Cornus mas

[jaco94]

This is a Cornus , don't know much about this species ...

Bought on Ebay , it 's rather an ornemental plant , with multi -trunks , i had to place the root ball very high otherwise the tree goes backward .

I think i'll leave it in a bushy form .
If you have opinions
Thank you

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I like this one & the pot it is in. Nice

 

[Carol 83]

Pretty pot.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Except for that sucker on the left side, I love it. They are hard to find in bonsai size.

 

[jaco94]

Thank you very much for the messages !
In fact , for the moment, i preferred replace the tree in the ground in the garden .
There are quite a few problems that make it not become a bonsaï.
The branches are straight segments , leaves are very large , trunk is actually very thin in profile and you don't see it on the photo which is misleading
So why persist to turn a shetland pony into a racehorse ...
Which does not mean that i will not enjoy watching it grow in my garden and maybe one day it will change my mind !


Edit : when i ordered the tree on Ebay, the photo was without the leaves , when i received , he had a few very larges leaves left ...
so a little advice based on my expérience : for species that we don't know it's better if possible to have photos with and without the leaves !

 

[sorce]

Love the pot but the leftward movement is too great.

This would look great in something vertically fluted.


Sorce

 

[Paulpash]

Maros has a nice Cornus. Maybe see if there is any information in his thread?

 

[jaco94]

This

Love the pot but the leftward movement is too great.

This would look great in something vertically fluted.
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Sorce

This a very good idea
Thanks Sorce and Paulpash !

 

[rodeolthr]

Are you certain that this is cornus mas? It more closely resembles one of the "twig" dogwoods; cornus sanguinea, cornus alba, cornus sericea. All of these of course have amazing winter color.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

The thread by @Maros is here

Dogwood

Hi, let me share with you few pictures from progression of my Dogwood (Cornus mas) bonsai tree. It is from collected tree which was purchased in 2009. I love how it changes through the year, it is already flowering in March, and has nice red berries in summer. Right now it is in rather big pot...

www.bonsainut.com

read the whole thing. The progression from beginning to end is excellent. It may give you ideas.

If it is not Cornus mas, but rather one of the red twig dogwood species (there are more than 3 species with red twigs) You still may be able to make a respectable bonsai. They may sucker more frequently on you from the roots. But if you are diligent in removing root suckers, they should work.

 

[jaco94]

Are you certain that this is cornus mas? It more closely resembles one of the "twig" dogwoods; cornus sanguinea, cornus alba, cornus sericea. All of these of course have amazing winter color.

@ rodeolthr
Thanks for your comment,
Are you certain this is cornus mas :
No , it was described as " winterhart cornus "
, i thought that cornus mas could be a possibility .

@leo in NE Illinois
Thank you, this thread is really interesting , i am still going to find out what i am going to do with this tree , as long as it's in the ground i have time to think about !

 

[Grovic]

I love it! Reminds me of Solaire of Astora: