BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Hi folks, i thought i'd start this progression on this Hornbeam purchased from fairly cheap garden centre stock,
got quite a few Hornbeam now and will move some on soon and keep the ones with better potential. imo this one has a lot of potential as a tall, elegant Hornbeam.
But this is just the beginning....i see taper, natural but subtle movement in the trunk, a fantastic nebari and fibrous root mass...there are dormant buds waiting to pop on the right side
20170317_165854 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the root mass was pretty compacted and took a while to tease everything out
20170318_160838 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170318_164323 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
I was left with a flat and fibrous root system,
20170318_174033 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170318_171450 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
good radial spread, hornbeam do this often when established in pots, this one had been sitting in the garden centre tub since 2014
20170318_172927 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170318_174026 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4045 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
chopped down from a much larger tree, this will be the leader, ive left everything on it for quicker transitioning and callusing, it will be eventually be cut back to a shoot lower for taper
IMG_4046 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
natural movement
IMG_4050 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
Tight nodes
IMG_4051 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
well positioned dormant nodes, the tree should pop like crazy anyway, this side will be faced towards the light while the stronger side will be slightly shaded for a bit,
IMG_4052 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4057 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4060 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4062 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4054 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2017-03-19_03-39-37 by Bobby Lane, on Flick
will update as i go along
got quite a few Hornbeam now and will move some on soon and keep the ones with better potential. imo this one has a lot of potential as a tall, elegant Hornbeam.
But this is just the beginning....i see taper, natural but subtle movement in the trunk, a fantastic nebari and fibrous root mass...there are dormant buds waiting to pop on the right side
20170317_165854 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
the root mass was pretty compacted and took a while to tease everything out
20170318_160838 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170318_164323 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
I was left with a flat and fibrous root system,
20170318_174033 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170318_171450 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
good radial spread, hornbeam do this often when established in pots, this one had been sitting in the garden centre tub since 2014
20170318_172927 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20170318_174026 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4045 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
chopped down from a much larger tree, this will be the leader, ive left everything on it for quicker transitioning and callusing, it will be eventually be cut back to a shoot lower for taper
IMG_4046 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
natural movement
IMG_4050 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
Tight nodes
IMG_4051 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
well positioned dormant nodes, the tree should pop like crazy anyway, this side will be faced towards the light while the stronger side will be slightly shaded for a bit,
IMG_4052 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4057 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4060 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4062 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4054 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2017-03-19_03-39-37 by Bobby Lane, on Flick
will update as i go along