Gabler
Masterpiece
I suppose floral language makes a certain amount of sense in a gardening forum, even if it took a moment for me to unpack what you were saying.
I suppose floral language makes a certain amount of sense in a gardening forum, even if it took a moment for me to unpack what you were saying.
Russ1
Yamadori
Love BRTs, probably my fav tree and have been thinking of a Literati/Bunjin style but thought that they grow to fast for one, this inspires me and gives me something to do with all my cuttings.
Gabler
Masterpiece
Oops. Didn't realize where I was. Here's my photo tax. It's the closest thing I have to a literati right now. The photo is also a year old. I couldn't find anything more recent in my phone.
shohin_branches
Chumono
Topdec
Yamadori
jerzyjerzy
Mame
I do not think cedar apple rust builds-in into hawthorn's wood, since it attacks leaves only. In order to get rust on hawthorn, leaves have to get infected in spring from junipers in the neighborhood. So it will not continue to have rust if junipers around are not sick as well. Or, if you spray the hawthorn against rust every spring.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Did this one a while back. Before and after Engelmann spruce.
Abhishek Dasgupta
Mame
Beautiful poetry but with spruce and not words !
Abhishek Dasgupta
Mame
Rhus Trilobata - trilobbed sumac with flowers .
Collected in 2019 by Andy and has been wired from a C shape to today’s design over 4 years . Now only a couple of wires for the daughter left .
Collected in 2019 by Andy and has been wired from a C shape to today’s design over 4 years . Now only a couple of wires for the daughter left .
Orion_metalhead
Masterpiece
Awesome tree but it seems too full to me to be a bunjin. Sergio, how do you define this as a literati?
Wulfskaar
Omono
I grew this JBP from seed (fall 2020) and look to eventually make it into a bunjin style tree.
Are there any specific pointers in developing this style from young JBP?
My current plan is to let it keep growing in height and I will probably wire some more toward the top and maybe the low branch in fall.
Are there any specific pointers in developing this style from young JBP?
My current plan is to let it keep growing in height and I will probably wire some more toward the top and maybe the low branch in fall.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Sure. Perhaps not a literati in the most conventional way. To me it fits into that category more so than any other. The thin, tall trunks with foliage pads that are light and airy definitely gives me that feeling. I ultimately saw it planted in a round nanban container.
baron
Shohin
Working on two of my literati's
Silvestris
Densiflora
Silvestris
Densiflora
Dragon60
Shohin
Added a little wire to my Chinese Privet today (bottom pic). It's in a new pot this year. Also a pic of my Chinese Tallow that I found growing in a nearby ditch.
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Dragon60
Shohin
Also found this growing in one of my pots that had a mixture of cuttings
, many of which had died. When I realized that it was a Fukien Tea tree, I then remembered that it started as a 6 inch cutting a year and a half ago. It is now 19 inches long with a nice mass of roots (none large yet). I transfered it into a nice little pot, snipped a couple branches and added one piece of wire. Put in rocks to keep the roots buried and keep the pot from tipping. Hopefully several years from now this will be a nice literati!
, many of which had died. When I realized that it was a Fukien Tea tree, I then remembered that it started as a 6 inch cutting a year and a half ago. It is now 19 inches long with a nice mass of roots (none large yet). I transfered it into a nice little pot, snipped a couple branches and added one piece of wire. Put in rocks to keep the roots buried and keep the pot from tipping. Hopefully several years from now this will be a nice literati!
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RJG2
Omono
Milly
Shohin
3 junipers, the tallest is 25cm. The middle is a Prince of Wales juniper and the other 2 are Procumbance Nana.
The photo showing me I need clean up the pads again but will do that later in summer. Spring here now.
The photo showing me I need clean up the pads again but will do that later in summer. Spring here now.
shohin_branches
Chumono
Burning bush. Needs a lot more refinement and a different pot but that fall color is really kicking in right now.
I've been stewing over this tree for years, feels like it wants to go literati. I want to to lose the lower 2-3 branches, thin out the crown, but I think the big, lowest branch is kind of interesting - have considered only keeping the lower parts. Thoughts?
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