Canoeguide's Little Christmas Tree Entry
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canoeguide
Chumono
Interesting, I like the taper you're working towards. I suspect that I could have been a lot more aggressive with both the DAS and the *especially* the Thuja posted in this thread (which, to use the overused phrase, did not skip a beat after repotting), but I'm enjoying taking the slow road.
Leo in N E Illinois
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canoeguide
Chumono
Updates after a year.
First, the deaths:
#2: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana "Elwoodii" or "Lawson Cypress" (Killed by cold)
#6: Pinus pinea - Italian Stone Pine (probably was DOA)
Then, the rest:
#1: Thuja occidentalis "Smaragd" or "Emerald Green Arborvitae"
Repotted and just left to grow out of fear of doing too much. In reality, I could have probably ripped this out of its pot, drop-kicked it into the driveway, and backed over it and it would be fine. Grew so many roots that the soil is spilling from the pot. It's time to style and I'm lost with this bush. I kind of want to wait until it's frozen and snap it off about 1/3 of the way up and go from there. It needs to lose a lot of height and roots and find it's way into a smaller pot to work with the trunk size. But, I now know that thuja is basically idiot-proof.
#3 Picea glauca "Conica" - Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Survived its spring repot fine and grew a little. Lots of healthy buds for the spring. This will never be anything too interesting in 2 more years, but my first goal is alive. Will start thinning some weak branches this winter and reducing the whorls. The trunk has whitened quite a bit and I'm not sure if this was due to sunlight, response to the needle plucking that I did last winter, or hard water drying on the trunk. Anyway, I like the whitening.
#4 Juniperus horizontalis "Wiltonii" - Blue Rug Juniper
Did nothing to it except water and fertilizer. Let it grow, which it did. Will repot in the spring and may start styling a cascade.
#5 Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk Island Pine
Yeah, no. I took the advice of members here and kept this $2.00 thing for a houseplant. I see Nigel Saunders has a little forest that he's been keeping alive for several years, but it has not improved in any appreciable way in that time. So, not worth my time. It did grow like crazy outside this year though after basically being dead when I bought it on clearance.
First, the deaths:
#2: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana "Elwoodii" or "Lawson Cypress" (Killed by cold)
#6: Pinus pinea - Italian Stone Pine (probably was DOA)
Then, the rest:
#1: Thuja occidentalis "Smaragd" or "Emerald Green Arborvitae"
Repotted and just left to grow out of fear of doing too much. In reality, I could have probably ripped this out of its pot, drop-kicked it into the driveway, and backed over it and it would be fine. Grew so many roots that the soil is spilling from the pot. It's time to style and I'm lost with this bush. I kind of want to wait until it's frozen and snap it off about 1/3 of the way up and go from there. It needs to lose a lot of height and roots and find it's way into a smaller pot to work with the trunk size. But, I now know that thuja is basically idiot-proof.
#3 Picea glauca "Conica" - Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Survived its spring repot fine and grew a little. Lots of healthy buds for the spring. This will never be anything too interesting in 2 more years, but my first goal is alive. Will start thinning some weak branches this winter and reducing the whorls. The trunk has whitened quite a bit and I'm not sure if this was due to sunlight, response to the needle plucking that I did last winter, or hard water drying on the trunk. Anyway, I like the whitening.
#4 Juniperus horizontalis "Wiltonii" - Blue Rug Juniper
Did nothing to it except water and fertilizer. Let it grow, which it did. Will repot in the spring and may start styling a cascade.
#5 Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk Island Pine
Yeah, no. I took the advice of members here and kept this $2.00 thing for a houseplant. I see Nigel Saunders has a little forest that he's been keeping alive for several years, but it has not improved in any appreciable way in that time. So, not worth my time. It did grow like crazy outside this year though after basically being dead when I bought it on clearance.
canoeguide
Chumono
A few spring updates:
#3 Picea glauca "Conica" - Dwarf Alberta Spruce
I finally pruned this a bit, but not very aggressively. Currently pinching some buds to balance growth. I'm letting it do its own DAS thing, for now, sans wire, and just enjoying it for what it is.
#4 Juniperus horizontalis "Wiltonii" - Blue Rug Juniper
I repotted this into bonsai soil and wired it for movement as a cascade. Some of the branches that were left will be sacrifices. This was a month or so ago when foliage still had its winter bronzed/purple color. It's recovering well and I'll get some better pics at the next update.
#3 Picea glauca "Conica" - Dwarf Alberta Spruce
I finally pruned this a bit, but not very aggressively. Currently pinching some buds to balance growth. I'm letting it do its own DAS thing, for now, sans wire, and just enjoying it for what it is.
#4 Juniperus horizontalis "Wiltonii" - Blue Rug Juniper
I repotted this into bonsai soil and wired it for movement as a cascade. Some of the branches that were left will be sacrifices. This was a month or so ago when foliage still had its winter bronzed/purple color. It's recovering well and I'll get some better pics at the next update.
canoeguide
Chumono
#1: Thuja occidentalis "Smaragd" or "Emerald Green Arborvitae"
After 2 years of letting this grow unrestricted (it went from 7/8" to 2" thick), I finally did something with it.
After 2 years of letting this grow unrestricted (it went from 7/8" to 2" thick), I finally did something with it.
canoeguide
Chumono
#3 Picea glauca "Conica" - Dwarf Alberta Spruce
I created some space for the birds to fly through.
#4 Juniperus horizontalis "Wiltonii" - Blue Rug Juniper
A bit of a restyle. This looks better in person than from this exact angle. I'm just having fun with this and putting some movement in it to use later. This will be the second year in bonsai soil and I expect a ton of growth and backbudding (based on what it did last year).
I created some space for the birds to fly through.
#4 Juniperus horizontalis "Wiltonii" - Blue Rug Juniper
A bit of a restyle. This looks better in person than from this exact angle. I'm just having fun with this and putting some movement in it to use later. This will be the second year in bonsai soil and I expect a ton of growth and backbudding (based on what it did last year).
LunaticTree
Yamadori
Nice Trees!
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LunaticTree
Yamadori
canoeguide
Chumono
Thank you! You should start your own thread for your trees!
LunaticTree
Yamadori
Often enough people start yelling if one starts a new thread for the same topic, which is why people tend to post in a thread that is about the same Tree.
There are other People here that post their Spruce Tree as well, yet you did not tell those to make a thread on their own, how comes?
cishepard
Shohin
canoeguide
Chumono
My "work in progress" entry:
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