The Tree Thread

[sam]

thanks

thanks for doing this for us dorothy. does 26 pages qualify for "gone viral?"

best wishes, sam

 

[Don Blackmond]

thanks for doing this for us dorothy. does 26 pages qualify for "gone viral?"

best wishes, sam

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that's 27 pages. And counting....

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Seems viral. You can show more posts per page if you want:

Go to user CP, General Settings, and about halfway down, a drop-down for "Number of Posts to Show Per Page"...can be set to max of 40...less clicking.

 

[sam]

at 40 per page we're going to run out of trees to post

best wishes, sam

 

[fredtruck]

Here's another one.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

at 40 per page we're going to run out of trees to post

best wishes, sam

Do you think so?

 

[Don Blackmond]

Do you think so?

Not for awhile

 

[Poink88]

Not for awhile

Yep, esp since we can use the same tree...just need a different shot or could be an old pic of it.

Like this TX Sage that I picked up...unfortunately it died but I plan to use it in a tanuki w/ a pomegranate.
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[Brian Van Fleet]

Thought we should be good for a few more...

 

[mcpesq817]

Collected wisteria, 35+ years old, close to 4 feet in height. Slowly working into a slant/cascade style.

 

[Dav4]

Collected wisteria, 35+ years old, close to 4 feet in height. Slowly working into a slant/cascade style.

Woof!! That's a big wisteria!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Woof!! That's a big wisteria!

Back hurts just looking at it...would take more than my "worker bees" to move that one around...

 

[rockm]

It looks like that wisteria put on 25 lbs over the winter or maybe that's me...

 

[mcpesq817]

Back hurts just looking at it...would take more than my "worker bees" to move that one around...

Wow, cool bees! What kind are they?

The tree itself is very light. The wood is not very dense at all, and I would say that it probably weighs less than 25 pounds. The pot on the other hand, along with the richer soil (especially when wet) is a back breaker

Here's a 3-tree amur maple group that I've been working on since last year (sorry, not a great picture but I had to post something to respond I wish I could say that I have designed and styled it to get it to where it is today, but the truth is that I combined the three trees from a 2-tree and 3-tree group that a friend had been working on for over a decade using seedlings. Wish I had half that talent.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Maybe paper wasps? They're always scraping away at whatever wood they can find...park benches, Itoigawa Jin, etc. Pretty docile, and they do a great job enhancing the Jin!

 

[Don Blackmond]

Maybe paper wasps? They're always scraping away at whatever wood they can find...park benches, Itoigawa Jin, etc. Pretty docile, and they do a great job enhancing the Jin!

once in awhile I get bumblebees that want to bore into my trees. we fight. i usually win.

 

[davetree]

I think they are carpenter bees, not bumblebees. Bumblebees don't bore into wood.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

once in awhile I get bumblebees that want to bore into my trees. we fight. i usually win.

Yeah, those are carpenter bees, they are very obnoxious, but have no stingers. I usually go on the warpath around this time each year, and bat them over (or into) the fence with a flip flop...fairly gratifying, but they're everywhere right now.

nice kotobukis...we need to talk...

 

[Don Blackmond]

Yeah, those are carpenter bees, they are very obnoxious, but have no stingers. I usually go on the warpath around this time each year, and bat them over (or into) the fence with a flip flop...fairly gratifying, but they're everywhere right now.

nice kotobukis...we need to talk...

yup, indeed

 

[Tona]

Since my Bougie is all bracted (I made that word up ) out. I thought I would take a picture. I do need to do some shaping.
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