My little boxwood
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JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Thanks dave and john!
rock, Indeed they are very similar. Yours looks a bit larger than mine, but the same feel for sure.
I can barely contain myself to not... put... tree... in ... new...pot...
But I have lots of wiring projects to distract me, for a while at least.
I think it'll be a good pot if it's not too shallow.
rock, Indeed they are very similar. Yours looks a bit larger than mine, but the same feel for sure.
I can barely contain myself to not... put... tree... in ... new...pot...
But I have lots of wiring projects to distract me, for a while at least.
I think it'll be a good pot if it's not too shallow.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Nice pot! Keep Dave's cat away!
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
I plan on getting a much smaller and shallower pot for my tree this spring. Another year filling in the apex and it will be ready for a better container.
For me this wide sprawling image needs a wider shallower pot to hold it. I'm thinking about something like this:
http://www.langbonsai.com/recBWd.htm
or this:
http://www.langbonsai.com/recBWb.htm
For me this wide sprawling image needs a wider shallower pot to hold it. I'm thinking about something like this:
http://www.langbonsai.com/recBWd.htm
or this:
http://www.langbonsai.com/recBWb.htm
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davetree
Omono
I also noticed that those two looked strangely like twins. Both nice little trees. I need a pot for mine as well, some flakes popped off the glaze. It was the only tree that hit the ground when we had a tornado go through. The tree was fine.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
rock,
I think the grey one is too somber for the tree.... but the shape is interesting. I've never thought of rectangle for boxwood, but the bow walls make it softer.
Show us what you wind up with.
I think the grey one is too somber for the tree.... but the shape is interesting. I've never thought of rectangle for boxwood, but the bow walls make it softer.
Show us what you wind up with.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
The grey may be a little drab, but I was thinking about this glaze:
http://www.langbonsai.com/recJ.htm
It also looks drab in the photo, but I have a couple of other pots with the same glaze. It can break to brighter greens and highlights over browns. I'm aiming for something that suggests spanish moss, draping grey or lighter colors over green/grey.
http://www.langbonsai.com/recJ.htm
It also looks drab in the photo, but I have a couple of other pots with the same glaze. It can break to brighter greens and highlights over browns. I'm aiming for something that suggests spanish moss, draping grey or lighter colors over green/grey.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
I like that last glaze, it is interesting without being too interesting, ya know?
Chappy, the one thing that's super easy about these trees is reduction of roots, at least I've found it to be true for all my boxwoods. So you should be into a smaller pot in no time.
Nice little guy you have there. Maybe think about opening up the canopy a bit, they do respond well to that.
Chappy, the one thing that's super easy about these trees is reduction of roots, at least I've found it to be true for all my boxwoods. So you should be into a smaller pot in no time.
Nice little guy you have there. Maybe think about opening up the canopy a bit, they do respond well to that.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
update!
Just repotted this one, put it in the smaller Chuck Iker pot, and it looks just right for it. I did a large pruning, and rearranging of branches, it's starting to get there... The last photo is a maybe new front, sometime when I tire of the old one? Course being in a round pot, I could always style both sides...
so cute these little boxes, but they take a lot of time and patience to prune/wire.
Also the first shot is from last year so you don't have to go back to check out where it came from...I'm still working on getting the lowest left branch more branching back toward the trunk so I can cut it back a bit more.
Just repotted this one, put it in the smaller Chuck Iker pot, and it looks just right for it. I did a large pruning, and rearranging of branches, it's starting to get there... The last photo is a maybe new front, sometime when I tire of the old one? Course being in a round pot, I could always style both sides...
so cute these little boxes, but they take a lot of time and patience to prune/wire.
Also the first shot is from last year so you don't have to go back to check out where it came from...I'm still working on getting the lowest left branch more branching back toward the trunk so I can cut it back a bit more.
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Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
Very nice.
I need to add Kingsville to my collection
I need to add Kingsville to my collection
Paradox
Imperial Masterpiece
Nice work Judy. These little boxwoods are very cute.
I just got a little boxwood with a 3/4-1" trunk and branching that I think will someday make something similar.
I havent worked with Boxwoods a lot, so maybe you and/or Dario can answer this: how much do the leaves reduce?
I just got a little boxwood with a 3/4-1" trunk and branching that I think will someday make something similar.
I havent worked with Boxwoods a lot, so maybe you and/or Dario can answer this: how much do the leaves reduce?
Victrinia Ensor
Omono
100% improvement from original to new pot. It's delightful.... excellent choice! Well done my lady.
Warmly,
V
Warmly,
V
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Thank you Miss V.
I agree, and it means a lot to me that you like it!
Please pass on my warmest regards to your other half for me.
I agree, and it means a lot to me that you like it!
Please pass on my warmest regards to your other half for me.
Joshua
Yamadori
Very nice tree.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
If it's a kingsville, you don't need to worry about leaf reduction as they are super small. I have a Saunders boxwood, that is a larger tree, so the slightly larger leaves suit it ok. I think you can get a bit of reduction by taking off the older, tougher leaves. I think if you grow the tree to the size that works for the leaves, as you can for sure with box, then you don't have to do anything to make the leaves perfect for it.
fore
Omono
Very nice tree JudyB! And I also love the new pot. Lovely!
But then again, in the smaller pot, it'll def. be a 'water twice a day tree' though in the summer heat at least. Or will you keep it more in the shade, just curious as I don't have any trees this size and have wondered about this?
One, well me, must always make sure not to under pot given one's work/obligation/and bosai for example. But there's the workaround like you showed here, giving a lot more liberty to have wonderful shohin three's Judy! Thanks for sharing.
But then again, in the smaller pot, it'll def. be a 'water twice a day tree' though in the summer heat at least. Or will you keep it more in the shade, just curious as I don't have any trees this size and have wondered about this?
One, well me, must always make sure not to under pot given one's work/obligation/and bosai for example. But there's the workaround like you showed here, giving a lot more liberty to have wonderful shohin three's Judy! Thanks for sharing.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
In the heat of the summer, I'll place this tree in a saucer with some water in it, so it can draw as needed. It works for me so far for mame, and smaller shohin. Course, I also site it in lesser sun situations.
fourteener
Omono
Last Years Pot
This years repot. I like the glaze, but I liked the tray better. It seems the depth of the pot diminishes the tree.
Boxwoods on a rock
Before Spring trim
After trim
This years repot. I like the glaze, but I liked the tray better. It seems the depth of the pot diminishes the tree.
Boxwoods on a rock
Before Spring trim
After trim
Don Blackmond
Omono
Much better now. Very natural looking. It looks like the broad spreading white oaks we have here in sw michigan.
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