mwh’s 2023-2026 little Christmas tree entry

[mwh]

A little late to the game, but I managed to find a few flats of Dwarf Alberta Spruce with Christmas tags hidden in the back of the local nursery. Nothing at Home Depot etc. These were clearly leftovers from Christmas.

I picked up three. The trunks are nothing to write home about, but they were the best of the bunch. Not very thick, a bit of inverse taper at the first branches, etc.

Here are the trees with their Christmas tags:


And here they are marked A, B, C with the tag removed.

We've had a very mild winter so far. I may try to repot into wider, shallower pots with pumice. Later this week I'll clear out the dead needles and get pictures of what the trunks look like.

 

[Bonsai Forest]

Whatever our host decides, I like the idea of a forest planting as a stand-alone project if you should do that. But I think we’re allowed to submit multiple single tree candidates and choose which will be the final entry as long as we post the progress of each individual tree.
Happy growing!