Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I really like this solution if the tree will cooperate but I know how brittle this plant is.
Potentilla fruticosa Shohin
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I really like this solution if the tree will cooperate but I know how brittle this plant is.
Anonymous User
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Dale,
Are those your scoop pots?
Will
Are those your scoop pots?
Will
Dale Cochoy
Shohin
Attila Soos
Omono
I like the scoop pot idea, it would protect the exposed roots much better.
Anonymous User
Banned
Nice scoops Dale, I hope to see a few in New York this weekend.
Will
Will
Dale Cochoy
Shohin
Anonymous User
Banned
You're missing the most significant, no doubt historical, bonsai event in America? There will never be another "first" National Exhibit.
Ah well, tell the old hermit I said hello, I understand he will also be there. I'll email you on a scoop I need for another (larger) tree.
Have fun, drive careful, sell much.
Will
Ah well, tell the old hermit I said hello, I understand he will also be there. I'll email you on a scoop I need for another (larger) tree.
Have fun, drive careful, sell much.
Will
Dale Cochoy
Shohin
You're missing the most significant, no doubt historical, bonsai event in America? There will never be another "first" National Exhibit.
Sounds like you found a good reason to leave Detroit!
Couldn't help it. Bad weekend choice for some. Good show in Asheville, nice place.
I'm sure there will be another, the "2nd" .
I'm sure I've seen most of the trees before somewhere.
Ah well, tell the old hermit I said hello, I understand he will also be there. I'll email you on a scoop I need for another (larger) tree.
He won't be there. Medical probs I hear. He was replaced by Peter Adams.
Dale
Sounds like you found a good reason to leave Detroit!
Couldn't help it. Bad weekend choice for some. Good show in Asheville, nice place.
I'm sure there will be another, the "2nd" .
I'm sure I've seen most of the trees before somewhere.
Ah well, tell the old hermit I said hello, I understand he will also be there. I'll email you on a scoop I need for another (larger) tree.
He won't be there. Medical probs I hear. He was replaced by Peter Adams.
Dale
Anonymous User
Banned
You're missing the most significant, no doubt historical, bonsai event in America? There will never be another "first" National Exhibit.
Sounds like you found a good reason to leave Detroit!
Couldn't help it. Bad weekend choice for some. Good show in Asheville, nice place.
I'm sure there will be another, the "2nd" .
I'm sure I've seen most of the trees before somewhere.
Ah well, tell the old hermit I said hello, I understand he will also be there. I'll email you on a scoop I need for another (larger) tree.
He won't be there. Medical probs I hear. He was replaced by Peter Adams.
Dale
Lol, any reason is a good reason to leave Detroit.
Sorry to hear about the hermit, I'll drop him a line and threaten him with black flies in the mail.
Thanks,
Will
Marc S
Yamadori
You could make a triangular cut which will make it possible to give the left trunk an other direction and keep it in place with wire. It will heal in a few weeks.
Marc S
Yamadori
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Like this:
Are you aware of how brittle this species is? I think the suggestion has some merit except for its plausibility and the fact that the appearance of the smaller trunk pulling in closer to the main trunk may rule this option out.
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Marc S
Yamadori
It would work.
It's worth a try before cutting it away.
I think it could make a heck of a compact tree, and a daughter leading the mother is something we have to learn to live with today lol.
Marc S
Yamadori
No no, keep it! It balances the 'daughter' pushing on the 'mother' lol
Marc S
Yamadori
No I'm not.
Anonymous User
Banned
Brittle?
Like a barberis!
Like a barberis!
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
My point for bringing up this issue is that it is easy to make design decisions on a tree concerning wedging and wiring when you may not be familiar with a trees ability to withstand or even survive the procedure. I learned this early on when I tried to wire a Ficus Benjamina coming at the tree from my experience with wiring Pines. I was totally shocked at how little you could wire the Ficus without snapping a branch, probably 75% less than you could with a Pine. So an attempt to put a branch into an easy position for a Pine was not so easy with the Ficus.
From my limited experience with the Potentilla I would rate this tree even more brittle than the Ficus, unless you are dealing with green wood, forget about lignified branches; its like trying to wire uncooked pasta. Barked over branches are probably a hopeless effort guaranteed to fail.
Eric Schrader
Chumono
Hmm, that high root is a bit problematic. I would probably remove it and develop the tree with both main branches in their current position into a full rounded crown that covers both of them. Since the best aspect of this tree is the flowers, which only grow on 2-inch extensions, you would do well to have a large crown and then let a couple shoots run to give you flowers. I've seen a nice one done this way. (I think this one was about 10 inches high.)
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It is an excellent virt, but as I think someone mentioned, Potentilla grow like junipers with distinct live veins connected to roots. It might be tricky to tip the tree like this without totally exposing/removing the rootball on the left side, which very well might kill the small trunk. Hard to say without knowing this tree personally. It's a gamble, but it might be worth taking the risk to improve the tree. "Go big or go home" sort of idea.
How's the tree looking this year Will?
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