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I was at Lowe's today picking up some pond baskets and I decided to take a look at their Mugo Pine selection.
They have 5 left and there was one that stuck out to me. It has a little bit of reverse taper but hopefully that can be fixed at a later date.
They were asking $52 which is insane this time of year.
I spoke to the manager at the garden center and she happily took 50% off. Score!!
Here is the tree how it brought it home.
I removed a bunch of dead branches and brown needles to get a better look at what's going on.
There were definitely a few options on styling so I muled it over for an hour or two and decided where I wanted to to go and also left a couple branches just in case.
I sawed off a little less than half and I was able to untangle the roots surprisingly easy. There were four giant roots running straight down which I was able to remove almost completely.
After I combed the roots out a tiny bit I put the tree into a 10" x 10" pond basket with a bonsai mix. Sadly I ran out while I was adding the last little bit so I topped it with Perlite and some of the trees original solid for now.
I tried removing about 50% of the foliage, especially to prevent future knuckles.
After some basic wiring I gave it a good shower and placed it under the massive yew in my yard where it will stay for a couple weeks before I move it onto a bench
They have 5 left and there was one that stuck out to me. It has a little bit of reverse taper but hopefully that can be fixed at a later date.
They were asking $52 which is insane this time of year.
I spoke to the manager at the garden center and she happily took 50% off. Score!!
Here is the tree how it brought it home.
I removed a bunch of dead branches and brown needles to get a better look at what's going on.
There were definitely a few options on styling so I muled it over for an hour or two and decided where I wanted to to go and also left a couple branches just in case.
I sawed off a little less than half and I was able to untangle the roots surprisingly easy. There were four giant roots running straight down which I was able to remove almost completely.
After I combed the roots out a tiny bit I put the tree into a 10" x 10" pond basket with a bonsai mix. Sadly I ran out while I was adding the last little bit so I topped it with Perlite and some of the trees original solid for now.
I tried removing about 50% of the foliage, especially to prevent future knuckles.
After some basic wiring I gave it a good shower and placed it under the massive yew in my yard where it will stay for a couple weeks before I move it onto a bench
