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Update, Winter work

Here it is in 2023, this year another 8 new shoots sprouted.

We had a cold very wet spring way up here in the PNW but finally got some ☀️, which my RoR E. Larch loves.

This shows my European Larch I displayed during a presentation on Bonsai to our local Noon hours Rotarian group.

This one is doing well.

An update on these, after some needle thinning and maintenance.

I actually found out recently from a very reliable source that this one I thought my Japanese, is actually a European Larch. During our heat dome last year in late June it got up to 40 degrees ( breaking all sorts of records)…..many of the trees suffered and I lost 4……their needles hadn’t had a...

Early summer update. Nice dark green colour with some second flushed branchlets.

Finally some Sunshine after a prolonged cool very wet spring. The two Shore Pine (pinus contorta, contorta), shown here have significantly different characteristics, one collected on the Western side of Van. is., and the literati styled one was collected on the East side! They have both back...

Thank you, I have been very fortunate to learn from some of the best and most experienced Yamadori collectors up here on the PNW. Their trees have travelled south to well known professionals and private collections.

Some different angles of this “Welcome Tree”, a Shore Pine (Pinus Contorta, Contorta). It stands about 60”.

European Larch RoR and a J. Larch Forest.

Yes couldn’t agree more..... a decent shallow rectangular or oval perhaps. As one can see from the ugly “cage” I am trying to encourage root growth on the lower section of the stone (Rock) it’s perched on. The upper roots are starting to hide the Stone well.

After a little trim.......

Some pinching in its future.

This one is the oldest project of (Yamadori) Shore Pine in the yard. It’s slowly coming along. Has some great back budding on many branches. As with many Yamadori trees, the root system is definitely not traditional, so I’ve tried to make it complementary to the environment where I collected it.

Location, location, location…..Up here in the PNW 50th parallel I’ve collected mostly from late August to early October with great success. I do nothing to the root ball… place it into a grow box (with pure pumice) or a raised vegetable garden bed (has a lot of used bonsai soil) and leave them...

My Forest did the same thing this spring (10 year old club misfits), put together spring 2021. My older European Larch does that once in while. Although it can be attractive to some…..I thin most out but leave a couple….. these trees are still in the development stage and I need vegetative...

Which part lol........I use sifted perlite....getting rid of pieces over 1/4” and less than 1/16”. SeaSoil is a local product that is a mixture of decomposed conifer bark and decomposed fishfarm waste. Generally in the lower layers of a pot I put more perlite than the SeaSoil and Pumice...

If I may, Your wiring techniques need to improve. Find a bald branch and practice on it while reading and watching videos on basic wiring. You need a minimum of two wraps (say along the trunk) before the branch you are wiring, support the wire along the branch with finger ps, learn whether the...

As I’ve grown older and lost the strength I once had.....I have used shifted perlite (<1/16th and >1/4” out, along with SeaSoil and Pumice) in the lower layers on all my larger trees......with decent results.

Thanks Mike, The native sedum had shallow roots and its habit of rooting from any part touching the soil allows it to spread quickly. No “ferns” but the variegated plant had much deeper roots. No companion plants from here on in. Hard to believe it’s been 14 years since it was rescued.

Spring Update, Even though it’s ramification was improving I wanted to explore the roots and perhaps lift the entire piece higher in profile. While exploring the condition of the roots the limestone piece broke into pieces so I removed them only to find that the condition of the roots were not...

The needles look blunt on the ends and looks more like a balsam?

This one is coming along…. Out of the plastic pot into a Sam Miller round…, weird rootball on this one too...that’s one disadvantage about Yamadori and their sometimes unfavourable roots. Still needs the supports.