At 20% off the asking price I couldnt resist anymore. I say gem because I didnt have to do much to uncover the sweet nebari, it was just there, in my face, yelling at me to take it home! Plenty of bones on the tree...

Gotcha!😉 Quick story, this seedling I spotted growing in the gardens where i live is offspring of an Elm tree that succumbed to dutch elm disease and was removed a year ago. I love elms, so i thought why not and it came up very easily, I think theres enough root there to give it a new lease of...

I took a few root cuttings in spring and this is the only one that survived... a couple weeks ago i pushed it to lay flat in the soil. so ill try to do a clump from it, earlier i selected all the strongest shoots and got some early movement in, after securing the base as not to cause any...

One started in may. i noticed a little root earlier. promising😍

It looks like a tilia leaf on left, i did the online comparison. i know the one in right is prunus avium, horrible for bonsai. but im uncertain about the left leaf, tilia yay or nay? just pulled it out a skip, barely any root

Picked this one up at start of nov. it was a 6ft tall tree at the nursery. these are rootballed trees, so it would have just been dug from a field for the bare root season. I bring all my tools to the nursery and reduce the tree to a managable size on the spot. with (bow saw, loppers...

This is one of two European Copper Beech picked up from a nursery. Inspired by the recent Mirai stream of a hornbeam raft i went in search of suitable material. Ill begin a layer over the next few days.. This is how i would envision the tree to sit on the soil the layer will be made somewhere...