parhamr
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I put my mugo into a deeper pot
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parhamr
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I repotted this European White Birch yesterday into a Vicki Chamberlain oval. I’m going to let this tree graduate up into chuhin size — it’s already pushing the limits of shohin and it’s clear to me that it deserves to be bigger. (The larger soil mass will be more sustainable, too!)
This pot is a touch oversized. One of my mentors is pushing me to use slightly larger pots and to really let the canopies grow out into their more “final” size. Here goes nothing!
This pot is a touch oversized. One of my mentors is pushing me to use slightly larger pots and to really let the canopies grow out into their more “final” size. Here goes nothing!
parhamr
Omono
parhamr
Omono
Well, shoot. I think these might be my first two broken pot emergency repottings in all 10 years I’ve been in the hobby.
I moved a lot of trees into better positions, preparing for a storm that blew in Sunday night through mid-day Tuesday. I forgot to move two cascade shohin. They were knocked off the benches by some combination of wind and the very wet and heavy 3" of snow we got.
This Douglas-fir was in a production Chinese pot and now it has a lovely Ron Lang
This Scots Pine semi-cascade got upgraded from a medium-high quality Japanese production pot to a Chuck Iker.
The new pottings don’t quite feel ideal, given it was rushed and a slip potting, but that’s life.
I moved a lot of trees into better positions, preparing for a storm that blew in Sunday night through mid-day Tuesday. I forgot to move two cascade shohin. They were knocked off the benches by some combination of wind and the very wet and heavy 3" of snow we got.
This Douglas-fir was in a production Chinese pot and now it has a lovely Ron Lang
This Scots Pine semi-cascade got upgraded from a medium-high quality Japanese production pot to a Chuck Iker.
The new pottings don’t quite feel ideal, given it was rushed and a slip potting, but that’s life.
0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
Were in one of your trees, I'd be jumping off the benches too. 
Nice pots.
Nice pots.
River's Edge
Masterpiece
Your not kidding about the weather. We spent Sunday through Wednesday driving through Washington, Oregon and back again. Some Spring you are having. Rain, Snow, Wind, Hail and repeat! Thought it might be warmer on the coastal highway. Just icier so we retreated to the I5, more traffic to keep the road clearer!
Windy enough that quite a few vehicles ended up in the ditch, not surprised a few jumped off your bench.
Hope you tied those nice pots down.
Love that new glaze on the Vicki Chamberlain Oval, I have a larger one like that for one of my Azalea. It has an antique feel and look in my view.
parhamr
Omono
parhamr
Omono
I’m seeing a trend where I gradually allow these trees to push the limits of shohin heights. Some of them deserve to grow up into medium-small trees.
Hokkaido Elm, which I think truly can remain under 8" tall; it needs more cleanup of moss off the lower trunk
Bigleaf Maple, which needs some pruning attention.
Neagari Douglas-fir, ready for some late-winter wiring and minor pruning; this one is likely to grow up into a medium sized tree
European White Birch, which I think also has to grow up into a medium tree. Given the leaf size and distance between nodes I don’t think it can sustainably be kept under 8 inches tall — right now it’s probably 10–11 inches
Hokkaido Elm, which I think truly can remain under 8" tall; it needs more cleanup of moss off the lower trunk
Bigleaf Maple, which needs some pruning attention.
Neagari Douglas-fir, ready for some late-winter wiring and minor pruning; this one is likely to grow up into a medium sized tree
European White Birch, which I think also has to grow up into a medium tree. Given the leaf size and distance between nodes I don’t think it can sustainably be kept under 8 inches tall — right now it’s probably 10–11 inches
parhamr
Omono
Ashley Odell, who might still do commission bonsai pottery, but hasn’t proactively been making them for a few years now.
The Artist
Ashley Odell is a Canadian artist that combines her experience in watercolour painting and ceramics to produce a range of unique, whimsical artwork. Her designs feature natural botanical motifs of plants, birds, pollinators and animals.
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parhamr
Omono
I’m pretty pleased with this ‘Slowmound’ dwarf Mugo Pine from Iseli. It’s a true 8-inch shohin! Today I laid out all but a handful of branches in what is about its sixth major piece of styling work under my care. It appears I have a good set of backbuds to develop all throughout the tree. Its apex needs to be built from scratch.
It has come a LONG way in the year since this photo:
It has come a LONG way in the year since this photo:
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parhamr
Omono
Repotting season is on! I’m trying to follow some recent guidance and advice to go smaller in pot size and bolder in pot color.
European White Birch in robin’s egg blue Chuck Iker round pot. True to form I misaligned the tree in the pot — this is the front of the tree but just barely is not the front of the pot. This tree’s bark is silvering nicely, which isn’t very visible here with the tree wetted.
This tree can sustainably remain within the shohin height limit.
Native Bigleaf Maple in blue-green-brown textured Vicki Chamberlain pot. It’s a great size and shape, given there’s a decent chunky root mass under the soil. The pot colors seem more vibrant in person. This tree had some poor diatomaceous earth soil and some bulky fused roots, so I performed pretty heavy root work. I’ve been gradually re-doing the canopy and removing out of proportion branches. I had some unfortunate branch loss last year and I think the poor soil conditions were reflected in the canopy. This tree went a year or two too long without a repot.
I was tempted to put this tree back into a training pot to rebuild secondary canopy scaffolding but I’m going to see how it does with a more restrictive habit.
Hokkaido Chinese Elm in an emerald green pot by BSOP member Lyle. I improved the potting angle and position to prevent the taller trunk from being too straight and upright. The angle change also makes this a directional tree, which I need to round out my shohin collection. This was a decent root reduction but only through peeling away successive years of fine root growths.
This tree can definitely sustainably remain within the shohin limits. The repot may very well trigger a lot of new growths.
Repots continue this weekend…
European White Birch in robin’s egg blue Chuck Iker round pot. True to form I misaligned the tree in the pot — this is the front of the tree but just barely is not the front of the pot. This tree’s bark is silvering nicely, which isn’t very visible here with the tree wetted.
This tree can sustainably remain within the shohin height limit.
Native Bigleaf Maple in blue-green-brown textured Vicki Chamberlain pot. It’s a great size and shape, given there’s a decent chunky root mass under the soil. The pot colors seem more vibrant in person. This tree had some poor diatomaceous earth soil and some bulky fused roots, so I performed pretty heavy root work. I’ve been gradually re-doing the canopy and removing out of proportion branches. I had some unfortunate branch loss last year and I think the poor soil conditions were reflected in the canopy. This tree went a year or two too long without a repot.
I was tempted to put this tree back into a training pot to rebuild secondary canopy scaffolding but I’m going to see how it does with a more restrictive habit.
Hokkaido Chinese Elm in an emerald green pot by BSOP member Lyle. I improved the potting angle and position to prevent the taller trunk from being too straight and upright. The angle change also makes this a directional tree, which I need to round out my shohin collection. This was a decent root reduction but only through peeling away successive years of fine root growths.
This tree can definitely sustainably remain within the shohin limits. The repot may very well trigger a lot of new growths.
Repots continue this weekend…
parhamr
Omono
This English Hawthorne is definitely in the Kifu size class but I’ll leave it here in this thread
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parhamr
Omono
The Mugo Pine is ready for more thinning and wiring soon.
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parhamr
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The Hokkaido is doing well. I’m not sure I’m winning the war on developing cork bark. The moss and moisture are difficult to keep away.
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