euonymus japinica

[defra]

Hi thee bnuts!
yesterday I found this euonymus japonica in a nursery
to bad its staying green all year around so no fall colours

I bought it because I liked the trunk
not sure how and when to style this one Any sugestions ?

 

[Paulpash]

Style in Spring before bud burst - it back buds v well.... Here's mine - I call him 'The Bear'. Remove 3 knuckle stems throughout the season - it has a tendency to do this. Tall / large trees are best suited due to leaf size. As you can see it has hard wood that takes to carving well. I desperately want a back branch to wrap round and frame the deadwood - it will take several years to drop one down from the back.







Here's a before pic of wiring the foliage pads out - this had just been carved in Winter

 

[defra]

thnx for sharing this info realy helpfull since im not so experienced and didnt know this species lol

kind of sounds like boxwood hard wood suitable for deadwood

i was thinking of going for a double trunk style with this

drawing made by someone on a dutch forum

 

[Paulpash]

I think this is doable but it needs to be kept tall - my tree is 38 inches high good luck they are easy trees to keep. It has a very fibrous root system so it's relatively easy to get it into a pot.

 

[defra]

thnx for the advice!
trunk is about 3 inches at the base going to aim for height about 20 inch

i know its far from refinement but
i wonder if its possible to do leave reduction on this species what Will happen if You defoliate the tree since it is green year around
i might buy a smaler similair one to try it out

 

[defra]

Chopped down this one today seen some buds forming all over the thing so my guess is it will grow out nicely again

Enough or more sugestions?

Need to carve out the wounds out a bit more and repot it

After first prune when bought



Today

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Nice! While you are at it, throw some wire in those green branches. And how is the nebari doing?

 

[Paulpash]

You should get a lot of backbudding from this chop. Feed well and let it grow out, wiring stems while they are still green. I wouldn't prune again til next season - let it put on some green. In late Winter, thin out 3 way branch intersections to 2 all through the tree.

 

[defra]

Filling pot now pics follow on later !

 

[defra]

No talk just pics

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Damn, you gave it hell dude!
Nice root reduction!

 

[defra]

Damn, you gave it hell dude!
Nice root reduction!

Yeah i did lol bit it does have a good start now tough

 

[defra]

Changed pot for this box

 

[Paulpash]

The bear last season..

 

[defra]

Nice!
Do you keep it in shade or is it the green leaf variety ?

The leaves of mine are a bit more round as far i can see and the more sun they get the more yellow the leaves will have

 

[Paulpash]

It's very green all year round.

 

[Tieball]

The bear last season..

Nice work on this tree. I liked one of those earlier photos where the white seemed "less-white"....more muted and blended as an aged part of the tree. I'd be inclined to brush on some watered down stain just to give it a grayish-wood tone...but that's just my thinking. I like the overall look. Perhaps weather will calm down the start white color....again, just my view.

 

[Tieball]

Really nice work trimming down those roots to essential roots only.

 

[defra]

@Marie1uk
Mines the variety with green and yellow but when kept in the shade they will be green due the more photosynthese they will produce then
Realy looking forward develloping this one tough

Really nice work trimming down those roots to essential roots only.

Thnx!
i am realy wondering how the flair will look after two years from now
It was exactly the same as @johng does on his azalea video's as he says in the video's the technique applies to manny other species as well and damn right he is lol

 

[Tieball]

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@Marie1uk
Mines the variety with green and yellow but when kept in the shade they will be green due the more photosynthese they will produce then
Realy looking forward develloping this one tough



Thnx!
i am realy wondering how the flair will look after two years from now
It was exactly the same as @johng does on his azalea video's as he says in the video's the technique applies to manny other species as well and damn right he is lol

good that you photographed it too....for us to see and especially for you so you can compare as time changes the roots. Mighty fine work you're doing!