Baseball Boxwood Broom

[just.wing.it]

Totally made it thru winter.....

This one might see an Iker this Summer!

It is going to be amazing!

Sorce

Well....let's see those new shoots!

 

[sorce]

Well....let's see those new shoots!

No shoots yet!

Sorce

 

[sorce]

As things shift. ..
I found a new box this spring Thats going to better suit the

Iker

Besides more planting volume that will ensure enough roots for this.....

This tells a more abused tale than the Iker.


And is going to agree much better with the end planting.

Definitely going down to the sound of leftover fireworks.

I'm leaving the flowers.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

I cut the godam flowers!

Pic from 2 days ago.


Fitting to find a good late pruning time to Omit all flowers....for my preffered aesthetic end. (Health and Design)

Sorce

 

[just.wing.it]

Variegated ???
Why didn't I see that before???

 

[sorce]

Variegated ???
Why didn't I see that before???

Sun damage.

Why do I have to see it now!?

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Well.....happened prior to dicovery of hydrophobic soil....
Likely a double whammy.

Others in similair sun are ok.

If it IS varie....gated...I'll be pissed!lol!

Sorce

 

[just.wing.it]

Well.....happened prior to dicovery of hydrophobic soil....
Likely a double whammy.

Others in similair sun are ok.

If it IS varie....gated...I'll be pissed!lol!

Sorce

Yeah... The lines are so uniform, made me do a double take!

 

[sorce]

Yeah... The lines are so uniform, made me do a double take!

You made me think about the possibility of the Variegation only showing up in either spring, or fall growth....

Where I may have been cutting it off sometimes....and sometimes not.

One thing is certain.....
All the rest of my larger Standard Box from the Naturalistic Penjing thread, as left in Nursery containers....
Aren't doing well as this one that was basically kept at NOTHING last year.

So...while I agree with @rockm that Boxwood doesn't want to be Bonsai...
As far as offering us a good base to start from..."good bones"...

Once there....

They seem to thrive on "minimal".

This has been my observation.

This one should be really close to Potted and Fucking awesome this summer.

Sorce

 

[just.wing.it]

You made me think about the possibility of the Variegation only showing up in either spring, or fall growth....

Where I may have been cutting it off sometimes....and sometimes not.

One thing is certain.....
All the rest of my larger Standard Box from the Naturalistic Penjing thread, as left in Nursery containers....
Aren't doing well as this one that was basically kept at NOTHING last year.

So...while I agree with @rockm that Boxwood doesn't want to be Bonsai...
As far as offering us a good base to start from..."good bones"...

Once there....

They seem to thrive on "minimal".

This has been my observation.

This one should be really close to Potted and Fucking awesome this summer.

Sorce

My K. Box has been a bit of a disappointment so far...
Hardly grew at all last year, that's why I decided to use a "colander" this year.... see if I can supercharge this bitch!

 

[sorce]

@Shima heard Hawaii is erupting...

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Didn't realize this didn't get an update.
Seems it was potted during the waning moon of the 4th of July. Pick 4th.


And Today.

Not exactly the look I was going for...but who's rushing!?

S

 

[Boerboel313]

I would say this tree looks "tacky" and makes me want to throw up looking at for too long... and if any tree needed a picture of Weird Al to describe it... it would be this one!

But, that wouldn't really help you, figure out what to do with it... and I frankly don't go around insulting other's work...

I suggest you walk through the tree starting at the very base of the trunk and roots, and make a check list of what you like and do not like, what you can fix and what you cannot... With the intention of obviously showing what you like about the piece of material... and let this guide you as a path forward with the tree.

Right off the bat... the base in the last set of pics has the best front. From there it leans to the left and slightly backwards... this means direction of the tree will be to the left, at least at this point.

You then come upon the grouping of branches going out in every direction. At this point, you will need to decide if you keep and continue the left direction movement? If so, branching on right will need to be shortened seeing the dominate energy of the tree would be to the left, and a path forward of how to establish a leader that rerurns the apex in a forward direction needs to be worked out. Should this leader originate from above the deadwood? Or, should it come off of the left branch?

My own personal suggestion is that in all actuality I think it would be better to accentuate the lean a little further to the left in the next planting... Wire roots on the left side of the base of the trunk upward so as to not be buried. Then wire the branching on the left slightly up and shorten them once they have reached a desired thickness. Eliminate the two branches coming off above the deadwood... keep the back one. Then wire up and bring forward the branch on the right to establish the new continuation of the trunk, and resolve your backward lean delima.

Nothing else... this would at least allow for good wire practice. Just glad you didn't hang fishing line weights on the tree as your protégé who came before you did and also competed for the most post at this site. Good Luck!

I’ve seen some crazy shit/ techniques on this site. From carving the crap out of it, drilling a hole to insert and graft a branch or root in a new location, to drilling out the center and wrapping a hose clamp around the top of a trunk.

My point is. If the fishing weight created the desired end results then who gives a S#$T? I’ve actually used a 3 pound weight on a full size peach tree to bring a large branch into a horizontal position. It worked great and the weight is no longer attached.

It’s called adapting or thinking out of the box. Or as people like to call it these day, “critical thinking”

People are way to critical. If you don’t think you can learn something new everyday in your chosen profession or hobby because you think you know it all, it’s time to hang up your spurs.

Semper Fi.

 

[sorce]

the goal for this was always way more tilted, to the semi cascade. But I didnt have enough roots there, I may now.

maybe semi cascade it next year.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

This is my Erin with the drain hole crack and it made it thru winter again. So yeah, sill a fan.

Trying to angle this up. Though,if I don't water these more attentively, they are going to die.


This was a few weeks back. Well before the last last....last freeze! 3rd before last freeze. I vinagered the moss but have noted even dead, you cant just pull it off.
I believe you can and should just pick live moss out carefully with tweezers. or best, prevent it from ever getting therein the first place.

I hope this isn't too far gone to care for.

Think I'll put it in something dryer this summer.

Sorce