Contorted white flowering quince

[Nybonsai12]

Purchased this a few years ago from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks. It was my first or second year doing bonsai and I snagged up a bunch of different species of trees to grow out for when i had a better clue about bonsai. I bought it in a teeny tiny pot, maybe 2 3/4 inch and put it in the ground at the edge of my growing bed for a few years letting it do its thing.
It had a few flowers in past years, but I don't think i ever saw more than one as my daughter picked the buds off, to reserve it's strength I'm sure. I dug it out last season and was giving consideration of selling it over the last year. Call it lack of interest or maybe more a lack of a plan for it. But this year I am hopeful of being rewarded with a nice show.

 

[JudyB]

Nice blush on your buds, bud.

 

[fredtruck]

You're going to have a bunch of flowers, no doubt. Watch out for frosts and sudden changes of weather, and above all, be patient. Flowers open at their own speed.

 

[Nybonsai12]

You're going to have a bunch of flowers, no doubt. Watch out for frosts and sudden changes of weather, and above all, be patient. Flowers open at their own speed.

Thanks Fred, your trees were the inspiration behind my flowering species purchases. I admire your work very much.

 

[namnhi]

This going to be a show. Long term plan, I think losing the big branch on the right will making much better. It is too balance for a concorted specie.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Very nice. I have a similar one, not blooming as well as yours.

 

[Nybonsai12]

First one opened recently. Hopefully in the next few weeks enough will open so that I'm able to get a really nice photo of the entire tree. For now I have this one. Close ups really show how intricate a flower is and how special their beauty can be. I like the touch of pink.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Do you flowers eventually turn pink? One mine, the flowers start,out with a hint of pink, then get Pinker as they age.

 

[Nybonsai12]

Do you flowers eventually turn pink? One mine, the flowers start,out with a hint of pink, then get Pinker as they age.

I wish I could say I knew the answer to that, but when it was in the ground it didn't have much opportunity to flower. I remember seeing a few flowers on it but most buds were picked off by my daughter and any that did sneak through to actually open were ruined quickly by heavy rains. When i potted it up last year I can't recall if there were any buds and I picked them off, or if there were none at all.

I'll have an answer for you soon enough Mellow.

 

[Nybonsai12]

 

[fredtruck]

Very nice. Those clusters of flowers are really intense.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

That is awesome! Mine did not produce any flowers this year for some reason.

 

[sorce]

NY, who's pot is that?

I like it!

Great show!

Sorce

 

[ajm55555]

Very nice. I really like the overall shape of the tree! It looks very natural.

 

[Nybonsai12]

NY, who's pot is that?

I like it!

Great show!

Sorce

Thanks sorce,

Pot is by Jack Hoover of Eagleville Pottery.

 

[LanceMac10]

http://eaglevillebonsai.squarespace.com/

 

[mcpesq817]

I have one from Brent also. It's interesting how the flower petals themselves are a bit contorted.

My quince went crazy this year. Really nice flower displays.

 

[my nellie]

So very nice! Flowers and pot as well.
Why is that you keep all those suckers, if I may ask?

 

[Nybonsai12]

Why is that you keep all those suckers, if I may ask?

I was just never sure and am still not sure of what direction I want to take this one in. Leaving the suckers allows me the option of cutting the top back hard and trying to develop more of a clump style. It's funny that I've left this one to pretty much do it's own thing and I kind of like the wild look it has at the moment.

 

[my nellie]

I understand what you say. I like the "tree" form best though. It has a good movement already, I think.